Home again home again, jiggety jog

Well, here we are safely home again. Had a lovely time we did in Dunedin. The flights down & back were good as well, thanks to the lovely lady at Virgin Blue in Auckland who upgraded us for both flights to 1st. class. The only slight fly in the ointment was the 3 dickheads in front of us who cranked their seats right back then proceeded to drink beer & visit the toilet with monotonous regularity, throwing themselves down when they returned. Oh well, boys will be boys I guess. Didn't see much either way as as it was cloudy, but as both trips were straight thru , it was relatively quick.

Our new grand daughter , Conaire is an absolute delight. see what I mean ?

This is us at the airport, me looking a bit down as we was about to leave. parting is such sweet sorrow as the Bard said once. Speaking of leaving, that wasn't without incident either. You see, Herself neglected to take a pair of scissors out of her carry on luggage, so in the end I had to race back down to check in with it. I mean honestly. What did she think she was gonna do ? Struggle her way out of her window seat, wrap her leg brace round a flight attendants neck, brandish the scissors & hold up her magnadoodle board with "This is a hijack! fly me to the nearest patchwork exhibition" written on it or something. Oh well, I suppose we should really be grateful that they care so much about our (& theirs) safety that they are so thorough.

There is something indescribably wonderful about being with family. Almost a sense of awe to sit down with both my sons, their wives & our two wonderful grandchildren, especially seeing Sean's wife, Susan, being very pregnant with the third one.

These are my boys with their two precious bundles. Not that Conaire is precocious or anything. Anna loves to ham it up for the camera as well....

Amazing what Poppie's hat & a camera will do....

We were also lucky enough to meet the lovely Michy & her two delightful daughters. I have a pic of us all together, but will wait until she says its OK before i publish it here. Anyway, all things considered, we had a wonderful time, but it is really great to be home though. The cats were actually pleased to see us , greeting us in the driveway with plaintiff "Where have you been?" meouws instead of their usual studied indifference. Nice to know that somebody missed us anyway.

Herself has been busy today taking down the Xmas decorations. I have been very busy catching up here & sleeping. Doubtless, my task for tomorrow will be putting the deccies away in the roof till next year. OK, thats it, nearly time for Star Trek, the next generation, so will catch you all later.