Haere ra Koro, haere mai Granny.........

hi! just sitting here at home ALONE!! and loving it, it is soooo quiet and soooo relaxing. The boys have gone out fishing with Brendon, Dad, Matt and Uncles Paul and Thomas to their fave spot, called The Cut in Maketu.......leaving me with a free morning to ah um write about my kids on the blog....
We've had a really neat but very busy week with Dad here, really enjoyed it and not quite ready for him to go actually. Boo hoo! He leaves tomorrow, back down to good old Palmy North. The highlight of the week would have to be our trip to Baywave Pools, i think the pools is pretty high on the 'really fun things to do' list for most kids, Kahu just goes crazy. Dad said to me at one point in all seriousness 'you don't think he's got ADHD do you?'. And they say that water is calming???? that definitely doesn't apply to Kahurangi Ross.
Anyway very soon we will be farewelling Koro but greeting Granny. For those of you whom i haven't got around to telling, Brendon's Mum Maggie and sister Tessa are moving in tomorrow! as they have decided to make the move from Whangarei to this beautiful place we call home, Tauranga Moana. They will be staying until they sort jobs, accomodation etc. So we will have a full house indeed, with my brother Matt also living with us. It's quite an operation we have running here you see, it's kinda like the 'Welcome to Tauranga' induction package deal!! similar to the Price household in Sydney, they do the 'Welcome to Sydney' induction package.
When we were in Auckland it used to get me down that we didn't have whanau around, used to feel quite lonely at times even though we made some fantastic friends. It just felt like everyone else had family that they were just popping over to have Sunday lunch with, or just leaving the kids with their parents while they did a spot of shopping etc etc. I used to wish we had the same......now i know you should be BLOODY CAREFUL about what you wish for.....!!!!!!I can't get away from family here, they are everywhere........!!!!!