KANESVILLE TABERNACLE

Make a Smilebox slideshow We went to the Tabernacle which was our first stop on the trip. It was such a lovely building and I love the Gardens as you can tell from my pictures.

CRAZY CAR ART IN OMAHA NEBRASKA

We have been on a cross country trip with our Kapahaka (Maori Culture) Group NGATI HIONA and we have been really lucky to have done alot of different new things for our family on this trip, so there will be a lot of blogging in the next few days. Here is the first wacky thing we came across when picking up Traci from the Hotel in Omaha, this is what we stumbled over in the Car park!!!

MY LONELY DAY WITHOUT MY BIG SISSY!

Tyla Jade was missing her big sister alot on her first day at home all alone with mum! She would ask me " Wheres my kwenza mamma?" So Strawberries and Chocolate Chip cookies seemed to occupy the lonely for a short time!

KARENZAS 1ST DAY AT SCHOOL

It was our big girls 1st day at school today. She was so excited to go to Kindergarden today,
Tyla Jade missed her big sister all day she was asking me " mama where my kwenza".
I am so proud of my girl she is getting so big and is very smart.
Here are some pics of her doing Kapahaka.

KARENZA KARAMEA BAILEY

MAX BRENNAN NIGHT OUT

I LOVE MAX BRENNAN

http://www.maxbrenner.com

So My Girls and I went out to Max Brennan when I went back to Sydney Australia. Its only the yummiest Chocolate / Dessert Cafe in the world! lol Ok not the world but in my world!!!!!! Banana Waffles
( Hina, Me, Chris & Naomi)
I loved the food and had the best time with my girls, I miss you all!!!!!!! and I am so sorry for those of you who couldn't come and indulge that night I did miss yous!!!
I had a fondue for 2 and I love love love the Lychee and Coconut shake It is the bomb! (Kris, Me & Mish) (Celeste, Michelle, Kris, Naomi, Chris, Hina and of course me)

MY BEAUTIFUL MUM AND I

MY TRIP TO AOTEAROA

KIA ORA

Its been a while since I had a chance to blog, with so much happening in our lives.
I was fortunate enough to make a trip back to NZ and to Australia ALL BY MYSELF!
I had the best time, but I did miss my family while I was gone, but had all my family and friends and the amazing food to keep me company while I was gone so here are some pics to show what I was up to.


Ko tenei te Marae o Waiariki
TANGATARUA

PURIRI FAMILY IN ALPINE

This is Uncle Ra Puriri's Son's Collin, Michael and Ra and their families with Terina, Sarangi, Hayden and Tyla Jade - don't ask me where Karenza was, probably on a jumping Castle!!

We had lots of fun down in Alpine for a family Reunion which happened to be at the same time as Alpine Days, with all the Puriri Whanau and Cousins./span>

Hayden flying down Slide Rock, bumping and bouncing more like it! Said it was freezing and all the water shot up his nose!!

OUR LITTLE ANGELS NEED HELP!!!!

This blog is for our friends beautiful daughters who need our help with this rare and wonderful opportunity.

Moana & Leilani’s

Flight for Sight

Moana and Leilani are two sisters, born two years apart, who have more in common than you would think. Both were born with a rare genetic condition, Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, which causes blindness from birth. Moana has light perception, while Leilani has some functional vision but doesn’t see in 3D.

Moana loves to sing and play the piano, while Leilani loves to play dress-ups and dance!

Moana and Leilani’s parents can still recall the feelings of shock and devastation as each girl’s diagnosis was given when the girls were very young, especially when the doctors told them that there was no treatment available.

However, years later after receiving an email from a friend Moana and Leilani’s parents have discovered that there is treatment available, just not in Australia!

Although there are no guarantees, the stem cell treatment being offered in China by Beike Biotech, has given other blind patients improved vision and now invites Moana and Leilani to come over. The treatment and flights comes to a combined cost of $78 000 for the whole family to go together. That’s mum Honi, dad Manase, Moana, Leilani and two younger sisters, Tynisha and Xuela. So the family is busily fundraising to give the girls a FLIGHT for SIGHT!

Moana often asks, “What is it like to see?” Moana’s parents hope that if the treatment is successful both Moana and Leilani will more fully know for themselves the answer to such a question.

If you would like to help Moana and Leilani on their FLIGHT for SIGHT an account has been established Account Name / Swift Code / BSB / Account No.: Honi Faasisila / WPACAU2S / 032388 / 225164

Or call Honi on 0433 98 10 88

KARATE

Cameron and I have always wanted to put the children in to Karate so we have finally found one that we are happy with and the kids love too. They did so good at on their first few classes, Karenza winded her brother during one of the practise drills and it kinda made us all giggle, ok so I lie it made us all laugh sooooo hard. They look awesome in their uniform. They really like their teacher, Dillan, he is sooo cute!!!!!! I need to get a picture of him.
Yay for my little karate kids.
Oh almost forgot Tyla Jade really wants to do it but shes a little young and I pretty sure she would knock the wind out of a few people too...... lol

MICHAEL JACKSON RIP

I LOVED MJ AND HIS TALENT TO ENTERTAIN, SING DANCE, HE WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE IN GIVING TO OTHERS AS WELL, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIS MUSIC.
Dont care much for the plastic surgery but I always loved MJ

TERINA'S FINALLY HOME!!

It's been a long wait....but it's time we all get to party. Mum has finally come home after being in NZ for a long time and we are a happy family once again. The kids are happy they don't have to listen to their dad's old worn out jokes anymore and get back a sympathetic figure on their side again. But gone are the all night movie nights, eating whatever you want dinners, and candy for breakfast.....Order has been restored!! Yay!!!

TO MY WIFE

These Flowers are my beautiful wife who i miss terribly and wish would come home soon. I love you my honey!!!

BASEBALL SEASON

It has been alot of fun just getting a glove and throwing a ball back and forth for the last couple of weeks. I love the smell of leather and the sound of the ball smacking into a well oiled glove. But alas, there was a wanting to get a bat and a bucket of balls and just have a simulated batting practice. Heading to the diamond attached to the chapel, me and my mate Ryan tried our hardest to hit every single ball over the fence for a homerun but then after an hour reality set in and we realised we don't play for the Yankees!! We were consigned to hand blisters and sore muscles and elbows, and wishes that we were young again!

SEE WHAT YOUR MISSING!

BIG LUFFS TO MY WAHINE!

I don't know anyone who doesn't want a piece of this!!! Ha Jokes!! Just blogging to my beautiful wife in Aust/NZ telling her that we miss her heaps and are so lonely without her. We love you and want to make sure you are still coming back......you are aren't you?!!

TOO THE GARDEN ON TYLA JADES B-DAY

The Girls and I went to Red Butte Gardens with a friend today, Its my Tyla Jade's Birthday today and we are going to Celebrate it next Wednesday because Cam Had Finals today so we will make it really special for her next week. These are some of the pictures I took today.
LOVE YOU
TYLA JADE

BBQ

We went to Kristy and Jeremy's End of Semester (Finals) BBQ outside in their
Court. It was fun and the food was Yum! We had Brazilian Hotdogs and Pavlova for Dessert which is not Brazilian! LOL
This is a Picture of my yummy Pav that I made.

SAN FRANCISCO

My mate Hinauri Webster flew in from Australia on her way to a Wedding in St Louis Missouri, She asked me to come meet her in San Francisco and I'm glad I did. It was awesome to see her again and spend sometime with her. We got a cheap hotel and Hired a Car, a Silver PT Cruiser and went shopping and on a cruise and we got lost and had heaps of fun, I missed my flight home from San Francisco to SaltLake and Lucky my husband was so good about it all. I would definately go back, even if its just for the shopping.
Last words are SAN FRANCISCO ..... LOVE IT!!!lol

DIARY OF A MAD WHITE MAN!!!

So let me tell you a story about why i am so mad..i have compiled thousands of songs onto my ipod over the course of the last couple of years. Most of my CD's i put onto my ipod before we left Australia so i wouldn't have to bring them all over to the US. About 9000 songs or thereabouts. i also had about 20 movies on there that we don't have here in America. I plugged my ipod into the computer the other day and it says that itunes has a new version to download, so i do it and it says "Do you now want to sync?" i without thinking said yes and next thing you know, all music and movies are erased and my ipod is blank. i get this little annoying message mocking me saying "your ipod is now synched". i mean why didn't it say "you have now been screwed!!" and had a little smiling icon just laughing at me. i was so ticked i could cry. I now have the unenviable task of trying to load songs back onto my ipod. Goodbye summer i guess........