Autumn in Montevideo: Hanging Out in Invercargill

The past few days we've had a great time hanging out with Grant, Chrissy, and others in Invercargill. Thursday morning, we slept in, then headed into town. Chrissy has been putting together packages to send to children in Christchurch (where the earthquakes have been this year.) We went to a second hand shop and bought dolls and stuffed animals. After a trip to the grocery store, we stopped by and saw the estuary. There was an old engine that ran on wooden rails that LilliAnn and Chrissy had a great time playing on.


Invercargill Estuary/ River at Low Tide

LilliAnn and Chrissy

How do we run this thing?


Hey look! The metal sides make a lot of noise if you bang on them!

When we got home we spent a quiet afternoon. LilliAnn helped Chrissy make gift boxes and they had a big time. Mom helped out some too. I got reacquainted with my computer and did some photo editing. :)

Taking a break from work for some playing.

Thursday evening, several folks from church came over. We sang for awhile and then had supper. Nice sweet treats.

Friday we planned to do some sightseeing in the morning, but Mom with our help spent much of the morning on the phone with the website through which we booked our tickets. The fourth of our original flights home had been canceled and we had been rebooked which is good. The only problem was that our 4th flight was scheduled to last in Little Rock before our third flight landed in Charlotte. Needless to say, that was a problem... anyway... it took us most of the morning to get our flights rebooked. In the afternoon, we went to Riverton and visited a paua shell jewelry factory and went to a rocky beach.

We had a good time trying to dodge some splashing waves.

Aren't they cute?


A picture of all four of us on the beach. Can't you tell by our clothes that it was good beach weather?

Friday night we followed a good Stanton tradition and had fish and chips for dinner. Then we sat around and relaxed.

Saturday Mom, LilliAnn, and I took Chloe another 11 year old from church to McDonalds. 11 year olds all over the world love MickyD's. The girls had a good time. After lunch, Mom, LilliAnn and I did some shopping. In the evening, we had tea with Mike and Sue Hewitt. We had a good time catching up with them.

Today (whew) at church Dad taught class and preached. Mom taught the children's class. (Yes just one class they have 3-4 kids on a Sunday.) After services, we had a potluck. Chrissy baked me a birthday cake. (Its my 5th birthday in New Zealand, so that makes me 5 here, right?) Since we've gotten home its been a nice quiet afternoon. LilliAnn has enjoyed watching the Muppet Show.