We've enjoyed an awesome double Christmas with our families, which involved a lot of eating, presents and silly activities. After being a little too full, we made our way to our camp destination and setup for our 2 week stay :)

The last weekend before our big caravan getaway, we tackle some of the left over jobs on our to do list. Finny also turns six and as per his request, we have some homemade cheeseburgers to celebrate.

This week we go shopping for a water tank (the last bit we need for our caravan, before going away), and end up buying numerous plants in the process. I also throw together some super easy to make hummus, and help Finny get ready for his friends birthday party :)

With The Christmas break so near and the Auckland borders soon opening up, we decided to do a couple of maintenance jobs on out retro caravan (In a few weeks we'll be heading off to spend two weeks at the beach and it will be glorious). We also have a nice takeaway picnic at the park, tidy up the backyard and I test how far I am with my 40kg weighted chin-up goal. We finish the weekend by decorating our very eclectic Christmas tree :)

This week, we decided to take a trip out to the Upper Nihotupu Dam (Auckland, NZ). The dam itself was pretty epic, as well as the waterfall and cascades along the way. This was definitely my favourite walk so far :)

This week we finally decided to tackle our rundown bathroom and give it a reasonably cheap makeover. There are still a few bit that we didn't get around to, but overall we're quite happy with the result :)

This week, we visit Aucklands Cossey Dam which turns out to be a much longer hike than we expected. We also, find some cute baby goats and play 'Would You Rather', over some well deserved takeaway food :)

This week Charlie and I got a couple of early Christmas presents for each other - a DJI Pocket 2 and a DJI Mini SE Drone. On Saturday, we ended up hiring a couple of e-scooters and had a ride around Mission Bay (Auckland NZ). Surprisingly they were a lot easier to ride than I expected. After having some awesome Thai food for lunch, we decided to take our new DJI Mini SE drone for a spin. For our Sat night dinner talk, I made some (controversial, I know) Hawaiian pizzas and we discussed our top 3 fav TV shows :)

This week we take a baby black bird to a bird care centre and have fun lightly decorating the house and ourselves for halloween. Turns out people look at you funny when you dress like a pirate and go out in public.