ISA LEI FLORA

We have had a very sad day today, our lovely smelly old dog Flora had to be put down. Flora was a special girl who touched the lives of many. So I thought it would be nice to pay a small tribute to her today.



I think Grace has put it best with the few words she wrote:

To flora,
I will always remember you, and how you became a member of the family.
You are a very special dog, because you are family to so many families. I will always remember when we came home from New Zealand or an island, you would run up to the gate, tail wagging and a smile on your sweet face, or whenever we went down to the beach all the dogs would start barking and you would just walk through tail up in the tail and a smile on your face. You are so funny always refusing to have a bath and when you go in the sea you roll in horse pooh afterwards.
I will miss you sooo much and so will so many other people.

Remember you always
Grace

ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND AT MANA !!

Just before briefly returning to Auckland we caught up with friends and did a return visit to Mana. We just can't keep away and always wonder why we hadn't been back for so long. Due to a few last minute trips to Auckland we also squeezed in a Birthday party on Treasure for Joe and Tom (Back not Jacob), and gave No Bananas a good run.

I've loaded Web Album that I put together for the Lines -- hope you enjoy.

Joe's 9th Birthday

Another day, another birthday celebration !! Joe's choice for his birthday dinner was a great curry from Saffron in Nadi Town.
It's become a bit of a tradition in the family to go out for dinner on the actual night with either just us or a couple of friends.

Ilai and Zain look very impressed with Joe's cake cutting expertise (I'm not quite so sure myself - Joe with a knife, eeekk).

The birthday celebrations continued onto Treasure where we Tomasi and Joe had a combined party on Treasure Island (thank you Meg, Graham, Tony and the Treasure Island staff), as you can see a great time was had by all.

All the boys had a go at the Subsurface Bubble Maker Course, they were all so excited and really enjoyed it. Some future divers in this lot for sure.

The first team getting ready, while the others watch ( I reckon Sam looks a bit like Robin - out of Batman and Robin ? spooky!)

A confident looking Zain well done

"Diver Joe"

Tom's 13th Birthday Party

Yes, pick yourself back off the floor Meg, it is I posting a blog.......... I can't believe it but tomorrow we will have a teenager, in fact Tom's teenage hood is the beginning of a big run of Jacob's and Talbot's down that slippery slope. Today we took a group of Tom's friends to the Hard Rock cafe, Port Denerau, we had the run of the upstairs and they do a happy birthday presentation that can only happen in Fiji. Followed by a loud playing of the Village People YMCA and a snake round the upstairs tables, downstairs round and outside then back up. I reckon Tom was halfway between being mortified and actually quite chuffed. Also just playing with Adobe Contribute, see how it works, if it's any easier to post photos and write.

Natadola Nursery vs HLKJacob

A highly anticipated event, there was a large turn out to watch HLKJacob smash the Natadola Nursery in a tense match. Actually, it was a lot of fun and Brian even had a run on the field (who says he hasn't got it anymore - shame on you). I was particularly impressed with the ladies from HLKJacob arriving with large purple banner flying out of the window of the CRV.

I out together a slideshow, hope you like (those kids love the camera, it was also my new camera's first outing as well - you can probably tell).