If you can dodge a wrench - you can dodge a dodge ball...........
The last happy hour - movie star themed - jenna and I where dodge ball and off course there where a few lara crofts so here is helen and kate struting their stuff - a very good night with not too many injuries

Mum and grandma - looking fab in her hat just before we went out for lunch.

Back in Nz and after arriving back went straight out to Linda's birthday party and ryans leaving party - lucy, charotte, bex, will, and little monica all posing for the camera under sufferance - thanks guys.

Greg and jen in the savage laundrette - march '06 (greg is my friend from the army who very kindly takes care of my car from time to time and boy does he have his work cut out for him - thanks greg)

A day at the races and the girls are looking fine, these are some of my class mates and then in the background you may make out charlotte and jen - beautiful girls And jen and winnie - looking good guys definately an interesting position you are trying.

Marie the finnish girl that was helping at the kennels for the season, taking to the snow on another form of sled and the down hill luge - great fun unfortunately some of us (namely me) where terrible at it and kept crash landing at the bottom of the hill.


The morning sky and evening sky at manitou crossing kennels - beautiful

Chester the wonder dog - he is an alaskan husky and is truly one of the most friendly and beautiful dogs as they all where.

this is moosy who was given a special seat for the trip home to live with grandma in movilla house - such a fab traveller - so quiet.

More pictures from home, this time of mum and dax in two of my favourite places to walk, the beach at home and then at whiterock - it is so beautiful and peaceful to be beside the water and so nice to get the chance to go for a dander with my mum and a catch up after a year of being away from the family.

Then it was time to go on another adventure and trundle across to meet my dad in minnesota and the beargrease marathon dog sled race, where I got to play vet assistant and get very little sleep and treat dogs mainly for diarrhoea, but it was lot of fun and I learnt a lot about the benefits of massage and chiropractic work on sport animals.

the pictures of the dogs are from Jen and Blake freking's yard in finland minnesota, the first is down time at the races snuggled under blankets and being watched over closely to ensure complete rest. Then there is the mad puppies and finally dad showing us how the dogs can run.

It was a fantastic experience and I hope one day That I can go back as a vet on the races.

So then onto glasgow and a stop over with babs and yet more dancing this time, swing me round, dosy do and the rest for a calidgh (sp) dancing extravaganza it was.

I then made it home in time to put the crimbo tree up and decorate the dog to celebrate christmas in style with my mummy.

The new year brought more fun and games, with a visit from auntie linda, gary and kathryn and then the Abba party in janice and andrew's caravan, which was a lot of fun and I think even amused the police officers as they did a random stop search at the bottom of the long and winding round to the caravan, sadly despite the invitation they never did come and dance with us.

And carrying on with my trip - we took dylan to the street fair in eyemouth where he got to see santa claus and his little helpers and then back at the house before I left this was the only nice photo I could get with my godson - he really like his auntie hannah that week lol. moving on up north then it was time for a trip down memory lane and the chance to return to aberdeen, my home for two years and some great times spent there. so of course I had to include a picture of the university and of course of Ricky - who has so kindly moved up there to live and work and given me the opportunity of visiting, it was great to see him but kinda scary as well because it made me feel very young and immature since he is getting married and has bought a house and everything else as for myself I am still bludging off my parents and enjoying the uni way of life, sad sad person I am

Mother and son cut a dash in the living room
Zoe and crystal at the dance club social, where we took the place by storm
jive lessons pay off as I take to the floor as a very good looking member of the opposite sex
Bath time at the zoo, this is a rare form of chimp that is only seen on rare occasions Back in the UK in November '05 for the christmas holidays, and the first port of call was in the borders of scotland well eyemouth to see Crystal and David and by gorgeous godson Dylan - man is he a cutie, it was a lovely time, with a lot of dancing thanks to the jiving Thomas family (don't I make a good man - in the middle picture with Zoe as my beautiful partner). Just over a week I spent there and it was great, it included a visit to the air museum, hence dylan sitting on a bomb (otherwise known as the donations box, after driving us around the park and standing under a flowing drain- the boy loves water)