Lights, Camera and Fashion

Nakita had an absolute blast last night at the Annah Stretton show for NZFW.

She went up to Auckland with a group from work to support her boss and see the brand new Viaduct Events Centre.

The show was superb – a tremendous effort from all the design team (Nakita’s now coveting a powder blue baby doll dress from the collection). After the show the group headed over to the Britomart Country Club for nibbles, drinks and lots of smoosing. Although they didn’t get home till midnight it was a great night and well worth the trip.



Diets on hold... Its Birthday Time

The birthday of Pauly came and left in such a hurry! What a wonderful day it was though. We both took the day off…Kita with work and Pauly with university. We both thought we deserved it too!

The day began with a much needed sleep in! 730 am wake ups were definitely not on the agenda for wonderful day of activities. We left mid morning-ish for Kita’s surprise outing in raglan. It’s strange to think that at the start of the week we had snow in Hamilton and by the end of the week the weather was deemed suitable for the beach. We had lunch at a place Kita has always wanted to go to and it was delicious. Lunch was topped off with a nice walk around raglan... to work off the fatty food. Even on his birthday he couldn’t give into the idea of not burning off fatty food.

Celebrations continued as we had a family (and friends) feed at the Warwick’s home. Ours simply would not fit over 7 people and because Pauly is so popular we had to find a bigger place haha. It was an awesome night with a lot of food, games and laughs. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who helped out in any way. It was also good to get a phone call from both mum and dad.

One of the many things that kept a smile on Paulys dial was that the tradition was kept alive. Since he was about 13 years old  he has had a white cake with blue icing and m&ms. Even though mum wasn’t there, she provided the mix and Lian produced a monster of a cake.

It truly was an amazing day!

Questions - What is your most memorable Birthday? And do you have any traditions?

Wax on, Wax off!

We have been in the ward for almost 10 months but Friday night was our first actual evening activity with the Hamilton East Ward. The ward isnt slack.. we just have had something on every other time they have an activity. It was an international dinner and what a night! Every family was split up into different continents and were then assigned a different meal. Luckily We were assigned Pizza.. which we are getting quite good at. We stuck around the Europe and Asia sections as the US was only hot dogs, Africa looked dodgy and the Pacific Islands wasKFC and taro (which are not acceptable foods) Haha.
The evening was finished off with a variety show from the different auxiliary groups. Because we are both in the Youth Program we participate in their dance. For the past month the youth of the ward have been practising a dance to Kung Fu fighting choreographed by yours truly. Pretty good for our first ever time at making up a dance. It was very basic but really fun.

The Youth.. Look at Kitas leg.. strange!!

Simon, Pauly and Mandi!

Question.. What is your most memorable moment from a church activity? Be it a dance, feed or outing.

Goodbyes Parentals and We are half way there!!!

We said goodbye to Mum and Dad Ardern last week as they left for their new assignment within the church. Dad is now in the First Quorum of the Seventy and will no longer be there to check Pauls essays every minute. They have left New Zealand for the next 13 years and are going to be missed. We had several family feeds to just get in as many final minutes as we could. Highlight would have had to have been.. Pauly, Lian and Crystal emptying the once full pantry. The one item grab system was very effective and highly amusing! The low point would have been burying Tiger the Cat 5 days later. It was nice to share a few memories with Lian and Elle! R.I.P Tiger.

Aroha

Rosana

Onto a completely different topic.. New Zealand’s Next Top Model has reached the half way mark. This week will be the catch up episode. Its been a pretty good series. A lot more drama than the last two. Kitas favourite is Aroha. Pauly thinks a Maori has already won and she is just filling the quota! His pick is Rosanagh. Obviously Kita doesn’t agree with that. Friday is the best TV!!! Top Model at 730, Graham Norton at 830, the hilarious 7 Days at 930!! I hate TV3 news but their Friday line up is tops!

So here are the questions.. 'Who are your favourites for Top Model??' and 'What is your most memorable line-up of TV ever??'

p.s 236 days to go... thats about 33 weeks!