Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th February

On Saturday night we went out to West Hampstead to meet Jo and Nic and a group of their friends to celebrate Jo's birthday. We had Thai for dinner, then went up the road to the local pub, to be entertained by live entertainment who took the microphone around the pub and got everybody involved - it was heaps of fun! Nic with a chilli in her mouth Jo and a friend Josh and Nic On Sunday, we went to Tristians house for a roast dinner - it was great! The guys enjoyed guitar playing after dinner. It was a really great weekend. Not much on the sleeping front but we had heaps of fun.

Sarah's 28th Birthday

The day started with me going to work and not informing my colleagues that it was my birthday, until mid-day when a huge bag of flowers and balloons arrived from Josh! Everybody now knew it was my b-day! The balloons and me at my desk at work - i sit right next to the photocopier - check it out! After work i carried the ballons and roses, which were in a nice bag that went over my should, into London. Much to the disdain of some passangers on the underground, as my balloons did take up rather a large amount of room. Anyway, a group of us met and went on a walking tour about Jack the Ripper. There was quite a big group of people, not just us but in general, about a 100, so unfortnatly it did ruin the ambiance a little, and that coupled with balloons flapping in my ears i am none the wiser about Jack the Ripper and as Tatiana (friend) pointed out we will have to whickapdia it later! However, we had a good time and others who didn't have balloons everywhere could hear! Theresa and I - all the following photos are of people as we went around on the Jack the Ripper tour! I was referred to as Mrs Balloons by the tour guide, as everwhere I went I walked with a bag of roses over my shoulder and the balloons waving all over the place! Tatiana Josh and Myank - listening to the tour guide

Laura and Josh(Laura is also the same girl with the blonde wig and green tracksuit from austraila day - she looks much better in these photos! Laura, Ben and Cherie.

Louise and Belinda (friend from Hillsong) After the tour, some of the people came along to Brick Lane for dinner, which is a famous street for Indian food and we enjoyed the rest of the evening with curry and Tequila! Below are photos of dinner at Brick Lane. Tequilla Shots - for everyone after dinner.

See photo below for names of everyone! My birthday cake - Josh brought me another cake - only he left it in Ben's car - so the waiters got me a little one and i had a lovely round of hapy birhtday sung to me by everyone. Dinner at Brick Lane: People from Left to right: Ben(josh'work friend, Larissa (wife of Steve,), Josh, Me, Louise, Theresea (Louise's siter), Steve (Josh's workmate), Cherie (wife of Ben).

Some more lovely flowers were waiting for me when i got home, from Josh's parents - "Thank you very much" We arrived home about mid-night and Josh, Lou and Theresea light my actual cake from Josh and I got another round of Happy Birthday. The cake is a caterpiller called Colin!

Photo of my lovely coloured socks that kept my feet warm whilst we were walking about.

Aren't I a lucky girl! All those flowers and balloons! The morning after and everything is tidied up! In the morning Louise had put a banner up in our lounge with happy birthday ballons - you can see the banner in the picture. I had a really nice birthday and "Thank You" to everyone for all the lovely things you got me and to those of you who celebrated the day with me!

Australia Day

Here are some photos from Australia Day, that we went to a while ago, but have just got the photos off a friend. They are of Josh and his workmates! Laura ( with the blond wig) is dressed up as Kath from 'Kath and Kim'

Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th February

Sausage and a beer before the concert - the beers and wine were served in plastic bottles! The concert Look how packed the tube was after the concert Chinatown

Dim Sum We have done quite a mix of things this weekend. We had a prayer morning on Saturday with people from our connect group - it was a great morning. We had a lovely luch at an Italian restaurant. In the evening we went to the O2 centre and watched the Smashing Pumpkins. The O2 is a great venue, well equiped for concerts, we enjoyed a drink and hot dog before going into the concert. As you can see from the photos the concert was very disapointing! They had no screens up and we couldn't even see them on the stage! Stink!We were waiting for their song 'Zero' and they never even played it! On Sunday after church we took a walk around Chinatown and had a dim sum for lunch/early dinner. We ate slighly too much and went home feeling very full and lazey! It has been nice and sunny this weekend, but still chilly! Nice to see the sun though.

Waitangi Day

We ended the day by walking along the water and having Turkish for dinner.

Josh befriending the local Bobby! The Haka The boys getting ready for the Haka!

Outside Westminster, on our way to the Haka! Mike squashed on the tube by the other door! Look at us all squished on the tube! Look at everyone cram'ed onto the platform waiting for the tube! Check out everyone on the street! Louise, Dave in the background with his NZ flag around his shoulders.

Check out the NZ pilots uniform! Us at the beginning of the day - 11.30am! The only time in the day when we actually got into the pub!

For Waitangi Day, NZers hit the streets on Saturday. There where thousands of us who went around the circle line (on the tube) and stoped off throughout the day at different pubs and ended the day with a Haka in front on paliament at 4pm! It was totally amazing to see so many NZers all having a good time.