A beach birthday

Being November children, our birthdays have always been pretty miserable weather-wise. Usually it's raining. Or cold. Or both. Until we moved upside down.

November is now firmly in the Spring. But with us being in Nelson, the weather was better than normal for us.

We were very lucky to be meeting up with Alison, a friend of Andrea's (Annalie's sister) who moved to NZ two years before us. Annalie and Alison plotted a day out at Rabbit Island, so after a leisurely breakfast, Alison and her family picked us up and off we went.

Rabbit Island is a leisure area just outside Nelson with a fabulous beach, some free barbecues and plenty of open space to play in. We took some food and drinks and chilled out for the afternoon, soaking up the sun and enjoying the company of some new-found friends.

As you can see, Ian's birthday was a stressful affair...