A few days away

This past weekend we had a little break away to celebrate Hannah May's 15th birthday. It was just what we all needed, although the weather was pretty rubbish.

After a cancelled flight Thursday evening, and an overnight stay in Napier, we were up at silly o'clock to catch our flight to Auckland.

We arrived to discover that trains into the city weren't running due to an electrical issue but eventually they started up again, so we finally made it to our motel mid morning so we could check in and drop our bags off.

We spent the rest of the day at Sylvia Park shopping centre as the rain was bucketing down on and off again.

After an early dinner I think we'd all crashed out to sleep by 9pm. Up bright and early Saturday morning, we spent a few hours walking around Queen St, before the rain set in again.

The Auckland Sky Tower, just up the street from where we were staying, was lit up for the King's Coronation.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner out for Hannah's birthday.

Then we found a new treat to try, croffles, from the Wafflers.

Can you spot a snoozing Diesel in the background of this photo? Well, he had a super fun time at my brother and sister in law's, hanging out with his mate Buddy, their black labrador, and he came home completely knackered from all the fun times and walks they had. 

We finished our lovely weekend with birthday cake for Hannah - she just loves sprinkles, so this cake was just perfect for her, and delicious too.

See you soon xx