Yes, we are still alive!

It has been a month since I last posted, and a busy one at that.
In the past month....

I sprained my ankle helping Daryl move a kitchen cabinet at his parents house, turned out it was a bad sprain too, and 3 1/2 weeks later the swelling has still not completely disappeared. At least I had plenty of work to do, so didn't get bored.

Our dishwasher is working again. You may think this is an odd thing to mention, but it has taken a month of trying for the repairman to finally get it sorted! I was beginning to get cross. It has been VERY frustrating, especially so while I was on crutches due to the aforementioned sprained ankle.

The Prelude is gone, after a very fast Trademe auction where 3 people were trying to do the buy now at the same time. They even drove it away, which we thought was brave considering it's refusal to go over about 50km/h. Now only another 2 weeks to muddle through before Daryl gets his new car.

Kyla is running in the Norwest Schools cross country next Thursday after placing 3rd in her school event, and 6th in the Kaipara Schools cross country last Monday. She is very excited, and would love to make it through to the Auckland Champs as last year she would have qualified for this had she been year 7 instead of 6.

Braden received a certificate today for his result in the ICAS Science Exam, this is the current version of the New South Wales tests we used to sit. He received a High Distinction placing him in the top 1% of his year group across NZ- an impressive result.

We are down to the last 2 weeks of soccer games, which will then free up our Saturdays! As Spring seems to be springing early, there will be plenty to do around the house.

My efforts at cooking new recipes have been pretty much non-existent over the last few weeks, but tonight inspiration struck.... although it was a combined effort this time between Daryl and me.
We have, on a couple of occasions, gone to a Spanish Tapas Cafe in Albany called Bolero. They have a great menu that we have shared various item from, and the kids really enjoy it too. Our favourite desserts are Creme Catalana (like Creme brulee) with Raspberries and
Churros con Chocolat.
After browsing the net for a recipe, we tried making Churros tonight, and they were sooo good.
Basically these are deep fried dough (a very simple dough made of flor, hot water a tablespoon of oil, and a little salt and sugar. They are sprinkled with Cinnamon and sugar while hot, and dipped into a rich chocolate sauce to eat. Yum!