Summer 2010 -South Island trip with my parents

God has blessed me with so many opportunities this Summer, I have been able to see so much of his beautiful creation :)

Jan 14-20: South Island trip with my parents

Hanmer Springs-Fox Glacier-Cromwell-Wanaka-Queenstown-Dunedin-Christchurch

This year I had the choice to do a South Island trip with some close friends or to try convince my parents to let me take them, because I knew they had wanted to for a while & knew I wouldn't be able to take them any other time. So in the end I organised a trip with my parents, which may sound lame just me and my parents haha, but I love them so much I wanted to :) I enjoy looking after my parents as cheesy as that sounds lol their getting old and I've got plenty of other opportunities to road trip with friends :)

Flying into Christchurch it was amazing to see it from a birds eye view, how God has put this big jigsaw puzzle together. Hanmer Springs was nice and peaceful, it was nice to just relax in the hot pools and it was cool to see my parents being able to enjoy just relaxing :)

Fox Glacier, was amazing! we did the half day walk, it was sad that my dads legs gave in and he couldn't get to walk on the ice :( so I had to do it without them. It was incredible! was such a hot day and to see all the different formations on the glacier was amazing! I was in awe of being surrounded by Gods spectacular creation.

We stopped in Cromwell to pick cherries! that was so much fun! my mum enjoyed it alot, by the end of the trip we had eaten so much cherries! haha. Wanaka was beautiful, there was a marathon on and there were heaps of people. We went to puzzle world which was fun, I'm glad my parents liked it.

I love Queenstown! we got upgraded into a suite! :) so I cooked pasta for my parents one night :) My mum loved it cos she got to relax in the spa pool and sauna. I got convinced to go Jet boating, which was an awesome experience! We went for a walk along the lake it was nice and peaceful being surrounded by mountains, and I spent that time reflecting and thanking God for the amazing things I had seen.

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)

Dunedin was nice, we got to walk up and down the steepest street in the World with my mum :) my parents finally got to see the Chinese Gardens & uni. But most of all Dunedin was special cos I got to catch up with my friend Jun and Kareena :) I got to have coffee, go the waterfront and have ice-cream with Jun. I got to have dinner with Kareena at her Grandpas restaurant & got to shout her and my parents a meal :) We found out my parents knew her Grandpa lol small world..

We got upgraded in Christchurch aswell, this time to a two bedroom! was so nice! I got to catch up with my friend Jess and we had dinner with my sisters boyfriends family. It was nice to catch with everyone :)

I am so thankful to the Lord for this time I could bond with my parents & experience the beautiful wonder of his creation in the South Island! Lord thankyou for blessing me with such wonderful parents! who I love so much :)