Tekapo hot springs We woke up, had breakfast and packed quickly so we could enjoy the last little bit of time with Natalie, Matt and the kids. They took us to the Tekapo Hot Springs to play in the pools. There are 5 pools ranging in temperature and, of course, the scenery was beautiful. After…

Natalie had been dying to take us to Mt. Cook for some biking and hiking. We were too nervous to go mountain biking but the hike was more our speed. So we headed out for about an hour drive towards Aoraki/ Mt. Cook, the tallest peak in New Zealand. Aoraki means Cloud Piercer in the…

We woke up this morning to tiny voices… the boys were up and we couldn’t wait to see them! We were super excited about this giant puzzle we got the boys and couldn’t wait to put it together with them.  The puzzle was a huge success because they are obsessed with “diggers”, firetrucks, trains… basically…

After our nice night at the Jucy Snooze we headed out for our first day in New Zealand. We picked up the rental car repeating “Stay to the LEFT” over and over. The day was really cloudy and gray and we honestly were starting to feel a little bummed that we wouldn’t be able to…

After such an amazing night at the yurt we had a jam-packed day of driving and sight-seeing ahead. First stop was Oamaru, the Steampunk capitol of the world. Next we went to see the Moeraki Boulders, and lastly we needed to make it to Queenstown before it got dark to enjoy the scenery. Oamaru Oamaru…