Police, Tsunami and an All Black

We've had a busy few days since Joe's last hospital visit. Christchurch Police and other emergency services held an open day in the city. The boys enjoyed climbing in all the vehicles

meeting the search and rescue dogs, setting off sirens and dressing up in uniform. We met up with Louise and Josh, then joined Gillian and Eddie for a cold drink. We hopped on the open air tram to get around the city centre

and stopped off at Victoria Square to see the topiary animals.

Then the next day we were rudely awoken by Nana informing us of a tsunami alert. We live in the evacuation zone so were supposed to be ready to leave if necessary and to listen to the media. We had a barbeque planned with friends so cancelled that 'just in case'. We decided to go out for the day rather than staying tied to the radio so headed with Nana to the Jacob's place. Matt rang the insurance company at 9am as our house insurance lapsed last week!!!! The first wave was initially expected at 9.05am, so nothing like cutting it fine! Anyway nothing huge affected our area although there has been plenty of unusual water movements over the last 24 hours. Ella has missed her walks on the beach, but did have a fantastic day rolling around and chasing Ash and Indy's dog Lucy.

Today was sign on night at Parklands Rugby Club. Joe is hoping to play ripper rugby for the under 7s this season. He may miss a couple of the first games because of that elbow! 2 Crusaders came to support so the boys went with shirts and autograph books in hand. They were thrilled when they saw that the players were Isaac Ross (All Black) and Adam Whitelock.