Summer days and at the beach...

Auckland Anniversary at Mission Bay with
Rangitoto Island in the background

It's been a busy week already with Auckland Anniversary holiday on Monday and then our middle child's birthday on Tuesday with the departure of my parents back to Samoa on yesterday.

The neat thing is about holidays is being able to spend time with family and enjoying food, music, sand, surf and a lot of laughs in between.

And pictured is a neat little lunch that our youngest made for me and her as a treat for taking her to the beach in which she spent most of the day between the park, the beach and the fountain.

The parking wasn't too bad either in that you just need a little bit of patience to be able to await a car leaving so that you can pull in close to the beach.

And not forgetting your beach chairs and mat so that you don't have to plant yourself on the beach with lots of sand encasing food, drink and clothes.

And now looking forward to next week with another beach trip planned for next week's Waitangi Day holiday for a family outing complete with lunch, music and lots of relaxation. Although, this time I might take a canopy just to ensure that we bounce those ultraviolet rays back into the stratosphere and not on our skin...