Valentines Week

Hi all,

Our first slow week, finally, if you can believe it. Highlights of Valentine's week was dinner on Friday night (not on Sun as everything is closed for church) at Feista Seafood with a lobster so big it did not fit on the plate, nor could all of it be eaten by just one starving lass. I wish I could have captured the look on Jodie's face when it took three girls to bring her meal out.

Valentine's Dinner - Lobster Mornay!!! Like the spear holes in the crays head??

Jodie's flowers from the only florist on the island - Lyndon scored brownie points for this effort

Early Saturday morning Lyndon took off on his cross the Island cycle out to the airport and back then the construction crew began on the tree house again!! The kids are over the moon as they have a pulley system set up now to send their treasures and food over to them from the veranda! They just need to train mum and Dad! The afternoon was our first Du-athlon, Lyndon did a 1km run, Jodie swam 200m (true) and then Lyndon ran another 1km - we make a good team.

Tongan's know how to warm up!!

Jodie at the interchange station (exhausted) after her ocean swim with legs of jelly!

Competitors lining up for the first "Friendly Island Triathlon" event!

A quiet Sunday morning getting prepared for the windy weather which we now know is Cyclone Rene (currently Cat 4)!! Our first official one for our Tongan posting and she is due to hit Nuku'alofa early tonight (15Feb10). The kids are all prepared you could say even excited as only kids can be about cyclones and flooding. They also bring out our local creepy crawlies! See below Lyndon found this one in our ensuite this morning. Jodie was walking over it all night they have a really nasty bite!!! So the local tell us!

No snakes or poisonous spiders but we do have Moliki's!!!! Friendly fello's NOT! Bought out by all the rain!

We appreciate that you are all concerned but No need to worry as we are well prepared! Jodie and the kids are veterans after cyclone Larry in Cairns. It is a first for Lyndon as he has no boat to sail off into the sunset on!! We will see you all on the other side and will surely have an interesting Blog for next week!!