View Photo Gallery for all the pics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThrough the year we had a few outings, some Husky dog sledging days, snowboarding, skiing or snowshoeing, a long weekend at Disneyland Paris, La Tour de France went through our village, visited Grotte de Choranche (thanks to Martine), camping at Sao\u00fb in La Dr\u00f4me region with friends for rocking climbing. In April one of my NZ cousins (Simone and her son Liam) past through on their tour staying at L\u2019Hermitage in La Valle en Gier, so Thomas & I met up with her and others from Liam\u2019s school. In March Thomas came fourth in his first marathon and first in a race when staying in Sleights for this summer. (see photos).<\/p>\n
John\u2019s mother (Nora, 81 yrs) sadly past away, in June. She was a strong lady but the 4 year long battle against cancer finally took a hold over her. It\u2019s been an emotional strain on John accepting that his mum has gone. I was told the first milestone year is tough – Nora is dearly missed. For her funeral we traversed by car & ferry to North Yorkshire then in August went over again to spend a month\u2019s summer holiday. The second time visiting gave us more time to reflect over our loss and to catch up with good friends and family.<\/p>\n
Just recently in November, John left his job after working at JTEKT for 16 years. They say change is good; its just going through the transition is hard. He\u2019s got some good contacts lined up so we hope he\u2019ll be back into workforce soon.<\/p>\n
The same goes for me as I continue working as an entrepreneur English teacher I\u2019ve been given the opportunity to return back into my skilled trade in the fashion field soon. Now that Thomas is more independent, taking the bus to school there & back has given me the opportunity to return back into fulltime work and I can be back on time when he comes home. So fingers crossed all goes to plan. Through teaching I\u2019ve made some great friends and I continue to enjoy going to my fitness classes and John is back into swimming on a regular basis. It was just 2 years ago when I was in Auckland last for Mum & Dad\u2019s 50th<\/sup> wedding anniversary and Mum\u2019s 80th<\/sup>. That was such a memorable occasion and now this August where we are looking forward to celebrating together Poppa\u2019s 80th<\/sup> plus around that same time we\u2019re lucky to celebrate Nana\u2019s 82nd<\/sup> birthday also. We are fortunate to have such loving parents\/grand-parents.<\/p>\nWe hope that our family and friends keep well and continue to enjoy yourselves.
\nWishing each and every one of you a Joyeux No\u00ebl and a very happy, healthy New Year.<\/p>\n
Bisous from Alexandra, John & Thomas.<\/p>\n
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In April one of my NZ cousins (Simone and her son Liam) past through on their tour staying at L\u2019Hermitage in La Valle en Gier, so Thomas & I met up with her and others from Liam\u2019s school. In March Thomas came fourth in his first marathon and first in a race when staying in Sleights for this summer. (see photos).<\/p>\nJohn\u2019s mother (Nora, 81 yrs) sadly past away, in June. She was a strong lady but the 4 year long battle against cancer finally took a hold over her. It\u2019s been an emotional strain on John accepting that his mum has gone. I was told the first milestone year is tough – Nora is dearly missed. For her funeral we traversed by car & ferry to North Yorkshire then in August went over again to spend a month\u2019s summer holiday. The second time visiting gave us more time to reflect over our loss and to catch up with good friends and family.<\/p>\nJust recently in November, John left his job after working at JTEKT for 16 years. 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That was such a memorable occasion and now this August where we are looking forward to celebrating together Poppa\u2019s 80th<\/sup> plus around that same time we\u2019re lucky to celebrate Nana\u2019s 82nd<\/sup> birthday also. We are fortunate to have such loving parents\/grand-parents.<\/p>\nWe hope that our family and friends keep well and continue to enjoy yourselves.\nWishing each and every one of you a Joyeux No\u00ebl and a very happy, healthy New Year.<\/p>\nBisous from Alexandra, John & Thomas.<\/p>\nRelated Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joyeux No\u00ebl from the French speakers Menzies & Swales. Nous souhaite que vous passez d\u2019agreables f\u00eate de no\u00ebl avec beaucoup de chocolat di\u00e8t\u00e8tique et du soft champagne. Nous vous souhaite plein, plein de bonnes choses pour la nouvelle ann\u00e9e 2015, bonheur, sant\u00e9, prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9\u2026 et \u00e0 tous ceux que vous aimes. 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![\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t1<\/span>\n2<\/a>\n►<\/a><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\nView Photo Gallery for all the pics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThrough the year we had a few outings, some Husky dog sledging days, snowboarding, skiing or snowshoeing, a long weekend at Disneyland Paris, La Tour de France went through our village, visited Grotte de Choranche (thanks to Martine), camping at Sao\u00fb in La Dr\u00f4me region with friends for rocking climbing. In April one of my NZ cousins (Simone and her son Liam) past through on their tour staying at L\u2019Hermitage in La Valle en Gier, so Thomas & I met up with her and others from Liam\u2019s school. In March Thomas came fourth in his first marathon and first in a race when staying in Sleights for this summer. (see photos).<\/p>\nJohn\u2019s mother (Nora, 81 yrs) sadly past away, in June. She was a strong lady but the 4 year long battle against cancer finally took a hold over her. It\u2019s been an emotional strain on John accepting that his mum has gone. I was told the first milestone year is tough – Nora is dearly missed. For her funeral we traversed by car & ferry to North Yorkshire then in August went over again to spend a month\u2019s summer holiday. The second time visiting gave us more time to reflect over our loss and to catch up with good friends and family.<\/p>\nJust recently in November, John left his job after working at JTEKT for 16 years. They say change is good; its just going through the transition is hard. He\u2019s got some good contacts lined up so we hope he\u2019ll be back into workforce soon.<\/p>\nThe same goes for me as I continue working as an entrepreneur English teacher I\u2019ve been given the opportunity to return back into my skilled trade in the fashion field soon. Now that Thomas is more independent, taking the bus to school there & back has given me the opportunity to return back into fulltime work and I can be back on time when he comes home. So fingers crossed all goes to plan. Through teaching I\u2019ve made some great friends and I continue to enjoy going to my fitness classes and John is back into swimming on a regular basis. It was just 2 years ago when I was in Auckland last for Mum & Dad\u2019s 50th<\/sup> wedding anniversary and Mum\u2019s 80th<\/sup>. That was such a memorable occasion and now this August where we are looking forward to celebrating together Poppa\u2019s 80th<\/sup> plus around that same time we\u2019re lucky to celebrate Nana\u2019s 82nd<\/sup> birthday also. We are fortunate to have such loving parents\/grand-parents.<\/p>\nWe hope that our family and friends keep well and continue to enjoy yourselves.\nWishing each and every one of you a Joyeux No\u00ebl and a very happy, healthy New Year.<\/p>\nBisous from Alexandra, John & Thomas.<\/p>\nRelated Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joyeux No\u00ebl from the French speakers Menzies & Swales. Nous souhaite que vous passez d\u2019agreables f\u00eate de no\u00ebl avec beaucoup de chocolat di\u00e8t\u00e8tique et du soft champagne. Nous vous souhaite plein, plein de bonnes choses pour la nouvelle ann\u00e9e 2015, bonheur, sant\u00e9, prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9\u2026 et \u00e0 tous ceux que vous aimes. 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