Soccer World Cup

The All Whites, (NZ soccer team) played their last game of the World Cup on Friday morning. The game was being shown live here at 2am, and a group of us decided to head out to a sports bar and watch the game. Kit and I were laying in bed about 1:15am when are alarm went off thinking do we really want to make the trip down to a bar to watch the game, when all we have to do is get up and go in the next room. BUT we decided it would be more fun if we were with our friends for the game. I'd had only an hour of sleep and Kit never really fell asleep before the game started, so we didn't think that we'd make it past half time. Plus NZ was playing Paraguay, who was ranked way above them. Once we got up and drove down to the bar, we were getting pretty excited. New Zealand hasn't been in the World Cup since 1982. They made there first goal at the first set of games ever in a World Cup, so Kit and I and the rest of NZ was pretty excited that they could make to the next round of games if they won this game. We met up with about 8-10 other friends and it was so invigorating to be around other fans and people who were all just as tired as we were but still pumped to be watching the All Whites. There is a room in the bar that has stadium seating and a big screen for sports events. The only seats available were seats on the floor, but we pretended that we weren't sitting on a bar floor.  The All Whites played a great game and ended up tying with Paraguay, however a tie was not enough to get them onto the next round. In the end, we were both very glad that we had gotten up to watch the game.

Charlie and Burt hanging out watching the game

Kit and I on the floor

A girl from the psych department, who fell asleep.

Floor shot

Awesome group!

me, Kate and Eve!

 

the view of the crowd behind us.

Naked Rugby *Warning not a post for children*

Last weekend, the All Blacks, the National NZ rugby team played in Dunedin. Usually when the All Blacks play in Dunedin it is a big deal, but this time was the last time that the All Blacks were going to play in the old stadium,(They are in the process of building a new rugby stadium). So this was a  very big game, people flew in from all over New Zealand to be a part of history. All over town, there were events going to celebrate the All Blacks. Every year there is a naked rugby game. We thought we'd check it out to see what all hype was about. We ended up missing the game, but we got some good pictures anyway.
(The appropriate areas are blocked out in the pictures below.)

It was one of those absolutely beautiful days in Dunedin. The temperature was around 65-70, so we decided to play frisbee with some friends. While tossing the frisbee we had drunk students deciding that it was time to strip down and play frisbee with us. We decided afterwards we needed a whole bunch on hand sanitizer to make us feel clean again. We ended up having a wonderful day, spent with great friends and the All Blacks beat Wales!

Things that make me happy

It has been awhile since I did a post about things that make me happy. One of my friends on facebook had a great status : Sometimes it's nice to remember that you are exactly where you are meant to be right now.(Thank you Amanda Krzystofiak for that wonderful reminder) 

Well it got me thinking about how my life is going and how I need remember the small things in life that make me smile and make me happy.  This especially true during the winter months. We all get absorbed in our life and forgot to stop and smell the flowers! So these are the small things that are making me happy right now.

A husband who is almost done with his dissertation! Way to go Kit

 Rainbows on my wall

 

Sunny Days and Flowers

 Even though the sun doesn't rise until 8:30am, we have had some amazing sunrises!

 

Great Friends that we spend an amazing weekend with.

 

Random warm days, that gets us out of the house and playing Frisbee and soccer in the park.

 

What makes you happy???

Next Post: All Blacks Rugby day and Naked Rugby

 

Sports, Sports and More Sports!

 Kit is in the middle with the red shirt and the ball.

Kit has been playing Netball on a co-ed team here. Netball is a lot like basketball, except usually only women play and you can't dribble the ball. It was fun to see him play and to learn some of the rules of netball, which you can find here.

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. Kit was sick and then I caught his cold so there wasn't too much to report on. Now that we are on the mend and the weather has been sunnier we are doing good. The Soccer World Cup started this weekend and we have been watching alot of games and loving it. Since we have about a 13 hour time difference with South Africa the games are being played at 6:30am, 11:30pm and 2am. We had some friends come over for the USA-England game at 6:30 on Sunday morning. We had a blast watching the game and eating breakfast food. The sun was just coming up as the game ended. The All Whites, the New Zealand Team, play on Tuesday night at 11:30, we are excited to support our new country and we plan on having some friends over to watch the game with us.

Cheers!