Birthday....

It was my birthday a week after arriving in Wanaka. Last year I had it in Wanaka too but not really knowing anyone out there as I'd just arrived out there I did not end up doing anything for it!! Was real nice this year as some of my friends, fellow lifties from last season had invited me down to the lake and turned out to be a surprise birthday celebration, thank you Katie for organising it and baking me a birthday cake :) It was a beautiful day for my birthday too, wouldn't have wished to be anywhere else on this day, I was surrounded by good friends in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, so lucky!! You just need to look at this picture to see that....

 






I also got a massive birthday card, here's some photo's of it....

 

At night the Matarika celebrations were going on down by the lake so I headed down to watch them as went last year but this years was even better. Stoked this was on my Birthday, they even had fire works this year and I love fireworks, met up with Anita there as she was possibly going to be joining in with the fire twirling and watched the fireworks with her which was rad, it was a huge fireworks display for being such a small place was super stoked on it :D

 

annnnd last but not least I got this amazing piece of artwork from Dylan and Sarah that Dylan made for me, so stoked to have a piece of art by him I can hang on my wall as he is a very talented artist, thank you!! :D