rafting.

after we spent the day in rotorua 

we drove to a campsite just out of town for the  night.

it was right on a lake and we got to play with 

kayaks, trampolines, swings, and a grounded boat.

so so fun and we all turned into four year olds 

(as if that wasn't the case every day...)

the next morning we woke up to go rafting!

melissa and i had already been on this particular river,

but it was so fun we decided to do it again.

the kaituna is home to the world's tallest commercially rafted waterfall...

and i finally have pictures!

(we didn't buy the pictures the last time we went and we were all kind of disappointed at our mistake, but i think it definitely paid off to have the pictures of all my favorite people in new zealand on the river.)

we stayed with some friends in auckland.

this is pretty typical of our family:

ryan and mike have pinned down melissa to tickle her

and frost has me in a surprise bear hug. 

lord oh lord, i do love these people.

and then. 

to further prove my point about all of us being raging four year olds

when frost, mike and i ended up with a few hours to spare in the auckland airport

we did what all normal, twenty-somethings do.

we played shaky face.

you get your subject to whip his/her head back and forth

and take a series of pictures

because at least one will end up looking like these beauties:

 

off to study for my last exam in four and a half hours.

have i mentioned the stunning lack of motivation?

it's crippling really.

see you on the other side!

love love love

c