Day 6 - Ashburton
The last full day that my parents were in NZ was spent in Ashburton with the Strijbis's
December 4, 2004

01-SuzukiFloat On Saturday, December 4, 2004, my parents and I went with the Strijbis's to the Christmas parade in Ashburton, because Leticia was playing on the Suzuki violin float 02-SuzukiFloat Suzuki float, with Leticia in the colourful bluish shirt in the middle of the front row 03-Lee&StrijbisFamilies The Lee & Strijbis families ... back: Karen, David; middle: Leticia, me, Mom, Dad, Seth; front: Ryan, Joel 04-Adults Karen's sister, me, Mom, Dad, David 05-StrijbisGrandparents-kids Strijbis grandparents and kids 06-MomDad-ChristchurchAirport Mom and Dad starting their journey home from the Christchurch Int'l Airport early in the morning on Sunday, December 5, 2004 ... it was still December 4th when they got back home to Wisconsin, and they even had to go to work the next morning ... let's say I didn't envy them that day