I have to admit I didn't feel like blogging yesterday, I spent a lot of the evening glued to the television watching the earthquake rescue efforts. I'm not really a social-commentating blogger, but one thing I was struck by was the incredible sense of community here in New Zealand. Christchurch has so many volunteers offering to help they can't use them all, and more than enough blood has been donated. When a shocking disaster like this happens in such a small country people really depend on that sense of community, family, and pulling together.

Here is my family this week, Elmer having just got up from a nap, but not quite ready to greet the day yet. Amazing how much it takes for him to get to sleep, and how hard he finds it to wake up...