June 24th 2011

I have since my last post gotten a little more used to life here in new Zealand. Things are starting to get into routine one of my neighbours from church mentioned it could take as long as six months to get over the blues of moving to a new country and she was right. I am getting excited about our future here though. It is going to sound stupid but just recently I have been looking at NZ trees (one of the first things I noticed after leaving the airport) and have realised how unique and gorgeous they are! I look at the photos of them and can instantly remember the smell of them and remember fondly the memories I have of me being a child playing around them. Thinking of someday having a home of my own here makes me excited to hopefully have them all in my back yard for my kids to enjoy too. One of the other small joys of living here is hearing my children come home and sing the same songs I did in school and sing along with them as if I was a kid too. Leaving windows and doors open to feel the cool breeze is a nice feeling too. Knowing my kids can run out in the forest and not worry about snakes or spiders is a nice safe reward too. Owen never wants to come inside any more! My kids know how close the beaches are here and can see them often including times the school goes. My husbands education is off to a good start too. Getting straight As! Two of our daughters have had accidents already and been to the emergency room which works so well here and what’s even better is that we don’t have to pay a cent for it either!