Saturday, September 18, 2010

G'day from down under!

Hello everyone!
We've made it safe & sound to Australia and had a few days to settle in....sort of. We have been flat out busy since we arrived! We will take some pictures for you soon! We just haven't really had time. We arrived here on Thursday night and stayed up a bit with our friends Sarah, Hamish & Jack, then woke up the next morning and off Ben went to work & I stayed with Henry & tried to put the house together & sort our luggage out, then on Friday night we went to Mic & Kim's house for dinner & had a great time with them. On Saturday The boys moved the boat up river to a new mooring & Sarah, Henry, & I did some shopping...thats an adventure all on it's own here! Then, Saturday night we had the jenkin's friend Naomi over with her two little girls Chloe & Georgie (4 & 2). Today is Sunday & the guys have gone out to the building site (the block) to dig footing holes & The ladies & Henry are here at home having tea & Violet crumbles watching huge amounts of rain come down...they assure me this is nothing though, that this torrential downpour is only a sprinkle & just wait until the wet season comes. I can't imagine!
This week I've already got a playgroup scheduled for Wednesday, also this week, we are going to the nursery to get seeds for the veggie garden, and picking up chickens, possible baby swim lessons & aquarobics as well...plus more dinner dates with friends!!! We are so busy it's amazing! We love it!!! 9 months will fly by in no time at all!!!
We basically live in the garden of Eden as well. We have avocado, pineapple, pomegranate, litchi, lime, lemon, grapefruit, and some other fruit trees all over the yard which is huge & gorgeous!There are wild turkeys & wallabies everywhere, wild pigs, dingoes, Cassowary, kangaroos...and so much more here too. We've only seen the birds & wallabies so far, but heard dingoes last night & the python took a chicken right before we got here, so it will be back.
Well, Henry needs me & I've got Lemington cake ( a very Australian item)to make for dinner, so I should go. Love you all & can't wait to hear from you! We do miss you despite being so busy.

-Kristen

1 comment:

Nathanael and Courtney Werner said...

So glad to hear that you have already settled in and are having fun. I'm looking forward to the pictures!