Jolene: "mommy, you a dinosaur"
Me: "No, I am a woman"
Jolene: "mommy, you a dino-woman"
Me: laugh
23.7.07
Back home
Well I haven't done a very good job of updating you on the last leg of our trip. Perhaps I will do that some evening within the next week.
Just wanted to say that we made it back ok with all of our luggage in tow. Funny thing though...the "not so nice" customs lady we dealt with on our way over was there on our return! I started laughing, of course she would be there :-) She still had a scowl on her face too! Thankfully some guy called us to his line before she could set her cold, icy eyes upon us. We got through customs easily, a prayer answered.
The girls slept through the night and woke at 7am in the third day. I am very thankful for that. The first morning we all woke up around 4 and laid around until 6. We decided there was no point to laying around any longer and went to the beach to have coffee and watch the sunrise. Brrrrrrrrrr, very cold but enjoyable.
So we are back in Oz, home for right now. It is good to be back and getting into a routine. At church people welcomed us back and made us feel like we were missed. That helps a lot with the homesickness.
The winter weather welcomed us as well. Record lows, oh yeah. I am not loving the laundry thing, but such is life. It has been frosting at night, I am not sure how cold it gets inside but I am guessing it is close to 40 or so. Oz winters.
We have started packing. Daryl and Brit came over on Saturday and helped pack up the things we don't need for the next week. It will be nice to have this all done with in a week. This will be the ninth time we have moved in our almost 5 years of marriage. I don't know how keen I am about adding to that sum, but who knows what God is planning?
We will take pics of the new house soon.
Just wanted to say that we made it back ok with all of our luggage in tow. Funny thing though...the "not so nice" customs lady we dealt with on our way over was there on our return! I started laughing, of course she would be there :-) She still had a scowl on her face too! Thankfully some guy called us to his line before she could set her cold, icy eyes upon us. We got through customs easily, a prayer answered.
The girls slept through the night and woke at 7am in the third day. I am very thankful for that. The first morning we all woke up around 4 and laid around until 6. We decided there was no point to laying around any longer and went to the beach to have coffee and watch the sunrise. Brrrrrrrrrr, very cold but enjoyable.
So we are back in Oz, home for right now. It is good to be back and getting into a routine. At church people welcomed us back and made us feel like we were missed. That helps a lot with the homesickness.
The winter weather welcomed us as well. Record lows, oh yeah. I am not loving the laundry thing, but such is life. It has been frosting at night, I am not sure how cold it gets inside but I am guessing it is close to 40 or so. Oz winters.
We have started packing. Daryl and Brit came over on Saturday and helped pack up the things we don't need for the next week. It will be nice to have this all done with in a week. This will be the ninth time we have moved in our almost 5 years of marriage. I don't know how keen I am about adding to that sum, but who knows what God is planning?
We will take pics of the new house soon.
1.7.07
Installment number 2-pics at the end
Alright so more updates.
First, pics of the plane ride over
So where were we...I think I stopped at Hobart.
After regrouping in Hobart for a few days we headed east (pics of traveling around Indiana). Our first stop was at the Fisher grandparent's lake cottage. The back of the house faces the lake and the front faces the corn. We stayed with B's grandparents that night. A good summer day was had by all. Taking boat rides out on the lake, Jolene playing in the lake muck, walking in the corn, seeing fireflies for the first time (for Jolene). B's parents stopped by and surprised me by bringing up the mustang....yeah!!!!
The following day we headed to B's uncle and aunt's house. It was enjoyable catching up with them as well as the other Fisher families that were there for the Fisher reunion. Brandon realized that he hadn't talked to some of them much, due to the fact that in previous years he was young and always playing outside. Now we are "old" and don't run around so much :-) It was good getting to know some of them better. Jolene enjoyed the swimming pool and the trampoline. Back and forth, back and forth for her. We played volleyball, hillbilly golf, and some dart game that is now outlawed because people kept getting impaled by the darts, oh and watched some Aussie rules football.
After the reunion we traveled to Kokomo (drove the mustang:-) ) where we stayed for a few days with Brandon's family. Jolene enjoyed their pool, sandbox, play house, and other things that we don't have. we went to Brandon's brother's house. That was a bit strange. Jacob has a house! I guess we are all growing up.
From Kokomo we drove to Fairland where we stayed for a good chunk of time, eight days. It is nice staying somewhere for that long. It gives the girls time to settle in and get used to things a bit more. It was nice driving the back roads to Fairland, I have missed the corn, bumpy roads, and the green. Australia does not have the same green color we have back in Indiana. Days and nights at the Elder household were enjoyed playing euchre, soccer, swinging, walking to "downtown" Fairland (only half mile away), and water fights. (pics of these events)
One night we drove into Indy and walked along the canal and saw a free jazz concert. That was very nice, we enjoyed seeing downtown Indy again. It has been a while. My parents had the Fishers down for a cook-out that Saturday (BBQ for all you Aussies :-) ), we had a rousing game of soccer, great fun! That Monday we went to a park and walked on the trails to the river. Tuesday evening we drove to Greenwood and met Stacie Shopp (an old friend from SSRP but currently living in Russia) at Starbucks, yum! (pics of those last few days)
Right now we are in Hobart again for the 4th of July. Will write about that and our week at Fishers in the days to come.
First, pics of the plane ride over
So where were we...I think I stopped at Hobart.
After regrouping in Hobart for a few days we headed east (pics of traveling around Indiana). Our first stop was at the Fisher grandparent's lake cottage. The back of the house faces the lake and the front faces the corn. We stayed with B's grandparents that night. A good summer day was had by all. Taking boat rides out on the lake, Jolene playing in the lake muck, walking in the corn, seeing fireflies for the first time (for Jolene). B's parents stopped by and surprised me by bringing up the mustang....yeah!!!!
The following day we headed to B's uncle and aunt's house. It was enjoyable catching up with them as well as the other Fisher families that were there for the Fisher reunion. Brandon realized that he hadn't talked to some of them much, due to the fact that in previous years he was young and always playing outside. Now we are "old" and don't run around so much :-) It was good getting to know some of them better. Jolene enjoyed the swimming pool and the trampoline. Back and forth, back and forth for her. We played volleyball, hillbilly golf, and some dart game that is now outlawed because people kept getting impaled by the darts, oh and watched some Aussie rules football.
After the reunion we traveled to Kokomo (drove the mustang:-) ) where we stayed for a few days with Brandon's family. Jolene enjoyed their pool, sandbox, play house, and other things that we don't have. we went to Brandon's brother's house. That was a bit strange. Jacob has a house! I guess we are all growing up.
From Kokomo we drove to Fairland where we stayed for a good chunk of time, eight days. It is nice staying somewhere for that long. It gives the girls time to settle in and get used to things a bit more. It was nice driving the back roads to Fairland, I have missed the corn, bumpy roads, and the green. Australia does not have the same green color we have back in Indiana. Days and nights at the Elder household were enjoyed playing euchre, soccer, swinging, walking to "downtown" Fairland (only half mile away), and water fights. (pics of these events)
One night we drove into Indy and walked along the canal and saw a free jazz concert. That was very nice, we enjoyed seeing downtown Indy again. It has been a while. My parents had the Fishers down for a cook-out that Saturday (BBQ for all you Aussies :-) ), we had a rousing game of soccer, great fun! That Monday we went to a park and walked on the trails to the river. Tuesday evening we drove to Greenwood and met Stacie Shopp (an old friend from SSRP but currently living in Russia) at Starbucks, yum! (pics of those last few days)
Right now we are in Hobart again for the 4th of July. Will write about that and our week at Fishers in the days to come.
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