life in NZ so far.

It has been a long time since my last post, so this will be the mother of posts

We have been here for about 3 weeks now. The first was taken up with silly things, like getting IRD numbers (NI numbers), bank accounts etc. Once that was all done, we paid a visit to my new office, APR Architects. we washed our 'new' car, for those interested it is a Mitsubishi RVR, 2.4litre, permanent 4WD, automatic thing. Actually it is really good.

We also have my dad's camper van. This is 'my' car for the time being, or until i can afford my mitsubishi Evo 5.

We are living in my Mum and Dad's house for the next year. It is lovely, clean, relatively warm and cosy but best of all, BIG. The boys have their own bedrooms, which is fantastic. Our bedroom is the size the two large bedrooms in our old house, which is still for sale if you have a spare £150,000.

What have we been doing, I hear you ask, mainly shopping. There is stuff that everyone needs.

Harvey needed a new bike, we all needed things like shoes and stuff. We bought the kids tons of toys. The house needed bits and pieces, things that make it feel a little more homely.

And what else? Fun stuff, like visiting the local lakefront, where there was a gypsy market, quad bikes to ride, planes to see. But most important was a trip to the LUGE. This is the best ride in the world! Firstly you travel up the mountain in a gondola, then speed down it on a tea tray then travel back up on a chair lift.

And most importantly this week, Ellis started school. He is now fully enroled at Ngongotaha Primary School. And in two weeks Harvey starts at kindergarten.

And just for my Mum, a picture of some flowers in her garden that she never see's bloom because she is never in the country.

That is about it for now, I promise i will update more regularly now.

Thank you to everyone who has emailed in the last three weeks, we miss you all loads, keep in contact and start saving your money. You are all welcome to visit anytime.