Hello from our new home in Aussieland

Hooray - we're finally on line. The week of the move was fraught will all sorts of unpleasant surprises, but all ended well, so that's okay. I can go into more detail later but for now I'll just say that the car was eventually sold, Alan's emergency heart surgery went well and Clyde was able to walk Nicole down the aisle and danced the father/daughter dance with her at the reception.

Sorry we were not able to see all our Woodlands friends or all the friends we wanted to see in Dallas before we left.

We had a great time in Cali with Lauren (except for Ken's stomach flu and my bronchitis). Okay, even with them, we had fun. Miss you Lauren - see you next summer.

We're settled in now and are really enjoying it here. Ariel already has several friends, we've found a cleaners, dentist (needed him the first day here) and a doctor (the second day), a health club and a hair salon. Ken had found a great church - Kenmore Baptist Church - before we got here, so that's a very important item handled.

We had a great time getting to know Rocky Grudier - a missionary/musician from back home who has been over here for a while - when he came and stayed with us for a long weekend our second week here. He is in New Zealand now for several months. It was great being new here and being able to meet someone from back home.

I've temporarily opened the blog to any and all, so you can leave a comment here or email us at our old email addresses for the next few weeks. We'll let you know our new ones by email soon.

I'll write more later -

Barbara