At last we are all reunited. The drive up was lovely, the snow covered mountains never cease to amaze… Luca sat outside the quarantine facility waiting eagerly for them to let Pica out…. and soon they were together again, like they have never been apart 🙂 Vida and Pica are taking their time getting used …

It has been an eventful couple of weeks. We have no internet currently so I am at the library doing things that need wifi and thought I would do a quick blog too. The property has to have internet connected, and this is going to take a while, trenches need to be dug, wire laid …

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Lots going on with Luca and school. Runs, music jams and fundraisers. Rich has been baking up a storm for the fundraisers and marshaling at the runs. There were over 600 kids at the music jam, Rich said it was quite something. Luca played the ukulele, we …

This month has seen winter really show her face, but we are still having some lovely days. Rich and I finally got around to hiking Mt Cargill last week. We can see the tower from our current lounge window, it has been on our list since arriving, beckoning us…. Here is a better picture of …

It is ours! Now the real works begins 🙂 Rich and I are drawing up plans for the build, though know we will be tiny living for the foreseeable future. It is going to be quite the challenge on many levels, our biggest yet I think. 🙂 Rich brought this home from the op shop …

I was off for my usual walk the other day and who should come wandering down the street….. We have been searching for a community where Luca can wander to and from mates places or go to the library, school, dairy and on adventures etc without having to rely on us to transport him or …

Here we are mid June,how did that happen so fast?!!!! Luca has a brand new pair of braces and handling them very very well, the cleaning especially is quite the mission, he and Rich have it down to a fine art. A bit of a novelty in his class it seems, as he is the …

We have a date!!!! All going to plan, Pica will be arriving in NZ on the 6th of September, wahoo!!!! Still a ton more paperwork and medications to be given to her before then, but this is the most progress since I started this process last November! Will be so good to have our family …

Rich’s birthday was the day after my last post, his first in NZ! A boat is what Luca and I wanted to get him, but we have not found the right one as yet, so….a LEGO in the meantime,had to suffice, neither Luca nor Rich were unhappy about this, and spent the rest of the …

We have officially been living in Port Chalmers for 4 months. Hard to believe, the time goes so fast! We continue to love living here and bit by bit becoming more ensconced. The Fall colours are amazing, so pretty…. Rich and Luca have started going to the home games of the city rugby team, “The …