First blog in my new home 

After a very frustrating and busy 6 weeks, we have finally arrived at our new home!!! As exciting as that sounds, it still made for a very busy and hectic Christmas eve and Christmas day! I am in no way complaining, I expected it to be that way, and as completely exhausted as I was, I admit to thoroughly enjoying every moment of it just knowing we would soon be relaxing in our new home!!! New Years came and we were still getting ourselves sorted, Christmas is usually Dan's busiest time of the year, so setting up was left to me to do on my own, not to mention the guests that made an appearance slowed the process down somewhat, that being said, I enjoyed having them here, just slowed things down :)

So here we are, a week into the new year and what seems to be a happy, settled little family!!! Dan's work has slowed down (from the 13-14 hour days he was doing anyway) and we have been able to all enjoy some time together as a family again. We have been off sight seeing, checking out all the different beaches (there is just sooooo many of them), walking through the new shopping centers, looking at all the different shops, driving around looking at all the little cafe's imagining which one might soon become our favorite little local spot for Sunday mornings! There is just so many of everything, so many choices, so many options, so much of so much!!! It's incredible!!!

The girls seem happy, we have looked at schools, public schools here are so far better than any private school I have seen up north, I just can't begin to imagine what the private schools would be like. Taylah has begged to start dancing classes again, and also asking to do cheer leading (no, I swear, this is all off her own back!!!), Felicity is still at the age where she can't choose her genre just yet, but as long as she is still having fun she will be happy! Dan and I decided long before we finally moved here we would put the girls into surf life saving, mainly so they can learn to read the waters down here and learn about the dangers.

So far our new life is looking great ... Our lifestyle has become quite carefree (well, to an extent anyway) and even on a rainy day the beach still looks like paradise to us. The only thing missing is our extended families ... But we are secretly working on it ;)