We are here...

and have been for the past 2 weeks and I know I have been bad and not updated at all about our trip.

We arrived to the worst dust storms in Sydney in 70yrs.....check out the photos...

We have spent time in Tamworth with my folks, it was so cold there that I had to go and buy Jumpers and slippers. We then moved on to Toowoomba to my sisters house, where I have been for the past week. We have been busy doing wedding stuff, programs..printing and re printing, and wedding favors.

Today we made it down to Brisbane and are staying with our good friend the Beckers, they have 4 girls. So with 6 girls and Markie the house is busy but they are all getting along really well. Here is a picture of the girls after a swim this afternoon, they had to have a bath because it was so cold...

Less than 48hrs....

AAAARRRRRRHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!! I am have a small freak out because that is how long till we start long long long long journey home. And I still have so much to do in that time.

Here is our Journey itinerary ..

• 7.55am (Monday Morning) Train from Inverness to Edinburgh
• 11.30 arrive in Edinburgh....have to kill about 4 hour in Edinburgh
• 4pm check in at the Edinburgh Airport
• 5pm go threw security and say farewell to Mike who will now head back to Inverness... It's now just me and the kids!!!
• 6.15pm take off for London heathrow
• 7.40pm arrive in London.... now change for T5 to T4 and head to gate for Sydney flight
• 9.40pm wave good bye to the UK
• 5.15am Wednesday land on Aussie soil in Sydney -8.15pm UK time Tues-
• - now this is going to be my major concern, I know have to collect my luggage and double count the kid to make sure i have them all and not any extras. Clear customs with 2 suitcases, 4 carry on, 1 buggy, 3 kids.... and any sanity left. Change to the Domestic terminal and check for our flight to Brisbane.
• 7.15am Do our last leg of this mammoth journey fighting for Sydney to Brisbane
• 8.35am Bust with excitement as we arrive HOME to all our great friends and family... hugs all round

Anyone is welcome at the Airport, we will head to Macca toombal for Coffee after arriving for a quick catch up.

Other wise we are really looking forward to coming home...... see you then!!!!

Coming Home....

We are all on the count down for our trip down under...4 sleeps!!!! I think I'm crazy flying with 3 kids on my own but that the way it goes. Tickets are booked and there is no changing it!! We arrive in Brissy next Wednesday (23rd) .. wow this time next week we will be there!!! We are really looking forward to catching up with friends and family. If anyone wants to catch feel free to drop me an email (or Comment) and we can organize it.

SEE YOU ALL VERY VERY SOON!!!!

Big Spend day.....£££££££or$$$$$$$

Well today I booked my tickets to come to Australia, very very exciting stuff!!!! Even better was the I booked all 5 ticket for under £3000...don't convert it you Aussies it sounds better in pounds. Well it is 10 weeks and 1 day till I back in the land of sunshine, Tim tams, and cherry ripes. I'm really looking forward to my trip home, I now have to work out how to catch up with everyone, and it is going to be really busy with all the final wedding prep. It's so hard because mum and dad are in Tamworth and we really want to spend a lot of our time with them, but then there is all our Brissy friends we want to see too. I think we will need to do an open day somewhere so everyone can come and see us...I'll think on it. It would be good to have our place to stay but I think I'll be commuting from Toowoomba where my sis will have a place. Anyway I'm so very excited.

The only down side will be coming home in November to short, dark, cold, wet days!! :(

Oh and I booked 2 days away in Edinburgh for ME tonight too, staying here for some much needed R & R. I have friend coming to stay one night, I'm looking forward to eating my food while it is hot and walking around for 2 days without baby sick on me. AARRRHHH the simple things in life!!

IN 12 Weeks

I'll be home in Australia. My sister is getting married in October so I'm coming Home a little earlier to spend some time with the family. I'll be booking my flights this week...YAY.... and I plan to fly the around the 21st September. I'm so excited, I'm looking forward to lots of cuppas and chats with all my great friends New and Old.

The News!!

Well I have been quiet over the past couple off weeks. There are two reason,

One being that I'm indexing a book for Mike which is sapping every spare (and not so spare) moment that I have, it takes about an hr to do about 8 pages.

The second being that I have been getting over the disappointment of Mike being turned down for the job in Australia. And I didn't want to post really bad and emotional posts and not very nice things about some people.

2 weeks ago we had the dreaded phone call that left our world shattered, reason that I won't post but at this stage we are not coming home .. to Zion, the promised land as Mike calls it...

At first I was very depressed.. I think I cried for 3days. I have been very angry and frustrated with how things happened. I have really questioned God as to WHY we have to go threw such an awful thing. Why when all the door seem to be opening that we get so close and then it all went pear shaped. I am still angry, but I am praying to be able to overcome it. We are continuing to pray about where God wants us. We feel so very blessed by all our great friends here who have sad that they are sorry we aren't going but I thrill that we are staying. We feel really loved and cared for. So today I will be playing catchup on post and see how many more I can do for the blog off end today.

Mike's home

Well my man is home...and comes bringing gifts. What did i get....

Australia the movie from Mum...thanks can't wait to watch it.
McLeod's Daughter season 3 & 4 ....Thanks for getting them for me court
Cross earrings from the brother in law
green top from the mother in law
Cd's from Simone...big thanks for that
And lots of great food from home.
Tim Tams, but only 2 packets :(
Cherry Ripes
Twisties
BBQ shapes
Madura Tea
And not to forget 1kg of Milo

I'm sitting drinking madura tea and eating a cherry ripe now......aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

21 hrs

Mike arrives back home in just 21 hrs. He has been in Australia for the past 12days to meet with guys at a college and have an interview for a job. But I just missed my man, looking forward to seeing tomorrow. We are all counting.

We'll keep you posted onthe outcome!!!

Question???

Just a thought........

If Australia is the "Land Down under" does that make Scotland the "Land Up top"??????

What do you think??

Australia

I know that I have been really slack in not posting for the last few months. I had hoped to post when I was in Australia but time just got away from me and this last 6 weeks have been harder than I thought getting us to normal again and I have been sick.

I know that they aren't very good excuses so I'll just say I'm sorry for not posting.

My time in Australia was great we had a wonderful time seeing friends and family. Enjoying the sunshine and shocked that it got cold on us.

Here are a few facts about the trip

• 43 hrs on Airplanes
• 70 days in Australia
• Coldest day - -6.1 in Stanthorpe 18th July
• Hottest day - 24.5 in Brisbane 28th July
• traveled over 7000km
• traveled the New England Highway 6 times
• traveled the road from Tamworth to Sydney 6 times
• longest time in the same bed 10 nights

That just a little but I did so much more I'll post a few photos, as they say picture say a 1000 words

Naomi