Hedgehog!

So. We were house hunting. And boom! We saw this little brown thing run across the road. It was a hedgehog! We all thought it was sooo cool, so Dad pulled over. Mom got out of the car, but right when she did the hedgehog ran into someones yard. She followed it! She spent like 5 minutes in some random person's yard trying to get a good picture of the hedgehog. Here you go. :)

Sheep World!

Sheep world! We took a day trip to Sheep World, where we saw pink sheep, alpacas, and a sheep sheering show! It was a really fun day. The highlight for me was when we got to feed the lambs. We all got to hold them and give them milk. Mom really liked holding the possum afterwards.

Grocery cart escalator in Whangaparoa :)

The grocery store in the mall!

Where we love to shop for interesting kiwi foods!

Our kiwi "bach" (beach house)

Fun at the Supermarket!!

One of our favorite things to do is go grocery shopping!!! So the Starburst picture is for starburst lollypops, and it's pretty much the funniest thing I've ever seen. The one with Kelsie is the dogfood here. I lovingly call it The Giant Sausage of Death. :) Trundlers... we thought all the shopping carts here are called trundlers. turns out they're not. Just at that one grocery store (New World) are they called trundlers. Everywhere else they're called trolleys.

We love to see all the different names at the grocery store.

Temple!!

Okay. Well. This was going to be a post about our new house, but we haven't taken a picture yet. So. This is us at the temple! The NZ temple is very old, (well, old to me) but the Spirit there is the same. It was our first encounter with our new ward (we hope it's our ward!) and they are simply wonderful. I had lost my voice the day before, so I couldn't say anything. :(

The strange thing about this temple is that it's in the middle of the country. You really drive through fields of cows and sheep to get there!

House Number One!

Hola! Sorry this has taken so long, we have a very limited supply of internet. Well. When we got here we stayed at a bed and breakfast, but we found a temporary town house right on the harbor! We've stayed there for the past week and a half. This is the beautiful view from the dining area! We all loved the harbor, but we had to move. While we lived there, we had a fun time playing "I-Spy" with the names of the boat. Some favorites were "Snap!" and "Amigo". I would put on more pictures, but the computer won't let me. :)