We made it!

Everyone survived. Yay! 2 hours at the airport, 10 hour flight, 2 hours to get the dogs out of customs, and an hour drive to our new house. We were exhausted! All and all nothing too exciting to report about the trip other than several rounds of high 5's between Alex and the guys sitting behind us.

As of today, we've been here one week. So far it has been bunch of unpacking and a little bit of exploring. Madelyn has been suspiciously quiet when somone asks her what exciting things we've done so far. Apparently vacuuming up cat hair does not rank high in the wild and crazy things she has done in her life. I'm sure we will have lots of stories in the near future. But for now everythng is pretty tame.

Ryan's first day of work was today. He looked so handsome all dudded up. Unfortunately he escaped before we thought to take a picture. Maybe we will catch him tomorrow.

Our house is very nice despite the cat hair that we are diligently working to rid ourselves of. It is located on a quiet street in a neighborhood that is themed around music. To get to the house you have to cirlce, the harp, G clef, and music notes roundabout. Its pretty cute.

Just a short walk from the back door is a little pond where we walk the dogs. There is also a little zoo where we go to see the goats, chickens and bunnies. Some of the roosters are bigger than Jack! There are wild ducks, geese and swans that appear in the neighborhood ponds from time to time. It's awesome here. Now if we could do something about the cold...... Here are some pictures of our new home.

Our front door

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Looking down our street from the front door.

Our back patio. No grass, but there is an apple tree, pear tree, grape vine, etc. Alex loves it back here. Lots of pics coming soon.

Pond behind the house. We take the dogs walking around here 3-4 times a day. We've met lots of doggie friends including our neighbor Spike.

Wilber the swan that sometimes hangs out at the pond.
p.s - sorry Carrie, we named the swan Wilber. I guess you'll have to come up with some other name for baby Haden now.