Having just recovered from the excitement of getting our visas -we now have another reason to rejoice. We have a dog!! Does the fun ever end??? We picked up Buddy from the SPCA about 10 days ago -and she has made her prescence felt ever since. Not one to just fly under the radar is our Buddy! She was 8 weeks old when we got her, and having spent most of that time in a small cage, is now making up for lost time in our yard. Very cute-other than at 6am when she wakes us. Kids are very happy -although,having waited 10 years for this moment, Ethan says " so when Buddy dies, can we get a cat?" Super.

We also had a lovely Mothers Day, but always get a little extra homesick on those days.I got brekkie in bed, took the dog to a cafe for the first time, went to church and then was waited on hand and foot all day. Suited me quite nicely. The shops even had basil that day so Tony made pesto and we had a beautiful bacon pasta for dinner! Everything else is humming along as usual. Had a great lunch with 2 couples from our church in Lindfield today -its SO nice seeing people from home!...esp when they leave you with a yummy box of Hawaiian chocolates which we are working our way through at record speed. Looking forward to celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary tomorrow. I said to Tony " I wonder what the gift tradition is for 15 years?" and he said "Lead?".Quite the "keeper" ha,ha!

Buddy Boy-who,incidentally is a girl.

Mothers Day pressie -and muesli,yoghurt and poetry from Hannah.

Quick coffee before church

Mothers Day snap

and again with Buddy..

Lunch with some lovely St Albans Lindfield folk.