We made it across the world.

I'll try to get a quick update out while we've got some internet. The flight out went great. It definitely helped that we were flying through the night, so the kids slept for the most part. Mary Kate loved the bathrooms on the plane. She came out and said, "That was a fun bathroom." I'm becoming more convinced that Ford is ADD. He watched the first 5 minutes of every kids movie on the plane at least 20 times. I got to watch some good movies too...True Grit, Country Strong, The Dilemma, and Secretariat. I know my time was all out of whack when I was eating hot tamales and watching a movie at 5 in the morning. When we got off the plane in Auckland and went into the airport, MK said, "Is this Anna's house?" We made it through customs without any problems, except for Mary Kate's gum boots. We had no idea what they were talking about. It turned out, they were talking about her rain boots. They had to check them to make sure there wasn't any major dirt on the soles. We were very excited to see Dalton at the airport. He drove us from Auckland to their house in Tauranga, which took about 2 hours. The drive was gorgeous...beautiful, green, rolling mountains everywhere. Eric, we almost stopped at your "ice cream stop"...only because we thought it'd be funny since that's what you did (nobody really wanted ice cream at 9 in the morning) It was so fun for all the cousins to see each other. I got to meet precious Elisha. He's such a happy, laid back little boy. Isaiah, MK, and Ford have been having fun running around together. It's been kind of surreal for us all to be together...and to be in New Zealand. The house we're staying in is awesome...just a little cold. The people that own it work with YWAM, and are in the states right now. They amazing to let us stay in their house. The time change has been a bit rough, especially for the kids. I had to wake them up from their nap, and they were both completely out of it. I was falling asleep mid-conversation last night. But, dinner was really good...fish and chips (Eric and Robin, wish we could bring some home for you). We ALL went to sleep by 7:30. It was a good thing, especially since Ford woke up at 2 and would not go back to sleep. MK was up at 5. I finally caved and just let them watch a movie together. Today, we're just living life with The Lifseys...so fun. Although, I'm feeling a little guilty right now blogging when I could be spending time with them, so I'll talk more later.

I've got some backtracking to do when I get my pictures loaded of our time in Columbus.