Off on a new adventure!! Here's us in Houston checking our 10 suitcases.
After a layover in Dallas (where we luckily got our wiggles out on a playground) we finally got on the big Qantas plane at 10 p.m., ready for our 16 hour flight.

By the time they brought us dinner and the excitement settled down it was already midnight. But the kids did fantastically well. They slept well, especially Evelyn (hallelujah). Adults in busines class get free pajamas (nothing too exciting, just grey t-shirts and pants), but they don't have kid pajamas. So being the amazing mom that I am, I brought new pajamas for them to get excited about. Lydia and Isaac were thrilled to be able to watch TV and movies after they woke up, which, by jove, we happily let them!

Here's Evelyn in her own giant business class seat. Mike was the trooper and stayed with Evelyn the whole flight. She is a Daddy's girl.

I got to hang out in the middle between Lydia and Isaac. We had a great time playing travel bingo and watching movies. Lydia liked her sleep mask.

Isaac chilling to a fun pre-school Disney channel.

Sigh, we made it to Australia! Here is our new home!

Our nice big entry way. Note, these pictures are in no particular order. It is a 4 bedroom house with all the bedrooms upstairs (that was a must). The upstairs is air conditioned, but the bottom is not, but there is usually such a nice breeze that you open the one million windows and it's fine. Or you just sweat a little and deal with it. The whole house is a charming creamy yellow. So pretty! And all the furniture you see is rented. We won't be getting our stuff for another month or two.

This is our little den and the dining room towards the back of the house. Note to self, never EVER get a glass top table with kids. It's not safety that worries me, it's actually very sturdy. But it is NEVER clean! Not only is the top riddled with smears and fingerprints, so is the UNDERSIDE!

Our long skinny master bedroom. I especially like the suitcases lining the walls.

The kids' spacious bathroom. It has a tub AND a shower.

A big open space upstairs, which will be the playroom. It will not look quite so big once it's filled with stuff.

I LOVE our back deck! We've eaten outside loads of times! In fact, last night we ate dinner and watched the bats come out.

Lovely rental furniture in the front sitting room.

This is the bedroom they put a crib in, but eventually this will be both girls' room. It's nice and big! The ironic thing is we bought bunk beds for the girls and now we realize we can't put them anywhere because all the bedrooms have pitched ceilings. Ha ha.

I LOVE this kitchen! But I can't wait to get our own stuff! The knives they gave us are like church kitchen knives!

Swimming in the rain. Our backyard IS a pool. I would have preffered an actual backyard that we can use year round, but everything else about the house was perfect, so beggars can't be choosers. Australia laws are very strict on pool gate safety, so I'm not worried a bit about anybody accidentally geting to the pool.

So that's the house! Next post I'll talk about schools! By the way, we have an extra bedroom for anyone who wants to come visit!