We're here!!!

Good Morning!

So, we made it safe and sound. The flight from LA to Brisbane went quite well. It was getting long near the end but went well. The line up for Quantas was soooooo long. We waited 2.5 hours to get checked in and then still had security to go thru. We were at the airport about 4hours early....because we wanted to check out the duty free...but we barely got to the gate on time. The flight was already boarding by the time we got there.

The kids did really well on the flight. Breagha slept for about the first 6hours and Shamus slept for about 8hours. And they slept in the line while we were trying to get checked in. So, I think they did well. They had a couple of cranky moments, when they were waking up, but overall they were great. A big relief!!!!!

So, we got here on Friday morning and Steve met us at the airport. We had so much luggage!!! We had to get a Maxi Taxi...bigger than a van. We're staying at Steve and Cari's for the weekend and moving into our apartment tomorrow. Steve took us out to Redcliff on Friday afternoon and then we went to Darryl's office for pizza and beer that evening. They have beer/pizza once a month. So, it was a good way to meet some people from the company. Everyone seems really nice. We did quite well with the jetlag I think. The kids stayed up on Friday until 730ish. They're waking early - Breagha around 530am and Shamus around 630am. I hope it's just the jetlag!!

Yesterday we walked from Steve and Cari's to downtown. It was along a floating path on the Brisbane river. It was very nice. We spent the afternoon downtown, took a quick walk through the botanical gardens, where Shamus got to see some water dragons, had lunch, and then walked back to the Dickinson's. After a couple beers for the boys and a few glasses of wine for the girls we were all pretty pooped ... so off to bed.

As a side note we promise to add some pics of the last few weeks in future posts. Once we get a more stable set up we will post Shamus' bday pics and some pics from our travels.

Cheers to all