Our family's life in New Zealand
We had a birthday party last week for the boy who turned nine. I am not one to plan an elaborate party, so I just invited a few families with boys that my boys like to play with, and they had a fun afternoon together the day after his birthday. The game of choice was apparently Red Rover–I think they played it nearly all afternoon!
They took a break when two boys banged heads.
This boy actually had two parties–we had a friend over the night of his actual birthday, and had pavlova.
We had a party today to celebrate and thank God for being granted residency here. Around 35-40 of our friends came to rejoice with us, and we grilled sausages. The people who came brought salads, bread, and desserts, and we had a great time of visiting. 
A few weeks ago, Esther prayed that if God wanted her to have Photoshop He would give it to her–she didn’t have the money for it. I had been thinking that it would sure be nice to have another computer, since we use this one so much for school. Out of the blue, one of the people who came today gave Esther a laptop! And, it has Photoshop loaded in it! What a surprise–a gift straight from God.
What a geek–working on two computers at once!