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The “day” had come…the departure day that is. I was so busy getting the house prepared to leave and visiting with everyone, I really hadn’t even processed that we were moving so far away. In fact, we were packing until very late the night before we left and up early to finish getting ready, and we still weren’t ready by…
After Brent returned to Melbourne for his last three weeks without us, the kids and I spent some time visiting with the grandparents, siblings, cousins and friends over the next few weeks. When I wasn’t traveling to relatives’ houses, I was getting our house in order since we won’t be there too much. At Mummal and Pappy’s house, we managed…
Brent traveled home for a week to celebrate Greyson’s birthday and help when the movers came to pack the house. Since the movers were actually packing on Greyson’s birthday, we went on a train ride a few days before. He’s a bit obsessed with choo choo trains! Here we are heading to the train…. Big eyes thinking… “Whoa, what is…
Once Brent finally arrived in Australia, he was able to begin living in our new house. The relocation company had set up the house with temporary furniture since it takes two months or more for our furniture to arrive by boat. We were eager for Brent to get settled into the house and get familiar with the area. About a…
Easter Sunday ended up being a rough day in our household. We did manage to have a nice Easter brunch, color and hunt eggs and open gifts. However, Brent had to leave that afternoon for 3 weeks in Australia. And, about 2 hours after Brent left for the airport, Greyson got the stomach flu and was up all night with…
Brent and I quickly made arrangements to travel to Melbourne to be oriented to the area and find a house to rent. We went for eight days at the beginning of March, which was a really big deal to be away from the kids for that long. Just in case you don’t know, Australia is really, really, really far away!…
Admittedly, no. But, we are moving there! Quickly, I started to do some reading, and here are some facts to get you familiar as well… It’s the capital of Victoria, one of the six Australian states. It was the capital of Australia from 1901 to 1927 before being located in Canberra. It’s Australia’s second largest city and has a population…
Life sure does have many twists and turns. I never dreamed of living internationally, especially not twice. Yet, here we are preparing for our next stop for the next three years in Melbourne, Australia. While it sounds like an exciting experience to live internationally, it was a tough decision to make. In our case, it’s a balance between leaving family…