So.....we arrived back in Victoria on Tuesday arvo. Hannah Clover came over to the Higgs' for dinner with us. Mary works more-or-less full-time, but Hannah works part-time being a school student. Both of them have seasonal jobs that give them extra work over the Christmas - New Year period, so getting time with both of them was sometimes tricky. Moses thinks it is fun to say "Han-na" and Hannah is so chuffed. Wednesday we opted for a quiet day in. Both the littl...

Well, it's been ages since my last update! We arrived at the Higgs on the night of Friday the 6th (almost two weeks ago!) and settled in. It was such a relief to finally arrive and have the travel behind us! We had a relaxing start to the day, a leisurely breakfast and chatted with Uncle Geoff and Aunty Cindy before we headed off for a catch up with Jonathan's family. Everyone was delighted to meet the kids, and Mary and Hannah especially loved chatting to Sila...

Thursday morning, and we set off again. We needed to get to Seattle that night, which was a 12hour drive, and we needed to get there so we could have a few hours to catch up with Julie and Jason, Jonathan's other brother, in the morning. We managed to get organised, eat breakfast, and drop the portacot back to Jeremy and leave by 9am :-) and set off. We couldn't miss the opportunity to cross the Golden Gate bridge, so we added a bit to our trip to cross it. It w...

Tuesday, December 3rd: We hit the road! We headed North for Canada, a trip we were spreading over the rest of the working week. The first stop was to be San Francisco (minus the other stops: food, nappy changes, toilet stops and fuel....! We know how to drag out a trip ;] ) where Jonathan's two brothers Jeremy (eldest) and Josh (who we had seen already at Thanksgiving) live and work. From Jonathan's mom's place in Lancaster it was to be a 5-7 hour drive, dependi...