Hello Christian and the Hansen family,

Hope your having a fantastic time in the US :)

Have fun! From Mitch :)

Hello Hansens :o)
Great to hear you are having a fantastic time. Christian, we thought you'd like to know that Frank is going very well and he and Mr Jones have formed quite a bond. When Mr Jones feeds him he taps on the platform in the tank and Frank climbs up there ready to be taken out into his feed bucket. Has he always done that? And has he always tried climb up at the side when you go near the tank? At first he was shy of us but now he has settled in. He is such a great turtle.
Emma- Tyla is missing you greatly and prays for you every night. For about 2 weeks her low every day was that you had gone away but now she is more used to it but she still can't wait till your back :o) She will write soon.
Jonah - H2H starts tomorrow, it just won't be the same without you, you will be missed and I know Mr Jones misses the challenging games of Heroclix you provide.
Anne & Mark- Explore, enjoy, relax!!!
Love from the Jones' :o)

Hi Christian its me Jordan hope your've been having the time of your life we've got a whole term off! (just a whole lot of rubbish) but I wish we could. :)

Dear Jonah,
How are you going? We miss you! You are probably having much more fun than we are at school! We did go to Canberra early (nah, just kidding!) We hope you continue to keep having lots of fun!

Hi! Had hoped to meet you here in Loxton. We arrived from Minnesota last Thursday. We were at the ELCA Southwestern Minnesota Synod Assembly the previous weekend (April 17-18) and met a relative of yours, Mark (cousin? or maybe just someone who knew you) who asked whether we knew you ... and we said that we'd be worshipping in the cong you serve the following Sunday (which we did), but obviously were not going to meet you since we are here in Oz and you are in the US. Another time! We fly out again this Friday from Adelaide. Just here in the Riverland catching up with Dad & Mum Graue and Ian's sisters and families. I accepted a call to serve Raymond MN and will start there on Monday, May 3 so this is a whirlwind trip here to see family. After nearly 15 years with ELCA Global Mission (in PNG and in the Central African Republic), it's different to be settling down in "civilisation". Anyway, we'll hopefully meet our next visit to Loxton ... 2011 at this point in time. Blessings! Enjoy your US travel. Joyce

Dear Emma, How are you going? I miss you. I like your photos. Did you get Princess Jasmine & Belle's autographs? How exciting! Are you having fun? On Friday night I had my class sleepover and I had lots of fun. We played games, the food was yummy and we watched half of "Surfs up" and in the morning we watched a bit of "Lion King". It rained lots at night. I couldn't get to sleep because of the rain and some kids were snoring, and I was hot. Aimee says hello! Keep on having fun! Love from BRITTNEY xoxoxo

Hi Emma,

How are you?

Hello (Shaun)

What are you doing.

LOVE Amelia

Hi Emma and the Hansen Family.

We are enjoying following your trip.

We are learning a lot about American (David).

I hope that you have a great time in America (Meg)

I hope that you see a lot of places (laura)

We have coloured in a US flag (Riley).

We've changed our desks around - the outside desks are called the USA and the inside desks are called Hawaii and Alaska (Sam).

We miss you (Chelsea).

I never knew that America was so good or beautiful (Tarquin)

Keep Sparky safe and dont leave him behind. (callan).

I hope you have a very good adventure (lara)

We didnt know how difficult it would be not having you in our class this term... we miss you Emma (Brailey)

I really really really really miss you (Shenay).

We are doing a project about anything that we like with Mrs Wright (Bella)

We have been learning about the USA too. (Emerson)

We are doing heaps of fitness now and there are heaps of locusts around here (Mae)

Have a safe trip (Bromley)

It feels like you are going to be away for so long (Reinhard)

We have checking your blog every day (Amelia)

How has the weather been?

How was Disneyland? (Tyla)

Keep having fun. We look forward to reading more blogs and seeing more pictures next week. (Mrs Wormald)

God Bless From your friends in the Year 3 Class

Howdy,

Your tine in LA is almost over and all of you adventures sound fantastic. So much so all the memories come flooding back and we wish we were travelling with you all. We loved the rooercoaster in california adventure park,although Aimee didnt go on it. Soaring was fantastic too, it felt so real in some ways. Off to Las Vegas next, so many lights, the kids wont know which one to look at.

We had a wonderful time in Tassie, so many stories to tell and photos to share with you. We have some photos posted on Johns facebook page if you want to see. Aimee got bitten by a Tick in Launceston and got a little unwell, butr is over it now. Just some excitment.

We miss you heaps, and think of you often and wish we were there also. God bless and keep on turning those wheels. Love Bronny

Hello Everyone!
What a wonderful time you are having! It is great to read what you are experiencing; also seeing the photos you are taking is awesome. Just waiting for you to get to Iowa!! Have a safe and blessed trip as you show your family the U.S.A., Mark!!
All my love to each of you!

Hi all,
Loved the beautiful photos! Brought back some special memories! Great to hear about all you did at Disneyland - what a big but amazing day! Looking forward to hearing about your next visit there! Emma, Jacinta was so excited that you got to meet and hug Belle! She likes Belle too! How is the RV going? Have you had a turn to drive yet, Anne? Missing you! Take care and God bless, Leanne :)

HI everyone. Missed you at church on Sunday. We rode toschool today with the bike trailer!!! Went really well and boy will I be fit! Blog site is great reading keep up the good work. Gods blessings :)