So, I've fallen off the face of the Earth. Literate-ly.

Embarrassing, really.

More than seven months since my last blog post. Seriously pathetic.  Especially in the world of blogging where if the writer skips a week or two, they might as well just create a new blog  and bury the old one because it is dead.  Sail off into the sunset, ye old blogger... And take your dusty laptop with you because your work here is squashed. You snooze, you lose.  (Readers, in this case.) 

But for the sake of experimentation, I'm going to attempt to breathe new life into this thing (again!) because there is MUCH to say, and I would love for you to come along with us on this newest adventure of ours.

First things first:  Where in the world are we?

So, newsflash :: We've moved.  To a land far, far, FAR away.  Across the globe and beneath the equator, then all the way out West where the land sinks into the Indian Ocean... to a fabulous (albeit remote) city called Perth.  That's where we are. Perth, Western Australia.  And it's beautiful.  So beautiful, in fact, that Julia, our soon-to-be-four-year-old, was drawing a picture last week and said, "Mommy... Do you remember clouds?"  :)  ...As if they are now just a thing of the past, like tex-mex and people who wear shoes... Do I remember clouds? :) I loved it.  

But in exchange for clouds, there has been sunshine.  Lots of sunshine.  And heat to match it.  (Who knew that a couple of 'born and bred' Texans could be so wilted by heat?!)  Fortunately, the seasons are starting to change and we are watching the brilliant transition of Summer sizzle dissolving into a cool Autumn breeze.  Leaves are changing colors and starting to fall, and I can't help but wonder what an Autumn without October and November will feel like. 

There isn't a single moment when we don't ache for our families and our sweet friends from home (and also from our Oxford experience!) but we are enjoying settling in and building new community here as well.  Perth has been beyond welcoming, and our hearts are all warm and fuzzy with the blessing of new friendships.  

Life is an adventure!  I'm looking forward to getting back into the routine of blogging about it.  I've missed this.   

P.S. -  I'm already working on a *second* new blog post (look at me go!) and a new blog header, as well.  (I heart this one we currently have because it reminds me of fun times in the UK, but new geography calls for new photography, so stay tuned...)