Here is our most recent house pictures....

It's the one with the black roof and frame only.

It's so exciting to see our dream become reality. I do have to say though - we will NEVER use Orbit Homes again. A baboon could do a better job! This process has been awful and had it not been for Dad - we would never have got this far. Praise God for fathers!

Shanneth phoned me the other day while I was working at school and said "Mummy my mind is being naughty! Daddy is moaning at me 'cos I keep changing my mind." When I asked her "why?"; she explained that she had changed six times in her room and daddy just wanted her to get ready but she just couldn't decide what to wear!!! At 4 years old? I wonder....

We went to Busan (a coastal village on the east "sea of Japan") for the week during Korean Chusok holiday (family time). What a gorgeous place - I could easily live there - pristine beaches and lots of English signs to read! Ken leaves tomorrow for Bangkok, Thailand for MYP Conference and comes back Monday. Then he gets back for a day and leaves again on Friday for five days to Singapore for an IB MYP Co Ordinators Workshop. I am going on a workshop in January to Costa Rico for a week, this year and for Spring break we are going to China - 3 Gorges dam and Beijing and the great wall. So those are our travel plans. At this stage we want to stay here for Christmas but who knows?

Joshua is a house fly worse than ever. He misses Carson (friend who has left for the States) so much and two other friends left for the States too. I have arranged for him to play with Branford and Morne in this week - so we'll see how they do.
Julie (Ethan's teacher) and Brian (Physics teacher) have got engaged and the kids are delighted.Josh did say that Mr.N. should have asked Ms.G. to marry him earlier because now she's so nice because she's in love!
Ethans eyes continue to improve.
Shanneth is being so cute and getting so big. A real little girl. She is such a joy. Now in Pre K she eats alone (with her class). It gives us more time to ourselves but is much more of an adjustment for me because she no longer needs me. She disappears for hours on end around the campus with her friends.
I had to giggle at Shanneth - she was standing and admiring her new Belle dress in front of the mirror while I was putting a bow in her hair - when she nonchalantly said "mmm(marvelling at her appearance and inspecting the dress fitting), I think I need boobies for this dress!"
We bought a fish tank from friends and now I have to clean the silly thing! We have two turtles, hamster, cat, 4 horn beetles, 1 stack beetle and are becoming quite the zoo.
It has rained and been cloudy consistently. We have had four typhoons through lately but fortunately we didn't bear the brunt of it. The few times we have seen the sun, it has been far too humid. But every morning there is a distinct nip in the air - Autumn is COMING.