Saturday, March 30

Oamaru - FINALLY!!!


So, here we are in Oamaru, New Zealand.  A place we have longed to be in since last summer.  Daddy J was out here for a good two months before we were able to join him and we were certainly happy to be reunited.  With Drew & Mel and their awesome kids, we are adapting well and these pics above were taken our FIRST day here.  As you can see the kids were so HAPPY to be together.  I say these Kaufana kids are EXTRA CLOSE since their daddies are brothers that married their mommas who are sisters!!! It's an INSTANT BOND for our kids...I've ALWAYS dreamt that my kids and Mel's kids would grow up together and I was sad the day they moved from the states to New Zealand 12 years ago.  But now, here we are togethe again and the kids WILL grow up together as I always imagined!!  
I'm so HAPPY to be with my JUSTIN again!!! =)  Two months apart wasn't easy, but it was well worth it while Justin prepared our new home and it was done all in the Lord's time.  I'm truly grateful.

First morning, I woke up at 5am NZ time.  Looked at the clock and couldn't believe I was up...TRIED to go back to bed, but NOPE, it wasn't happening.  I thought about my momma who said, "You're gonna get even FATTER in NZ, because you will NOT exercise."  LOL!! That lady sure knows how to PUSH me...using that reverse psycology...yup!!  It worked, got myself up out of bed, put on my shoes, found my lil' Koloi was up too, had him join me in the family room.  Closed the door, shut the curtains,set up a fun zumba playlist and got my ZAS on!!!  =)  Momma Norah would be SO PROUD!!!

MY FAMILY