The start of our new life!

Hello friends and family, let me just start off by saying I miss you all more than words can say! But, I'm thankful for this unique chance  to live in Australia for a few years and give my kids some memories they will hopefully treasure and remember fondly for the rest of their lives!

I wanted to start by showing you all some pictures of where we live.  It's a ranch home, only a few minutes from town, but far enough away to feel like we are all by ourselves! We are not far from the golf club (golf course to you all), and on the other side of the rail road tracks (there is no wrong side of the tracks out here). 

Parkes is the name of the town or shire we live in, it's a very small shire, only 12,000 people!

Almost every morning we wake up to the entire town covered in fog.

This is what we see when we look out our front door! Our home is on top of a small hill and we have a good view of the rolling hills and the town below.

 Here is a picture of the house from the bottom of our driveway. Yes, it's a gravel driveway! When we first saw pictures of this home on the Internet, Clay was over the moon excited about the gravel driveway, 20 acres, and the horses! It's the way he grew up in No. California during his childhood! He wants the kids to have the same experiences as he did!
Now, the only difference between this place and the way he grew up is the wildlife that is all around us!

The birds and kangaroos are amazing to watch! We have seen birds outside that we only saw in America in pet stores and zoos and watched kangaroo hopping around the fields and even boxing each other!
Cody Luke and I even got pretty close to them, but when they took off Cody started chasing them!
I wanted to start off with the scenery and animal pictures, I'll fill you in next on what we have been up too!