Furniture moved in!

Grace and I stayed in Auckland for her final day at pre school - I admit to a few tears at her graduation party! Apple Tree has been such a big part of her life, but she seems to have taken it all in stride and enjoyed her party.

On Thursday morning the moving truck arrived and started loading while I cleaned - our good friend Belinda came over and amused Grace while all the action was happening. We left Auckland at 2 and finally arrived at the motel in Waipukarau at 10pm - a long day and the Taupo Napier highway was awful with rain and fog. If I have to hear "Let it Go" once more it will be too soon! Grace was brilliant on the drive down, playing on the iPad and drawing. She fell asleep just after Taupo.

On Friday morning we went up to the farm to meet the truck - an epic job unloading in the rain! The water was sorted by two lovely young plumbers and a new pump installed - we now know how the cold water gets to our taps!

As Rupert said, the kitchen is unusable so we made a temporary kitchen in the lounge, which will suffice for a few weeks. He'd done a great job moving all the rubbish from the house and cleaning. We seem to have lost one cat (Stray) and the meeting between Dream and the rooster was hilarious - the rooster was very unhappy to see a cat!

We decided to have one more night of luxury at the motel, and dinner out. So, this morning we will stock up on groceries and head out to Walnut Creek Farm and enjoy what looks like a sunny day!