America

Hi everyone...it's so great to see that people have been checking in on my going-ons...it motivates me to keep updating it! (By the way, if you do want to leave a comment it's pretty easy - no log-in required.)

So, still in Santa Barbara with the Smith family. Been having a blast! Getting into the sun everyday. (Sorry to everyone in the middle of a New Zealand winter...well, not really!) The weather has been getting a bit cooler every day which is good too. General routine of the day involves heading out in the morning...today it was the beach...then home for the kids to take a nap (including me!) and then a swim and bbq dinner (tonight was turkey breast! yum!) and a movie or jacuzzi followed by catching up e-mails to y'all.

The other night watched Doug and Addie play softball. They lost by one run (?) in the last inning (?) (trying to use the correct lingo). Been to the local street markets. Oh yeah, and made a trip to Costco where you can buy WHATEVER you want (no joke!) and most of it comes in bulk. So, whatever you want...you can get in a pack of 10. Haha. The store was the most massive store I've ever been in. You could even buy caskets there (but not in packs of 10), get your eyes tested, loaves of bread, TV's, Levi's jeans, DVDs, contact lenses, water filters, berries, weiners. Whatever you can fit into your shopping cart (not trolley)...Whatever. I challenge you to think of something they DON'T sell there! Haha.

Yes, it's true everything is bigger in America. The packaging, the stores, the VOICES and even the birds. You should've seen the 'seagulls' at the beach today - they were mutantly massive! Nearly the size of the kids! And they came up and TOOK a ziplock bag (American's love those too!) of pretzels. Sick. (Miranda, you would've HATED them!)

Well, as you can see, am delving into the American culture. Hope you're doing well here's a pic of Addie and I at the beach...posers! Until' next post...Take care y'all!