It's been a while but Merry Christmas to you all!!!!

It has been awhile since I posted anything so apologies.  I have been having some rather boring technical issues which have resulted in my net book having to be rebuilt but at this point it is still running very slowly making blog updating impossibly slow! Sometimes it's hard to find the time to get an hour to sit and concentrate on this one thing - especially when there are boxes everywhere! I now only have 2 left to unpack so hopefully I can get to those today!!

We have also had three birthdays in between and although they were all quiet ones they do take up some time.  Steve's was on the Monday 6th December and he worked until 6pm so we just had a nice meal in and then he and I played pool and on the xbox kinect during the evening.  For mine and William's we went to the movies and had pizza out.  Steve and I went to Southlake during the day and had lunch out at a Mexican place.  It was nice to be out and abut and so grownup!

William got a bike from us as he had outgrown his in the UK and we had sold it to a friend.  It's quite a big bike - at last I can ride my son's bike so that says something. However, he has been on it everyday since Thursday for hours at a time so it's all good!
Here he is:

Here are some action shots with the neighbourhood kids:

Here is me in my birthday hat:

We went out to Steve's Christmas party which was nice - but all about the food! People were gorging themselves right from the start. It's a whole different world here sometimes! I am sure that in the UK people concentrate on the wine!

I have also been up at the school helping out a couple of mornings this week.  It has been great to see how lovely both the teachers and the kids are in both the boys classes.

They are both doing really well and it has been a wonderful time for them to join as there have been lots of fun things going on like going to school in your PJ's for the Polar Express day and gingerbread making. Here are some photos of William with his gingerbread house.

We shall look forward to January when the real work begins but both boys are getting really good grades so far and it has been a real confidence booster for Tom who is top at reading and writing!

I have also met some really nice mums and there are plans for coffee in the new year.  I love the fact that people are just so friendly here. These two photos show the back of the school where I wait for the boys to come out. Rudy comes with me everyday and has become quite a hit with the back gate mums!

We have also been trying to fit in with our neighbours as everyone has gone Christmas lights mad here!!! Steve has put up over 3500 lights and we now have a couple of deer on the front lawn too! I will try and put a photo up tonight with it all lit up.

This photo shows the trees changing colour in our street.  I finally got out the other day to do a bit of gardening which was very therapeutic.  I came across a lizard and a snake - I will have to be a bit more careful here me thinks!

That was the lizard - he was cute and the snake was only a little one. Well, that's all for now.  We are off today to Steve's favorite place Fry's electronics to get more memory for my net book in the hope that it will start functioning properly and to get something to make Tom's PC work as it been sitting on his desk but not working - I think he's driving William insane as he keeps peering over William's shoulder! I will try and blog again this week now we are on our holidays and the boxes are unpacked! Note to Dad - having similar discussions about box collection from our moving company as you did! Apparently when the guys moved us in they were also supposed to unpack everything and take the boxes with them - not something they mentioned on the day!!!!

Love to you all and catch up with more news this week, love, Bex