Here we go!

So I finally have a good reason to start a blog...

Come 9 May, the kids and I (together with my parents) will be off on an 18-hour plane ride to Los Angeles. This blog will be, hopefully, a chronicle of what we get up to in the year ahead. To get started, here's what the tough bits are:

1. Packing - how to get so much stuff (clothes, books and toys) into one suitcase, one cabin bag and an overnight bag. All I can say right now is: thank God for those vacuum storage bags...
2. Transport, Part 1 - how to get suitcase, cabin bag, overnight bag, carry-on bag, a slow cooker, TWO carseats and two little kiddies all to the airport without me going insane. Thank God for K's parents!
3. Transport, Part 2 - how to survive the above-mentioned 18-HOUR long plane ride, with two little kiddies. This is why my parents are coming with me!
4. Jet lag - how to get kids adapted to a new time zone when I'm probably be struggling with jet lag myself...

But then, there are plenty of good bits too:

1. A break - K gets a well-deserved break from work. And we get a year in the States... and since we're living there, we qualify for a season pass to Disneyland!
2. Travel - There are plans for San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Yosemite, Vancouver... Yay!
3. Family - who are willing and able to fly across the world to help us out and spend time with us.

There's a lot ahead of us... and I'm excited about God has in store...

So here we go!