The kids started at Whangarei Heads School today and seemed to really like it. The community is old but trendy and artsy. The pictures were given to me by the principal. Apparently orcas visited the harbor where our rental house is last week. The school has views of the Pacific ocean from the beach girl Anna's classroom. In the photos our new rental house is just to the right of the houses seen sitting on the water. The school is at the base of the large rocks (look like "heads") on top of the mountain. We are a bit fond of the guy who is renting the house and his mum who lives down the street. He lives in town but is coming out to help us get the furniture out of Mum's garage Wednesday. The pastor and his wife we met are helping me do some shopping for bedding, mattresses, etc tomorrow. People here are very friendly. The kids can walk to school (uphill on the way) but a beautiful 3/4 mile downhill trek back down after school. There is a side walk until you get to our little dead end street running along the waters edge where it is shallow and clear for swimming. Lynn is working hard this week and I am practicing driving the kids the 30 minutes outside of town twice a day until we can get into the house. Much love to you all, I am starting to really wish you were here.