Many of you have asked for pics of the luggage so I included a photo of my dad's truck just before leaving for the airport. The kids are pictured around the temporary house here across from the hospital. Unfortunately the house is not zoned for the school we thought so we have spent the last few days looking about in the various suburbs. Yes Whangarei is a small city with a little downtown district next to the yacht basin with more residential areas surrounding. There are 3 grocery stores and one is like Kroger or Harris Teeter or Publix, etc. The downtown has a small mall with teenagers hanging out after school just like West Town. The 3 elementary schools and communities we have looked at are each about 15 minutes outside of town. We have had trouble finding adequate rental housing in 2 of the 3. The third called Onerahi however is on the way to the beach and has beautiful ocean and bay views and rolling mountain tops that are the prettiest we have seen. The school there has a wider range of socioeconomic backgrounds with 1/3 Maori. The facilities are great and the school houses around 400 kids 1-6th grade. The kids are excited about this area and there seems to be more to rent there. Lynn starts work today (Friday). They have residents and medical students at the hospital so he will be seeing inpatients has an attending/consultant within the team. He is eager to get going.
3 comments:
I'll be praying that the school and house hunt turn out well!! Do you have a mailing address yet?
Mom and i were just checking out the pictures of the house and where you guys were at...Hope things go better for the house hunting and finding a good school. We are all together in Disney, going to Hollywood studios tomorrow. Love you and miss you.
Brooke and MOM
Hey! Looking good!!! :) I'm praying for you on your house hunt and school search. Love you all!!!
Do you have a mailing address yet?? mkmiec@scrippsnetworks.com if you didn't want to post it. Thanks :)
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