Settling In

We have been here about 5 weeks now. Time seems to be flying for us. We are slowly settling in. Most of the furniture we need has been ordered or bought at a charity shop. Our house is filling up nicely. We're just waiting for a large bookcase and our dining set to arrive. Our boxes came in right before we left for a camp meeting in Arbroath. More on that in a bit. Many of them are unpacked. All that remains are maybe about 10 or so. They mainly contain my stuff for crafts and scrapbooking. My desk is getting pretty full. I think I'm going to have to either get another bookcase or some other type of storage unit so everything can be put away. Sadly a few things broke. I'll know better how to pack the next time. Things that were packed in totes were just fine.
Now to Arbroath. The missionary, Bro. Jim, that picked us up from the airport hosted a camp meeting in Arbroath just 3 weeks after we arrived.  We were able to get together with other missionaries around the country for a 4 day conference. There was food, fellowship, singing and preaching. We were all able to stay together at Windmill Christian Centre. It was nice to get reacquainted with missionaries we had met before, as well as meet others for the first time.
The kids are doing great. Harry and Kathy got their bunkbed and dresser a few weeks ago. Then we ordered some duvet covers for their beds. They are enjoying their 'new' room. They both picked out their own covers. Harry has a Thomas the tank engine cover and Kathy's is a princess cover.
Audrey is doing well. She slept through the night for the first time last week!  She's growing fast but still looks so tiny. She's more and more alert. The kids love to talk to her and play with her every time she's awake.
Don was able to find a nice desk and we ordered a bookcase for his office.  He turned 30 this two Sundays ago. We celebrated small. I made a big breakfast and lunch for him. Then we had pizza and ice cream for supper. Monday we went to Inverness so he could pick out some clothes. We had an enjoyable time there and were able to pick up some other things we needed.
This last Sunday we celebrated  our anniversary. We were able to leave all the kids with the Cashners and go to Trentham Hotel in Dornoch for supper. Don surprised me Saturday with flowers and Monday with jewelry!  It was a wonderful way to celebrate our seventh anniversary but first in Scotland.
All in all we are enjoying our time here. I'm still getting used to the shopping. I can't drive our manual car, so we a load up to go to the shop. It would be nice if I could drive myself places, especially shopping. So the other day he had me out in the driveway backing up and pulling into the garage. Then on Friday he had me out on the road. Just a short stretch of straight road out by our house. It's not as hard as I imagined it to be. I hope to be able to drive on my own soon. I believe he was going to have me drive to the store by the end of this week. I'm only nervous about stalling on the road while trying to drive away from a complete stop.
The days are getting shorter and fall has arrived. When we first got here everything was still so green. Just in the past week the leaves have turned and are falling. It's also been raining more than when we first arrived. We had snow, rain, sunshine, rain, snow in one day just last week.
For once in many years life is finally seeming normal again. We've gotten into a daily routine. Don will usually do some studying in the morning while I do some chores and the kids play in their room. These days the kids are always starving so lunch comes early or they have little snacks all day long. I think Harry is growing again because he'll always ask for something only an hour after we've eaten!! I'm just going to have to keep a lot of snacks around. :) Of course if Harry wants something then Kathy does to.
God has been so good to us. We are so happy to finally be here, in Scotland!