Some Catching Up

It’s been a while since our last post. Scott’s laptop (which has all the blogging stuff on it) had to go away for a quick repair which should have taken a few days, but ended up being 7 weeks. It’s back now, so off we go.

We’ll cover some of these in separate posts, but here are some of the things that have been happening since we last posted:

• The kids started back at school for the new school year, with Jack moving to the Upper Learning Centre (like moving up to high school). They’re both doing really well academically and building good friendships.
• Carolyn started at school too, as the art teacher. She teaches 2 classes each week and teaches a couple of the students individually in art and other subjects.
• Scott started volunteering with The King’s Outreach (a non-profit organisation attached to our church) setting up IT systems for them.
• We surrendered our Australian driving licences and now have pink GB licences. We had to go to Lincoln to do this, so used it as a chance to spend the day there while the kids were at school. We had a very enjoyable time looking around the old part of the city, visiting the cathedral and lunching in a Tudor tea-room.
• We’ve been getting involved in the Rural Impact ministry at church.
• We’ve had a couple of trips to Mabelthorpe.
• We’ve had a visit from the Brands, who introduced us to Marks and Spencer Mulled wine. It goes well with fruit mince pies. Really well.
• We’ve been to see the seal colony at nearby Donna Nook. They come in to have their pups on the RAF bombing range each year.
• Birthday season has come and gone, with all but Scott having birthdays in a 10 day period. We had a weekend in the Lake District to celebrate. Fortunately we were there the weekend before it all flooded and washed away.
• Scott got a job, which means we can stay in England. He’s working in Grimsby doing IT support for Cardsave, a company that provides credit card facilities for businesses and non-profit organisations.
• We bought a second car (a Ford Ka) for Scott’s 23 miles-each-way commute.
• We think that the sun must be unwell. It’s started sleeping in till about 8 and then it goes to bed around 4 every day. We’re hoping it gets better in time for summer.

More soon.