It's been the longest period since we started this blog that we haven't written so we will try and get back into the habbit of keeping you updated on what we are doing.
After leaving the ship, we travelled to Florida where we spent a great 2 weeks on holiday with Heather's parents. We certainly needed the break and it was great to get quality time with Heather's mum and dad before coming home.
We enjoyed a few days at the theme parks and lots of time relaxing by the pools and eating out.
On Saturday 12th June, we flew back into Edinburgh and moved back into our house for the first time in 3 years. Friends from our church had worked hard to ensure the house looked great - they even decorated the kids rooms - giving Liam a jungle theme and Kara a Hannah Montana room. The kids were so excited.
We were given a great welcome back at our church on the first Sunday and it was so good to see many friends again.
The kids started school on their first Monday back. Kara had never been to a proper school before but they both loved it. Liam came home and said that he had been treated like a celebrity.
On the Friday it was school sports day and they both were involved in races - running and the sack race. Kara won her race which made her mum very proud.
Heather also started back at work, returning to nursing in doctors practices in our area of Edinburgh. She had been on a career break when we were on the ship, so she has returned to the same hours and same work. Hopefully after the school holidays she can look for more / different work.
I start out in my new role with OM UK tomorrow. I am starting with a visit down to the UK head office which is on the Welsh border in Shropshire. 6 hours on a train tomorrow - yeah! I hope to start getting a better idea of what the new role is going to entail and what my days and weeks will look like.
The biggest change for our family since we have come home has been getting a dog. Jazz is a beautiful golden labrador. He belonged to Heather's uncle who could no longer look after him. So on Friday my parents brought him up from Manchester and we are loving having him in the family.
It is great to be back in our own home again and picking up our lives here. However, we are still very much part of the ship ministry and excited to be able to continue to support the work from here in the UK.
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