New Zealand Home

Next stop was getting our new home ready! It was truly a miracle that we were able to rent our home. After the earthquake we decided we should rent a home before we leave due to the fact that rentals were now in high demand. Lynton and Philippa (Our leaders) were kind enough to search for a home for us. It was an on going process of looking online, they would go check on the house for us, and if it was good we would put an application in. Well, God picked the perfect home for our family. It is close to the University, a 3 minute walk to Logan's school, and lots of room for the kids to play. It also has all sorts of ways to heat your home. Heating in New Zealand is very different then in the states. There is no central heating. You basically close off rooms and heat one area at a time. Well this house was lucky enough to have double glazed windows which was very exciting. It also has a log burner, a heat pump (which heats really well and is pretty cost effective), and two night storage (now from what I understand a night storage collects the heat at night then slowly releases it during the day, but you will find these very expensive to run), and lastly we bought some oil heaters for the areas of the house that don't get much heat!
We received the keys to our new home and got to work going shopping to fill it. In a weeks time we found beds, sofas(which were kindly donated), a dining table, linens, washing machine, dishes, pots and pans, towels, and much more. It was crazy and I can actually say that I was so ready to be done shopping and I love to shop! Plus Trademe which a site similar to craigslist became a favorite of ours!

After that week we were ready to move in and have loved having our own space and the kids love having there space!Family RoomDining RoomKitchenI call this the hall with many small rooms.

(The shower has it's own room, the toilet gets it own room,
and the bathtub gets it's own room)Logan's room
Landon and Levi's roomThe guest room just waiting for a guestPatioMore PatioBack YardMy Lemon TreeHeat PumpLog BurnerNight StorageOil Canister