the longest day of my life...

literally. i bet my day was longer than any of yours! (except all those who travled from NZ today...yesterday?...i'm confused). our flight left Auckland at about 7:15pm NZ time on wednesday July the 2nd and we arrived in LA at 12:30pm on wednesday July 2nd. trippy, eh? oh, and something that made the landing even better was the fact that immidiately after we touched down at LAX our piolet comes on the intercom and says "the Los Angles Airport has been shut down due to a bomb threat." well, welcome home. ha! oh of all the days... good thing we landed though. well, enough about my day of long day of travel and on to the trip. if i were to sum up this trip in any amount of words it wouldn't do it justice. amazing, awesome, fun, incredible...they all seem too cliche to describe it. of course it was all of those things, but so much more. in this case i think only one cliche works. that being the old "a picture is worth a thousand words". and you are promised lots and lots of pictures to come, but as for now these few shall have to suffice.

amy, me and august on the plane, ready to go

august and i with a mauri tiki man thing in the Auckland airport

this is a view from the backyard of the house...absolutly amazing...so open and green

the main hangout. whats better than a cozy fire after being out in the rain and cold?

august sleeping...how cute.

kizzy the tempremental cat sleeping. serioulsy this cat is bi-polar. he wants you to pet him one minute and the next is attacking you hand.

driveway up to the house.

house

well, basically all we did was relax the first day and tasted new foods. like a mince meat pie...by the end of the trip i was loving those pies! yummy!

i'm exhuausted, so more to come tomorrow! stay tuned! :)