WE ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello there friends,

We arrived, and boy, what a trip! I think the post guy didn't know we were in the envelope because he squashed us together and shoved us in that post box half hanging out. I have to say, it certainly wasn't the most comfortable position. We were glad when Kylee found us and came to the rescue! Boy, was it good to get out of that envelope and see light again. In all other ways, it was a smooth and rather quick trip. Quicker than it would have been only a few years previous anyways. Here is our photo after meeting Kylee, and just before we headed off to bed. We were tired with the time difference. Now the fun begins!! Kylee was telling us there are already 3 different people/couples/families who would are going to host us in different parts of New Zealand, so we are pretty excited to meet new people, and see different parts of New Zealand.

We finally arrived to meet Kylee and her family!

This is Kylee. She is 25 years old and runs Spirit Sparkplugs which is the organisation that we have been able to travel through. Kylee had just come home from a local Christmas Party, they raised $61.00 to help support other kids and young adults, so we thought that was pretty neat!

As I said, we were not long out of bed, it was late and everyone was pretty tired. But today has beena blast... I have some photos of the things we got up to today... So here they are below:

Helping Lee (Kylee's friend/helper) in the Spirit Sparkplugs room!

Guess what we were in the process of making.....?

A Spirit Sparkplugs Encouragement Book! How cool is that?

Spirit Sparkplugs makes these cool Encouragement Books which are made and filled with encouraging, hope filled quotes to inspire and encourage young adults and parents of children battling chronic illness for those hard and rough days. Something to let them know they are thought of, loved, and cared for. It was a lot of fun to work with Lee making one... We will probably finish it this week... If you want to learn more about these visit their website, specifically this page showcases them: http://www.spiritsparkplugs.com/spirit-sparkplugs.php

Loni, we found this for you, we thought you would like it....

And this one....!

We love and miss you already guys, but we cant to show you around New Zealand as we see the sights for you and post blog updates and photos! You mean SOO VERY MUCH TO US!!

....... but one last photo before we finish this post up..... Guess what we found?!

The start of your "taste of New Zealand" package!

We are going to help Kylee add some things to it this week, and hopefully we will be able to send it off in the next couple of weeks! There are lots of little fun New Zealand type things in there, but we have a few ideas of things you guys might like in it too. Kylee liked our suggestions!!

Its summer here. It feels very weird to be coming into warmer weather for Christmas!

Will write again soon. Love "The Flat Broton Family" xoxox