NEW ZEALAND!!

hi i'm in new zealand!!!!!!!!!!
we arrived in auckland and just from the plane of even a city view i saw one of the most beautiful scenes in the world that i have ever seen. we spent one night there and may spend more time there at the end of the trip. we just had to deal with tons of errands and stuff and this morning we flew down to queenstown on the south island. right outside this town, a lot of Lord of the Rings was filmed here. i see it!!!! it's breathtaking. this is even more spectacular than auckland. there are tons of mountains around here some with lots of snow on them and others don't have snow yet. the trees here are totally autumn colors. it's so neat to really be in a fall season. i think we'll see four seasons after these two trips. the land is green, green, green! i love the green pastures. the weather is awesome, around the 50-60's. it's a beautiful blue sunny sky today. we are about to ride a gondola up the mountain to get a great view. we got our camper van and will be driving around everywhere now. i had to drive first b/c we had to go get julie's renewal for her expired driver's lisence off an internet place (that's why i'm typing now). i have never really driven standard outside of a parking lot, much less driven it on the left side of the road. talk about being thrown into it. i'm so, so sore from my back tensing up, but we made it 8 kilos with me driving a camper van, stick shift, on the left side of the road. wow! we totally prayed about that one. i'm turning the keys over to her. i can't stand it. it's hard and scary.

well gotta run, talk to you guys later. email me or comment and let me know how you are doing! this is truly SURREAL!

YOU HAVE TO COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!