Greetings from North Carolina!

We hope you are all having a lovely time with family and friends at this special time. Our last few days in Ohio were taken up with Abi's dancing party and then meeting Abi and Matthew's new doctor. We are aware Matthew has a heart murmur. The doctor in Scotland (we had to undergo full body medicals before we were accepted with MAF) had recommended we get a scan to check the murmur in between America and the next destination. Well the Pediatrician in Ohio is organizing this so we can have plenty time before we leave the USA if anything needs to be done. Abi is also being referred to have a check up with the Ear/Nose/Throat specialist as she has been snoring for quite some time now! Her tonsils are rather large and this may be the cause of it. So that was our first trip to the doctor in America! We were very impressed! Lets pray the outcome of the investigations are not too invasive for the children.

Thursday we set off for North Carolina to spend the week with our American Family. We had a wonderful drive and the Children were really good considering. We pass through West Virginia which is very mountainous and the icicles were impressive. I took some pictures along the way.

Once we passed through West Virginia the snow began to thin out and Abi commented on the fact she could see grass again!

(we haven't see green grass for about three weeks! )

This was the view of North Carolina as we passed through the border.

We have had a lovely Christmas and Abi and Matthew have had the added bonus of having two little friends to play with. Natalie (5) and Ace (3) were staying over for two nights so lots of fun was had. It snowed on Christmas day also and on Boxing day we were all able to get out and do some sledging! We also learnt how to make snow cream! Mix real snow with milk, sugar and some vanilla! Abi and Natalie were kept very busy with the making and eating of it!

We head back to Ohio on Thursday to give us a few days before Andy begins work on Monday. Thanks for reading the blog and for all your support and prayers. I usually post more pictures on facebook so try and befriend us there if you would like.