First Days in New Zealand

Nicholas & Benjamin,

I learned how to 'blog' so that I could do a better job communicating with you little rug rats. New Zealand is a beautiful country. There are lots of hills, trees and beaches and everyone here pitches in to make sure the country stays clean. I have been on 4 walks, and have not found one piece of litter on the ground. (Not even one little candy wrapper. :)) I also have noticed how friendly all the people that live here are. Every person has a smile for you, every person goes out of their way to help you in any way. I hope I can take that part of New Zealand back to the USA

When we fist arrived, it was a gray, rainy day & I was hoping we wouldn't be wet our entire trip. The soccer gods have been with us because the black clouds seem to disperse right above our practice field during our practice. I have to admit, when I landed so far from home, I was missing you and thinking saying things like "Deedle - Dee" in my head to the windshield wipers and picturing you carving pumpkins.

When I got to my hotel, I was greeted with a nice Happy Birthday sign as well as a tiny "Happy Birthday" music box, some crazy glasses and bath salts. THANKS!!! I also had a birthday cake at dinner with a loud song sung by the team. Very embarrasing.

There is much more halabaloo about this World Cup than our tournament in Trinidad. There are signs in the streets and coverage daily in the newspaper.

The team has been practicing so hard that all the players remind me of how hard Nicholas hustles with his Mach 10 team. Hopefully all the hard work will pay off and we can get off to a good start with a win against Japan.

Oct. 27th: We had only one practice today & during that practice the team wanted to pass along a little message. Click on the video to receive your message.


The team couldn't say Hello to Benjamin, without adding a "Hello" to Nicholas. One video is definitely better than the other, but I like the first one because one person forgot the "L". You'll know what I mean when you hear it.






Hey Nicholas, I hope you can tell the team has heard lots of stories about you. :)




We are finished with our practices and have been watching all the other World Cup games on T.V. It looks like every country has done a great job of preparing their teams. Many of the games are wide open with lots of attacking chances. If the Huskies can win 2 on the road; I am hoping that the U.S.A can do the same. A few pictures of New Zealand and USA.

Amy's Team Kit Spirit Fingers USA New Zealanad

When I think of home, I think how lucky I am to have such a great family and look at the following pictures to remind me of how truly blessed I am.

Love,

Mommy