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OK – it’s official. Since Facebook came along we haven’t been updating this site. If you want to connect with us or find out what’s happening you might want to search for us on Facebook (not that we update that very often, but it’s more regular than here – that’s for sure!!). 
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OK, so we’re not good bloggers. We go months (well, more than a year actually). So for all those who are not in touch regularly, here’s the 10 second version of what’s been happening in the last 18 months since our big trip. We made the difficult decision to step down from LifeSwitch at the end of last year after four years there. This relieved some stress, but created lots more. We decided to purchase a business from a friend who was moving to Auckland, so are now full-time business owners struggling to make things work in a tough economic climate. The business is Copy Express in Petone, a digital print centre. We have also rebranded our accounting work as Business Express and plan to bring the two together into a one-stop business support centre. It’s scary stuff as there are many months where we don’t get paid! But God is good and we continue to exist! Kids are now in school. We made that decision early this year as Anna’s health was not getting any better and she was struggling with energy levels and handling the demands of being at home all day with the kids (translation – if she had stayed Home Schooling Peter was afraid he would come home one day and find Anna rocking in the back yard in a pool of blood!). Rachel is really taking well to school, but Becky would rather be at home. Ruth is in Kindy and Reuben is in part-time day care while Anna works. We have discovered that Reuben is allergic to diary and gluten (and a bunch of other stuff). This makes meals really difficult. the poor boy exists on plain rice crackers, rice and a limited range of noodles! He eats meat and veggies, but sometimes just doesn’t want to!! That’s it for now – email us for more info, or wait another year for an update!!!
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We have embarked on our great big North American holiday, We are taking the kids (yes, all four of them) to the US and Canada for six weeks. The primary purpose is to show Ruth and Reuben off to family in Toronto and celebrate Anna’s Dad’s 77th birthday, but we are also using the time to visit old friends and the places we have lived.
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Happy New Year everyone! Wow! Has this year gone by quickly (I think we say that almost every year but it is especially true this year)! We realize that we have left many gaps for 2008 and hope to fills some of them in so check our website in a month or two for additional updates. It has been a year of many firsts for us. We became the parents of FOUR children! We now have the privilege of raising three girls and one boy (the first grandson on both sides of the family).
Read the rest of “Happy New Year 2008″ »
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FROM THIS: TO THIS: Winter is half over already and time seems to be flying by. Reuben is now 8 weeks old and we are still adjusting to his arrival. He got off to a bit of a rocky start with breastfeeding and was gaining weight very slowly. Week 3 was a bit of a crisis as he lost weight but he is now latching well and making up for the lost weight. His birth weight was 6 lbs 11 oz and he is now 8 lbs 5 oz. Though he is still small, he prefers to spends most of his time in Mommy’s arms – Anna’s got great biceps! Read the rest of “Mid-Winter Update” »
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At 5:14 pm (NZ Time) on Saturday June 7, 2008, Anna pushed Reuben Yee-Leung McCarroll into the world 10 days early. He weighed in at 3035 grams (about 6 pounds, 11 ounces). He is the fourth child, and first Son, to Peter and Anna McCarroll. His big sisters, Rachel, Rebecca and Ruth, are all excited to finally meet him. Read the rest of “Welcome to Baby Reuben” »
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Read the rest of “Ruth Turns Two” »
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The results are in from the 18 week scan! Baby is growing just fine – right on target in terms of anatomy measurements for the expected due date of June 17, 2008. The gender is still unknown so you’ll have to wait with everyone else to see if there’s ever going to be another male in this McCarroll household!
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Even though we’re away for six weeks it will still feel like a fairly rushed trip. There is a lot of flying, end even more driving to be done. The rough outline is as follows:
Yes, we must be crazy! We will post some updates along the way. We apologise now if we don’t get to see you while in town. Please email if you want to make contact with us.
We stayed at Kennedy Park in Napier and because we were traveling at a time when children had just returned to school, we had the place pretty much to ourselves. Kennedy Park has a great facility and it was a fantastic place to stay for the ages of our children. We were able to stay in a two-bedroom unit right across from the big outdoor play area. We even let Rachel and Becky play out there by themselves while we sat inside enjoying a book – and we could still keep an eye on them! That was the best part! The girls loved playing on all the equipment but their favourite was driving around the complex on the go-cart. 
