Wow! Another two weeks has just flown by... We only have four weeks left in Canada and at this rate we shall be home before we know it! We've had a fairly quiet couple of weeks with the exception of a long Easter weekend in the Rockies; sadly our last time there.



The weather here recently has been remarkably kind and we've mostly had warm sunny days; much the same as this time last year though at the end of April 08 we had the biggest snow dump we had seen all year so we are not holding our breath just yet that the Canadian winter is finally behind us!

Easter in the Rockies was wonderful. The mountains are still covered in snow and it is always lovely to be there after the plains if the Prairies. Leigh and Ben skied for a couple of days and also met up with Anya (Leigh's sister) who has been out here skiing for 3 months! They had a great day skiing whilst I dropped Olivia & Charlie off at daycare and had myself a Spa day! What a treat! Everyone was happy and we all met up at the end of the day to boast about who had the best day!!! Our hotel was lovely and a hot tub at the end of the day is just such a treat!

So we are back in Ralston now busy finalising our trip home. We have opted to fly home via New York and are spending a couple of nights there before flying on to Heathrow. Seems like a good way to let ourselves down gently about leaving Canada... before we get back on the slow, rainy M25... again!



Leigh's successor and family arrive in Ralston on Tuesday so it will really feel like we are homeward bound. Leigh is back in the UK next weekend to do an early takeover of his new job in London and we have a few parties to attend over the next week or so to say farewell to all here. Speaking of `parties`... Leigh is currently at one as I blog! A `bring your boss to the Sgts Mess`do which started at 4pm (is that like a `show and tell` I wonder!). `I`ll only be a couple of hours` he said..... it`s now 9.30pm! What a surprise!!! Luckily I have known Leigh for 14 years now and know not to expect to see him again tonight!!!... Or possibly even tomorrow!!!