Updates ....

As Evan works closer towards completing his degree, and we are clocking up many additional hours at work, we've been pretty quiet with all the other stuff. However, as May approaches we are looking forward to a visit from Andy's mum and dad later on in that month, and starting to think about fun trips and places to visit. They will be our first proper visitors to our new home.

And then when June rolls around, we have two weeks off to go back to the UK for the 50th wedding anniversary celebrations. Just made plans for all of us (Andy, Evan, mum and dad) to take a 4 day trip up to Newcastle right at the end of June to see Aunt Sheila and Uncle Alf. Have a surprise organized with Steve and Sharon to mark mum and dad's big day. We're thinking that we probably won't do another side trip to Europe on this trip, to save time with family, as well as money for the bigger plans. However, have also found very cheap coach tickets to Paris and Amsterdam....

So at the moment, not much else to report. We're really getting ourselves well positioned to do some much bigger stuff later in the year. We have many ideas, but are just letting it all unfold right now as to the order we do it in. Still serious about teaching English overseas (obviously as we wouldn't take on the CELTA certification training), working as therapists (Hawaii, New Zealand) and traveling. But with exciting plans in May, June and onto July, and then the classes starting in September, the next few months will likely fly by. So we'll see what happens in October!!

The weather here is now very spring like, so we have been enjoying evening walks and time out on the beaches and parks around here. Time to appreciate what we have, and how far we've come.