Friday, February 19, 2010

getting ready to go..

Late last year when we booked our tickets February 23rd 2010 seemed so far away.. but now its in 4 days time. Katie kept saying "2 weeks" whenever we would ask her anything about Australia. We have a book about aeroplanes and we've been reading this to her to prepare her for the big event. But I don't think she totally understands what is going to happen.
The last week its been perfect weather here in the Bulkley Valley, sunshine everyday and warm temperatures too. Derek was lucky enough to go up snow boarding yesterday and he really enjoyed the beautiful conditions.. Ive been making the most of the spring like weather and have been taking walks in the sun on a regular basis. My last day of work is tomorrow and Derek will still work on Monday and take Tuesday off seeing as we leave on Tuesday evening.
The most exciting news in the past few weeks was the birth of a baby son to my brother Colin and his wife Mirella, who live in Sweden. Out of the family I was the only sibling who was at home when he called with the exciting news of Oliver's birth. So we got to chat for quite a while and I was given quite the details about the event.. :) Steph became a blood aunt for the first time and Katie got her first cousin on that side of the family. We've even seen Oliver in real on Skype, what a cute baby!!
My next post will probably be about Australia, I might even post something while we are down there..
hot tubbing at Richard and Arlene's our babies went to bed and we were pretty wrinkly looking when we finally got out :)

my sister in law Mirella and Oliver


the Bulkley River all iced over

this is how I found Katie one afternoon..