It's almost half over...

Hello everyone. I know it has been a very long time since I last updated this site. We are all fine and enjoying a beautiful Australian winter; it’s much like October in Victoria…crisp cool nights and mornings with very pleasant afternoons in the high teens or low twenties. It is beautiful here at this time of year now that everything is turning from dull brown to various shades of brilliant greens.

The girls continue to do very well in school and they embrace everything with gusto and a smile. Sophie is excelling in most of her subjects and Elise…well she continues to eat more at lunch than any of the other kids at Kindy. In fact, I think that she has taken it on as a personal challenge to out-eat all the other kids.

Dug is still very busy with work and often comes home quite late. The good side of working hard though, is playing hard and we are very much enjoying the sites and good times with the wonderful friends that we have made.

We took a trip to the south side of the city a couple of weeks ago and stayed in a little town called Pt. Willunga, outside of McLaren Vale. We had a great weekend with friends in a beach-side house. All the kids had a fantastic time, collecting seashells and rocks and the adults had a great time collecting wine!! Dug and I are heading back to the area next weekend for some more wine tasting and some R&R while the girls have a sleepover with friends.

We have started the official countdown to Fiji. We leave on July 4th for 2 weeks – 11 days in Fiji and 4 in Surfer’s Paradise. It will be just enough time to soak up some sun (and sand) and recoup a little from the daily grind. A stack of books and a bottle of Bombay Sapphire is all we’ll need.

My parents have just returned from their trip to Colombia to visit my brother, wife and son. They had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the visit and what looks to be magnificent countryside. I have posted a few pictures for everyone to see at http://picasaweb.google.com/sdfoord/MomAndDadSTripToColumbia

Bye for now.