Back in Canada

We're back and settling in. The move was relatively uneventful(thankfully)and our stuff only took three weeks to come.

About a month after we landed we headed out west to catch up with Mark's family. It had been three years and it was great to see everyone. Mark's parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary party with a big bash so we had a great time partying it up with everyone. We headed to the Lake of the Prairies where although the weather wasn't great we had fun with camp fires, a bit of tubing, water skiing and fishing, and of course more visiting. We finished our visit in Oakbank with Mark's brother and family at their new home. We went to a beach not far from their place at a lovely provincial park, did some hot tubbing and the kids had so much fun with their cousins (the entire trip), definitely the highlight for them I think.

We are now back in our new home and loving it. Mark's Mom came for a visit and was a great help getting us organized. We still have some stuff to finish around the house but it is mostly nitpicking now. Mark is enjoying his new job at Shearwater and is starting to find his groove. Lochlan has started school is settling in. Miah loves her new preschool even more than old one and wishes she could go everyday and Olivia is kicking it at home with me. Miah and Lochlan have started music lessons for the first time and are loving it. It's a really great program aimed at making it fun for young kids (what a novel idea) and they actually enjoy practicing. Something I never did! Lochlan will also start hockey this weekend. We have sorted all his gear and it should be fun to watch, he's quite excited. I am getting my bearings and getting on top of the new schedule. Although I plan to look for work eventually I think I'll give it a bit of time to let everyone get settled and start slowly to figuring out for what and where to look.

So that's us in a nutshell. Hope everyone is healthy and happy! Some pictures of our adventures below: