We have been married just over 6 weeks now and although my head is still somewhere up in the clouds I realise its probably time to come back down to earth and face the real world again.
After the wedding, we came home so that a) Chris could get back to work for "close-out" & b) we could spend some time with the Smeetons (Chris' sister)
We had a lovely week at home with the family and an exciting Christmas. Santa made a brief stop here for Oliver & Xavier but thought he had better leave the bulk of their gifts in Bloomington due to luggage constraints. On boxing day we flew down to Durban for an extremely rushed 2 day visit with my family. We also got to meet the newest member of the tribe, Little Riley and she stole our hearts immediately! We spent a lovely day on the beach with the Londoners and Parnell girls.
On the 28th it was back to JHB and then off to the undisclosed honeymoon destination. I was convinced we were heading east to Thailand or Bali and Chris very cleverly managed to get us checked through to our final destination without spilling the beans. It was only when we got to the boarding gates that I found out we were of to MAURITIUS! Wow, we had an absolutely magical time. We stayed at La Pirogue and spent 10 days sunning/sleeping/reading/eating and drinking. Now you can understand why its so hard getting back to the real world. We got back to SA and still had a week of holiday time. We spent another 2 days in Durban and came rushing back to JHB when Brett & Lara were stranded here due to Leo getting measles. As horrible as it is that Leo wasn't well we were all too happy to have the opportunity to see a bit more of them.
Since the 15th its been "business as usual" I have had a slow work month but have taken the opportunity to get really settled at home, getting all the relevant parties have my name change details etc..........So here's to a less frantic 2007!
