Yodl-Ay-EEE-Ooooo

Yodl-ay-eee-oooo its of to Switzerland we go! Yay!!! As you all know we are off on our skiing holiday on Friday. Last night we decided to get our gear out and see if it still fits. I was very relieved that mine was still fine and Chris' a bit big for him - all that training has certainly paid of one way or another.

We are going in a group to LAAX, which is a small village outside Zurich. It is near to the village Flims, where Chris enjoyed his first skiing holiday and learnt to ski with Eleanor 3 years ago.

This year, Europe has had a particularly bad snowfall but in recent weeks the snow has been good and we have all agreed that there is certainly something to be said for skiing toward the end of the season. For those of you that would like to see more about it visit www.laax.com

I must admit than amid all the excitement, I am also a little nervous... the whole theory that its "like riding a bike" - once you know how, you'll will always be able - I have yet to prove this theory to myself........

We will be staying in 2 adjoining apartments at Cassa Bella - this is a short walk from the ski lifts and best of all, we have a ski-in option. This means that when you have had enough skiing for the day you can go down the slope straight home with no waiting for buses etc.

Well done Shaun on all the organising!

Its a Jungle out there

One of the problems with "having your head in the clouds" is that you often forget what you have intended to do....

Whilst sorting though my photos to be printed I came across this photo taken on the 11th Jan! To take you back in time and paint the picture around my intention for the photo and supposed post on the blog here goes....

We have been away from home since the 26th Dec, Jhb has had a lot of rain, the Londoners get stranded in Jhb on their way home with Leo's measles. So we come back to Jhb to enjoy the bonus time with them and some unexpected time around the house. We have also not mowed the lawn since before the wedding pending a quick fix to the new lawn mower which on its highest setting still cuts the grass too short. Brett and Chris got stuck in doctoring the lawn mower while Lara and I did some grocerey shopping. With Emma to chivvy him along Chris decides to get stuck in and sort the jungle out. He soon realised that what we thought may be a small garden is plenty big enough especially when you have to do the mowing. Leo was also most intrigued by the lawn mower and for the duration of his stay with us if we asked him where Chris was he would imitate the sound of the lawn mower. Also, while we were away, we think the pool overflowed and this has caused some irreparable damage to the grass that was looking so great before we left.

Solution : buy more instant lawn and relay it and be ever so careful to keep the pool at the right level!