Bye Bye Cecile ...

Cecile is headed back to the US tomorrow. She was here for 4 weeks and they went awfully fast. Too bad the weather was not the best when she was out here (was cold and wet for a large part). The weather does seem to be turning and looks like summer is here. Pretty good timing considering that the kids started school today and folks are heading back to work after their summer vacation etc

It was quite nice to have Cecile around for the past 4 weeks. The kids enjoyed her company, we did a fair amount of cooking and baking, some travels around the top of the South Island, and drank a fair amount of wine (our one experiment with mojito's was a dismal and miserable failure). We were able to do quite a few hikes since logistics are much simpler with 3 adults and 2 kids, plus you have company on a long hike and/or bike ride etc

We'll definitely miss having her around and wish her good luck for her final semester at school.
Our next scheduled visitors are not expected till the end of march. So if anyone is thinking about a visit, just do it NOW. So go ahead, book your tix and jump on the next plane over ...