Hello everyone, hope you are all well. We are both fine, still working away in our jobs.

We have had some really nice weather the last few days, it is still really cold but the sun has been shining this week, which is lovely, and have been able to go for long walks on the beach wrapped up in our scarves and hats! There has been a lot of snow further south, and we are expecting the closest ski field to open in 2 weeks, so will book some time off work then.

I think we are going to go to the indoor ski place this weekend and get some practice in, provided Mark’s old knees are up to it! We always end up being rubbish for the first couple of days when we are out of practice!!

Last weekend we went to another free rugby match from work, this time it was Auckland versus another local team from Hamilton ( about an hour south of here), it was quite an important match for Auckland which they won, so it was a lovely atmosphere. We even treated ourselves to a few pints in the Irish pub afterwards! The buses are free when you have a match ticket so we could get around easily afterwards.

This afternoon we are off to lunch in town ( Mark always meets me on saturday afternoons after work) then probably a bit of a rest back home. Not much excitement today. I got an $11.74 refund ( about 4 pounds!) today which is about as exciting as it gets this week! Let me know what you have all been up to!

love from the kiwis
xoxo