ON PARADISE

Recently we took a "trip of a lifetime". After a 31-hour journey/adventure (door-to-door) with our 3 children, our entire immediate & extended family met on a private resort island in the South Pacific. There were Grandma & Grandpa, brothers & sisters, in-laws, aunts, uncles & cousins. We took over the island!

It was an experience we will always remember. Having lived all our lives in North America where we have 4 distinct seasons, it was an interesting difference that we were all able to appreciate.

Also, it was fun explaining how we left on August 4th & arrived there on August 6th, after only one day. (We are planning a celebration on August 5th, 2006 in honour of the day we missed this year!) What was even more interesting was that we left at 6:00 pm & arrived home at 2:00 pm on the afternoon before the evening we left... (Oh, how I love time travel. And we don't even require warp-speed technology!)

We plan on returning to our tropical paradise some day after the children have flown the nest.

Thanks again, Mum & Dad!