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Mother's Day Weekend

Last weekend was Mother’s Day here in Australia. It is celebrated on the same date as Canada, but different to the UK, where Mother’s Day falls in March. We ended up having a very full weekend, which kicked off on Friday night. Andy’s friend Pete was visiting from England with his wife. Andy and Pete went to university together, and Pete was actually living in Melbourne when we first arrived in Australia way back in 2013. Pete and his family have since moved back to England, but Pete’s younger brother is (the other) Andy, who lives here on the Gold Coast and who we see quite often. On Friday night Pete, his wife, and Andy and his family all came over for dinner and a swim. The pool is definitely getting chilly at this time of year (I think it’s sitting at around 21 degrees now) but we heated up the spa, which made for a very nice evening. It was really lovely catching up with Pete and his wife and hearing all about life back in England. It’s so nice how easy it is to fall back into con...

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