We have not fallen off the face of the earth . . .

We have just been busy and have not had internet for the past 10 days. We are back in Chilliwack with Niko and slowly settling into our old lives. After not having culture shock at all in Lethbridge we thought we had missed that phase of our journey. Sadly we were both mistaken and have been a bit overwhelmed after coming home. We are happy to be back though and had a great time slowly making our way to Chilliwack through Alberta.

Marc is feeling quite overwhelmed as I said. I am quite worried about him. Any ideas as to why his eyes have swollen so large?

We first stayed in Lethbridge with our parents. We celebrated "Christmas" on Good Friday with my family. Is it sacreligious to celebrate the birth and death of Jesus on the same day?

Here we are in front of our tree displaying our Easter eggs from our hunt.

Marc and my brother showing off their army pants. I am ashamed to admit that we bought these pants for Brad and like his brother in law he also now has a very difficult time taking them off. Grrrr!

Marc packing the car. He did manage to get everything in (quite a feat!) but we did have to buy a Thule box so that we could fit Niko in the back with all the rest of our stuff. We then headed up to Edmonton and stayed with these two for a couple of days:

Had a great surprise shower for Carlynne!

Marc went bungee jumping (see post below.) Here is Jarrid helping him down. I really like the colours in this picture.

We went for a walk with our friends Brad and Vicky and their dogs Zoe and Capone.

Then we went to pick up our puppy in Revelstoke. He was really happy to see us and it seemed like no time had passed, except that he behaves like an adult dog! I highly recommend the route of going away for a year when your dog is 2 and leaving him with a dog trainer!

Right now we are too busy putting away boxes to have taken any pictures. We are also in the process of purging because we have A LOT of stuff. Living overseas for a year and then out of a backpack has made us realize we have an excessive amount of possessions and we need to get rid of them! Pictures of Chilliwack to come soon.