A very busy month

March was a very busy and exciting month for our family.  Its started with a family gathering to wish our son farewell as he went off on an exciting venture to Uruguay, where he is now living, teaching, learning spanish, making new friends and generally having a great time.  It was sad saying farewell at Heathrow but being able to speak with him on skype on a regular basis makes him not being here a whole lot easier.  We miss him but so happy that he is able to have this amazing experience before life's committments take hold. 
Then it was farewell to his lovely girlfriend who is now in Calcutta, working in an orphanage and making a difference to the lives of the young children there.   We really admire her for partaking in such a challenge, we know it's not always easy living away from home and we are very proud of them both.
For those of you who know me, you will know that we are in the process of buying our 'home by the sea', and this has taken up a lot of my thoughts over last few weeks.  Mr P and I are both so exciting about this and looking forward to the next chapter in our lives together.
The month ended with our daughter celebrating her 18th birthday.  Another family and friends get together followed by her amazing birthday party last night.  I know I'm her mother so I'm allowed to say this but she looked absolutely fantasic.  I think she is such a lovely girl (young lady now) and after talking to her friends and people who know her I know that they think so too.  We had such a brilliant evening celebrating, many thanks to all the staff at http://www.thehouseandterrace.com/ who helped make the evening run so smoothly. 

Our beautiful daughter on her special day

And with her very best friends

and her very proud mum

Farewell to March.   Hello April.