Dear All,Hope this blog finds everyone well and with a feeling of spring in the air if you are in the U.K.Well for us the last five weeks have been very busy. I have been working full-time (temporary contract) at the local catholic primary school, so I have been a v.good girl saying my prayers and attending church! I am really enjoying teaching my class of 11 and 12yr olds(yr.7&8). Last week they wrote to their role- models, so we are waiting ( but not with baited breath) for replies from Prince Harry, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Wil Smith....to name a few! I have been teaching swimming to some students 3 afternoons a week, which has been good for me and great for the students fitness! I have also been running a Mum & Baby swim class once a week which has been fun to do with Merryn as she loves the water.Merryn is looked after by Shiree whilst I work, she is still funny and enjoying new words.Freya is settling in with her new teacher Ms. Wallace and learning with the aid of a smartboard, her project has been dogs. They recently skyped a man and his sniffer dog in Auckland. And had Mountain rescue dogs and agility dogs in to visit the class.Gareth is enjoying teaching his students, meeting some of them at 7am for triathlon training at the pool, getting 17yr olds up at that time in the morning let alone exercising is fairly impressive!He is off to the Rugby ground to play in his first Rugby game of the season, a warm-up game against Te Rapa, who are short of 1st choice forwards that have been playing Super 14 this w'end! Gareth is hoping he isn't on for long as He is competing in an off-road 1/2 marathon tomorrow in Rotorua!With the Rugby season fast encrouching, the weather is more Autumnal, mornings darker and fruit and veg. ripening- completely the opposite to all at home. My weekends will change from running and mountain-biking to watching Freya play netball and Gareth Rugby.The Kururau Krusher which I had been training for was last Weekend, it was wet which was probably a good thing but the wind ( which we never get in Taumarunui) meant that at times it was hard going.I can't remember if Gareth wrote about it before but anyway....It is a local multi-endurance event. The first leg is a 44km Road Bike, Leg 2 a 16km run, a 22km kayak( grade 4 river lots of rapids), and a 26km mountain Bike to finish! I borrowed a road bike, mountain bike and kayak. It took 6hrs 44 mins and I came 3rd, narrowly missing out on 2nd by 20secs.It was a great experinece, I won$200 and will probably be mad enough to do it again next year!We are looking forward to catching up with everyone soon at Lorna and Dan's Wedding, or around the 2 weeks that we are back.Love Sarah