ALot of our experiences depend on our mind set, although its no good walking around with rose coloured glasses, its no good walking around with blinders either. I've found that the more balanced/moderate people between the two here have provided the best information and insight... the others are just good for a laugh

Very kind - thank you

And thanks Robin - lovely response - keep going love ! You'll get there !

Good god i've just read your initial post and realised that we too have been here for 3 months tomorrow!!!! Where the heck did that time go?

Must get round to writing down some of my thoughts and experiences when i have some time. Maybe we should all post 3 monthly updates.

Just briefly wanted to say that we are loving it all so far. It is a huge step to take and there is a lot to do once you land and find a house and the most important thing we found is to try and remember to take time out now and again and go for that walk or cycle or drive or whatever and remind yourself why you came otherwise you get bogged down with the boring but necessary bits and end up stressed.
We have so many places to walk and cycle close by and every corner has another view to die for, the kids saw a bear up close, we have swam in lakes, cycled down mountains and floated down rivers in rubber tubes and sent lots of pictures of us smiling back to the UK to show them that we haven't made a mistake and it's not always snowing and we can enjoy ourselves without our parents living round the corner!

Thanks printer - yep - time sure does fly when you are having fun ! Congrats on your three months too then.

Ditto ref the photos, think they must be getting sick of us now Enough already! (and here's another one of us in some gorgeous setting, and here's another one of us at ..... ! )

just checked out where cochrane is, looks to be in a lovely part. Have you ventured into Edmonton yet?