Good afternoon everyone, and welcome back. I hope that you all had a great rest of your year in 2011 and your all ready for new adventures for 2012.
The last I wrote you I was just getting over being quite ill at the start of the Dancing on Ice Tour that we had the pleasure of doing at the end of last years season with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. It was an amazing experience all around. The cast we had working together got along so great and the fun times we had both on and off the ice will stick with me for the rest of my life. The entire team of us really had such an incredible time from the pros, celebrities, coaches, Jane and Chris, costumers, stylists, ice conditioners, the people that provided us with our fantastic meals, production staff, lighting, sound, transportation, managers, etc and all those I have missed, it was so great working with you all and a true pleasure to be involved in something so professional and special. For those of you who had the pleasure of coming to see us all live in one of the cities and arenas in England thanks for coming to support the show. We also got to meet some of you after the shows to say hello and that was a highlight too. For those of you we missed hopefully we will get the chance to meet you again in the future if we are lucky enough. It was so great to go out on the ice night after night and show after show and see such a great turn out and to hear everyone cheering so loud just incredible. I have not had the chance to skate in such big arenas in the past few years so it was amazing to be back out there and feeling that kind of energy. It was such a “WOW” moment skating with Sean out there at the end of the show, being thrown in the air in all directions and listening to the reaction of the crowd. It was such a thrill to show England and the world what we really do. Another fun moment was doing the fours routine with our good friends Alex and Luc who were our flat mates for the series. A lovely couple and to get to share the ice with them at the same time and do what we love to do together will always be a special moment in time. You could almost hear a pin drop when we skated together in moments of our routine it was pretty cool. And the next highlight on tour would definitely skating with Johnson knowing just how far he had come to get to where he was and then night after night see him continue to develop and gain even more confidence on the tour in his skating and also within himself.The reaction from the crowd when we skated out on to the ice was just memorable and to see the respect people have for this man. He did just so great. I will always be so proud of him in many ways and have gained a true friend for life. Having the opportunity to do the 2011 will always be one of the highlights of my skating career for the people we worked and shared the ice with and also the pure thrill of getting to skate like that with Sean.
After tour was over we were lucky enough to get to stay in England for a few days and visit friends so we did not have to head right back. We got the chance to do a little site seeing and see people that I had not had a chance to visit with when I was so busy on the tv series. So, it was good to catch up with friends. It is amazing how many special friends we have that live over here on this side of the pond 
We also took in a few West End shows. It was sure nice to be entertained by such quality performers and performances. Then our time was over here and we had to head back home to Florida as we would be joining the cruise ship for the summer. So, we had to say good bye to Johnson. It was pretty hard for Sean and I. He is like family now and it was sad to leave him behind. But, after thinking about it for a while I started to smile because we were leaving him in such a better place in his life and that he truly had his life back again and he was smiling. So, there is no better reward that to see someone smiling.
So, that pretty much sums up my tour experience and season 6 of Dancing on Ice. For sure it will always be tucked away in my heart as a very special moment in time in my life. I had an amazing time, got to do what I love to do and share it with my husband, and we both gained a life long new “brother from another mother”.
Cheers Everyone, Jodeyne
