Cheers - glad you had a nice trip!
I was down at the Blossoms (with the -in laws) on Sunday as well and will say the blossoms were all well past peak. The kites on the hill near the Monument were nice to see (especially the specialty kites) also.
A week ago (3rd of April) the blossoms were much better, but they still were a bit past peak...plus you had the hordes of tourists who were touching and climbing all over the trees.
-jeremy