Time to say goodbye...

Six weeks has gone too fast and it is time for Darian's Mom and Dad to fly back to South Africa..

The house is empty and there is a hole in my heart.

Matthew Kindy Photo

Trip to Perth City

We dropped Matthew at Kindy and headed into Perth on the train, the last time Darian's parents were here the underground stations were not running so it was all new to them. It was a beautiful sunny day so we took a slow walk through the city and then hopped on a cat bus to take us down to the foreshore

Murray St Mall

Commonwealth Bank building

Forest Chase

Down at the foreshore we walked around the Swan Bells, I had never been this close, only ever seen it from the car and the bells tolled while we where there

We didnt go inside as it was $14 per person...

We then went and had a look at the Perth Wheel, it looks very small but we thought why not have a go, we would do it again.

It may look small from the ground but by the time you get to the top it seems huge....the views are very pretty, this is looking towards the city

 

Looking out towards the Barrack St Jetty

The ferry returning from South Perth....

Looking down at the Swan Bells

Once our ride was over we jumped back on the train and headed home....

Day 5 Heading Home...

We were up nice and early and went and grabbed some pies from the Dunsborough Bakery, we had seen them on the great outdoors one night and yes they are very very yummy....

We then packed the car and headed North Via Busselton where we stopped and had a quick peek at the Jetty

We finally got out of Busselton, they were doing road works. We headed north again through Bunbury, Mandurah and then up the freeway home. We got home about 2pm and we had enough time to unpack the car and get it back to the rental mob, though I really really wanted to keep it...

Day 4 - Heading to Dunsborough

Time has gone quick but its time for us to say goodbye to dad and head to Dunsborough.

We had to go via Denmark again and then headed up through Pemberton where we had lunch and then through to Margaret River. We stopped at the tourist centre and got a map. We went to the candy cow and then on the the

Margaret River Chocolate Factory....

yes be bought a few nibbles. We then went on to the hotel in Dunsborough. We had dinner at the local tavern and an early night.

Day 3 Albany

Another early morning due to storms and kids.....Matthew was sleeping in dads swag down in the study until the storm hit, he then spent the rest of the night with us.....

We got up and had breakfast, it was chilly but the sun was shining

We then decided to head towards Denmark way,

This is the road from dads place to the main road, it is truly stunning the photo doesn't do it justice. We had plans on going to the cheese farm, where we bought some fudge, the toffee factory and yes we bought some toffee and then it really started to rain so we didn't go to the alpaca farm but we headed into Denmark and had lunch at the local pub

It then really started to bucket down so we were glad for the open fire...

The rain eased a bit so we made a mad dash for the car and back to dads, thank goodness he also had the fire going.

The Gap and Natural Bridge

After leaving the Wind farm we decided to have some lunch in Albany and hope that the rain would go away long enough for some more sightseeing...

Good news was that we had a break in the weather and we went out and had a look at the gap

The scenery in this area is stunning

We then went and had a look at the Natural Bridge

We then headed back into Albany to look at Mt Clarence

and then we headed down to Middleton beach before heading back to dads...

Day 2 - exploring Albany

We got up bright and early thanks to Joel and the days plans were to have a look around Albany. Darian couldn't wait to show his parents some of the stunning scenery..

Down at Frenchman's bay...

We then went out to the Wind Farm, it had started to rain so it was a quick visit...only a few of the turbines were moving as though it was raining there wasn't much wind

Our Trip to Albany...Day 1

The girls are at their dads for the next 2 weeks and we have hired a 8 seater car to take down to Albany. Darian picked up the car last night we got a Kia grand carnival...I am in love...so much room.

We packed the car and started our trip. We went from the top of the freeway to almost the bottom just to show how big Perth is. It started to drizzle on the way down. We stopped in Kojonup for lunch and had a yummy pie.

We got to dads at about 4.30pm ...It was freezing cold

Perth at night

Darian has been here in Australia for almost 9 years and hasn't seen our beautiful city at night, so while his parents are here I said It was on the list of things we must do...

We first went to the South Perth foreshore and looked back over to the city...we didn't have a tripod for the camera so the photos aren't flash but its still pretty....

and then we headed up to kings park for a different angle...it was quite late, about 9pm and there were heaps of people out sight seeing...

we didn't get any photos of the city but this one of the war memorial did turn out....

More Family Photos

Time is going quick and the weather has been very nice for us, we decided to make the most of the sunshine and have a bbq and some more family photos

 

 

 

Joel's new haircut.....

I got out the hair clippers as Matthew needed a hair cut...it only takes a few minutes to run the clippers over and its heaps cheaper than the $25 a hair dresser charges.

Darian was moaning that Joel was looking a little fluffy around the ears and to cut it...I didn't want to lose the curls.

So I took a deep breath and started...

Before his hair cut...I didn't think it looked that bad, apart from the runny nose and dirty bib..

clippers at the ready...

Mum what are you doing????

How about a Mohawk mum?

All done....

Now just to get used to it....

Photos of the kids

I keep forgetting to take photos of the kids together so today after taking these cute photos of Joel....poor baby has a cold I got the 5 kids together and took some happy snaps..

 

no he is still not crawling, however he is getting up on his hands and knees now and rocking..

Mum I'm sick

But I can still give you a gorgeous smile

Megan and Joel

 

 

All the kids

 

By golly they are all smiling...