Hanging at the beach

One last hoorah before school officially began!! H&B are becoming quite the little fish...

Out and About

Well it seems we helped Dewey find the star of the south...It took a few drinks of Jagermeirter, but it was a success. Arlene snorkelled with big beautiful fish on Rottnest Island and we all enjoyed tasting nearly every red wine of australia. My apologies go out in advance for the purchase of the speedos for Dewey and Robert...couldn't resist. I know you all will enjoy seeing D wander around the lake in them. As John noted..." that image is unfortunately burnt into my mind forever..." Haven and Bronson have become superstars in the pool and ocean over the past few weeks. They both can now snorkel in the ocean and are becoming quite the little swimmers. Haven dives, flips, somersaults and is quite a fish. Now it is back to reality and getting ready for school to start in just over one week. The visit with the family was far too short and we are so sad today to have said goodbye to the Nelson clan. It was an amazing time and we will miss them so much. We are so fortunate to have had our family visit!! Love you all Mama, Dew, R & A...xxooo Happy and safe travels.

Nelson Nelson Aussie Tour '08

Yipee! They are officially here and have been experiencing life down under. The kids are over the moon to have grandma and papa and aunty and uncle around. We spent our first five days together in Margaret River and are now back in Perth. So far the prairie chickens have sampled copious amounts of wine, snorkeled with the fishes and cruised the open seas. Here are some pics of our adventures so far...

Margaret River

We spent two nights in the Margaret River region, staying in Yallingup at the Wyadup Brook Cottages. We visited the Flying fish, Howard Park, Brown Hill Estate and Laurance Wineries. We also made a stop at theHapp Pottery Studio and Sensei Pots.

Check out: http://www.happs.com.au/pages/pothistory.html

The pottery at Happs was gorgeous. Will definetly be making some purchases there in the future...

Also checked out and purchased some prints by photographer Christian fletcher-

http://www.christianfletcher.com.au/

Now the kiwis have headed home and we are sad and lonely...boo hoo. Lucky for them my husband just walked through the door with a big fat kite...maybe a melbourne rendez-vous sooner than later?

Thanks for a fantastic couple of weeks and a great Christmas guys!!! Our kids will not soon forget you! xxx JJHB

Swan Valley Wine Tour

We went to the swan valley and visited the Lancaster, Houghton and Jarrah Ridge Estate Vineyards. We had a customized tour that took 21 adults and 10 children to the vineyards, the chocolate factory, a brewery and an icecream shop. It was a stellar day.

Feliz Navidad

We had a quiet Christmas Day...It began with the customary opening of stockings from Santa and then on to the prezzies under the tree. Everyone was spoiled. The day was spent lazing around the pool and then for Dinner Tony's parents joined us for turkey. Johnny did the turkey on the bar-b...It was about 40 degrees on Xmas day...a mild 44 degrees on boxing day...ahhh.

Rotto with the Kiwis

We had a fun weekend at Rottnest with M&T. We rented bikes and toodled around the island, swam with the fishes and enjoyed drinks at sunset. The kids are taken with their Aunty and Uncle and are enjoying all of the hang out time.