As promised more :)

Well I didn't get to Silat as I was rather knackered from a great game of squash on Thursday but that's getting ahead of my self.  As I was saying, Mum was here and we went to Busselton for a few days to relax, unwind and spend some time doing touristy things, like going down the famous Busselton Jetty.  Mum was fantastic and played with the boys while Anna and I went off and had a look round some vineyards and breweries by ourselves.  The first time that we had had a proper time together for many a month.

We stayed in a lovely little villa type thing and conveniently there was a nice little playground and as you can see the boys were loving playing and having picnics.

 Even though the weather looks sunny and warm, it...well it was sunny for the photo.  But we actually had sporadic heavy showers.  So heavy in fact that when we tried to go to the jetty walking (well running actually) we were soaked to the skin.  Me being British and being on holiday in Australia had decided to only  pack shorts...school boy error there! Anna and I had to go and buy jeans as we were so wet and had no cooler weather clothes...ach well, live n learn!

Despite the ahm, cooler temps and the clouds we still stoical headed to the beach (the onshore wind was so bad that the jetty train and underwater observatory was closed all three days we were there) complete with buckets n spades.

 Finley points the way!

 Such a poser!

We also went to an awesome reptile park and spent a few hours looking at turtles, monitor lizards, snakes and frogs.  As you can imagine with the boys love of all things reptilian, especially TURTLES, they had a great time.
I tried to feed Marcus to the monitor lizard but got stopped...

We got some great family shots and Mum loved having the boys show her all the animals.

We also went with Mum to the Perth Royal Show and boy was it a scorcher! Twas about 38'C but we managed most of the day got all the clues on the Yellow Brick Road (a route set up for the kiddies to follow doing different activities from planting lettuce to eating popcorn and smoothies), alas no Dorothy, tin men, scarecrows or Lions but plenty of animals, people and random stuff to keep everyone busy. Finley also found his calling in life...He'll have his digger licence next!

 

We tried gold panning but alas we didn't strike it lucky. 

Marcus got a hug from a friendly cow, you gotta feel for the dude in the  suit in 38'C!

They look so small and that is just a small dumper tyre!

But a good day was had by all.  Unfortunately Mum left a few days after that with much sadness but we knew she would be back soon.  To make matters worse I left for site the day after mum flew and I didn't return for many a week.  I left on the 2nd October and flew home for more than a day or two in early September   I wasn't a popular boy at that point.  The over time was nice though!

Next time I will bring you just about up to date with current...and then who knows i may even start predicting the future.

So I got pretty bad at posting...my bad!

Forgive me for I have not blogged in many months.  The magic ink in the computer has dried up and so I needed to ensure I filled the magic ink up again (yeah I don't know what I'm blabbing about either!)

So what have we been up to since my last post in July, well we have been pretty busy!  I shall try and give a succinct explanation of what we have been doing and the highs and lows of the past few months and see where we end up.  We may not get through it all today so *shock, horror* I may have two posts within a few days of each other.

Well after the high of Michelle being here we had a pretty quiet month.  We had the boys actual birthdays in July and then I pretty much started living on site.  There was so much field work going on that I could pretty much guarantee at least two weeks a month on site.  The boys were growing fast and Marcus especially was starting to walk further so we decided on a fun trip to Yanchep to see the turtles (Marcus loves turtles).  We went into the Crystal Cave and had a guided tour 30ft underground.  Much fun for a geeky geologist like me!

 The flash was a little harsh me thinks...

 mmmm stalagmites

 TURTLE!!!!!!!!

Marcus supporting the Olympics in style

August saw us having a fairly quiet month, as far as I can remember a few birthdays, maybe a beach trip or two? not sure really.  Yes I hear you, this is why you should blog regularly...I am hanging my head in shame.

September :) yay September was great.  Mum came over for the whole month and everyone thoroughly enjoyed having her here.  We spent time on the beach, Whiteman Park and Caversham Wildlife park where the highlight there was the boys stroking Kangaroos.  Although Mum sitting with the boys and wombat is something to behold!

Spot the Wombat...go on you can have two guesses.

 Finley, leave the Kangaroos lunch alone...

 The boys pointing to the trees that we planted at their birthdays parties

Kangaroo making a speedy exit.

A trip to Woodman point was made so Mum could see her Pelican.

Shhh, I think it saw us .

The boys were also given a fish by a friendly fisherman after standing fascinated for about 15mins watching them.

And yes,  despite the sunshine, it was a little chilly as evidenced by Marcus's fleece.

A fun beach trip to Cottesloe Beach was undertaken and we successfully built a sandcastle which seems to have excited Marcus no end:

 Only to be threatened by the giant and fearsome Finleyasaurus.

With Mum we had a great trip to Busselton for four days but it is late now so I shall post those photos etc. on Friday (tomorrow I go and get beaten up at Silat).

So long and see you soon.