We are alive!!!

It's been so long since I blogged, I've got to remind myself how to do it! We are finally home from our extended holiday to see both our families. I have a million pictures as you can well imagine, so I am uploading them as we speak to our Picasa photos (click here to go to our photos). I will be playing catch up as soon as I can, but I won't be able to put all our pictures on here, so if you want to see the lot....have fun!

Rhys is doing pretty good for all the travelling he has done and all the time zones he's been through! We arrived home on Saturday and so far we've had two rough days but it's getting better. He has outgrown a lot of his clothes that I took on vacation, so I am sorting those out and trying to see what he can wear! He has started rolling over and now he just wants to get moving. It's a bit frustrating for him but at least he likes being on his tummy now. He turned 6 months yesterday...can't believe how time has flown! We started him on solids early because he was so interested in it...guess he takes after Mom AND Dad! :)

Hope everyone who reads this is doing really good...looking forward to doing some blog catching-up soon.

Off to see the wide world!!!

Well friends, Rhys and I are off to the States tomorrow afternoon to see our family and friends! Eldon is joining us in a few weeks and then together, we will travel to NZ to see more family and friends! We are so looking forward to catching up with everyone and introducing you to our fabulous son! I'm not sure that I will be posting anything for a while so please don't give up on me. We will be back here in January and I'll have lots of news and pictures to show. Hope everyone has a great few months and great holidays!

Weekend away at Home Valley Station

We are back from a fabulous weekend away! We went to Home Valley Station which is a working cattle station not far from Kununurra. We had to drive down a dirt road for most of the 1.5 hr journey, so we borrowed a friend's ute. The road was in pretty good shape until after we crossed over the Pentecost River and then it was rough. Luckily, it is only a short distance after the river crossing. The first two pics show the river crossing head on and also from the side as we drove through. It is pretty low right now but during the wet season it floods right up to where I took the first picture, and there are lots of crocs in it!

The station is a working station still, but they have turned it into a "resort" as well. It is located on the Gibb River Road which is a well traveled road in the dry season by many tourists. This was their first year and I'm sure they'll have many good years to come! The place is beautiful. It appeals to the bush-loving people as well as those who don't necessarily want to rough it. We stayed in a Grass Castle which is basically a cabin facing the Bindaloo Creek. (Two of the pictures are looking out our front sliding glass door) The cabins are really lovely inside with a king-size bed and really awesome shower. They supply bathrobes and even put a cot in the room for us! There is a really nice swimming pool and restaurant (I wish I could have taken a better picture of it..it is decked out with saddles and cattle skulls and all sorts of things) and best of all, it was pretty much dead quiet since it is the end of the tourist season. We were able to get a "local" discount on the cabin.

It was Rhys's first time in a pool and he loved it! Someone gave him a little hat which is a little too big, but worked really well anyway. I thought he looked so cute with it on! We had a really nice weekend away and also made some decisions as to what we are doing and where we are going from here...more on that later.

Rhys cooling his heels on our king-size bed

full-on laughing at Daddy

Ann Geddes moment?

He loved the pool!

Wow, it sure is bright out here!

totally exhausted after our swim

Peeping over the wall behind the bed

Another video for you to enjoy...

Thanks for all the replies I got to my Pork Plea...I shall be trying them out soon! Rhys is giggling and laughing so much more now and we are loving it!!!

Pork Plea

Ok, fellow bloggers and blog watchers...I need your help. I am desperately hopeless with pork! I like to cook boneless pork, like pork steaks or loin cuts, but I only have one recipe that I really like. I do cook pork chops for Eldon every so often, but I would prefer to have a few more pork recipes that use boneless pork, casseroles etc... So...if you have a really tasty recipe to recommend..(pretty pretty please) can you send it to me? My email address is spattjr@hotmail.com which will be easier to use I think.

And no, this isn't a clever way of checking who reads my blog...;)