Ray finally gets his "boat!"

Further pics

These pics are of the visit we had from Jude's sister Annette, bro-in-law Jock and niece Kirsty.

Top pic is at Point Walter and bottom one is lunch at Nino's in Mandurah.

A mish mash of photo's from family visit

Open house at Cooloongup and Kirsty at Rockingham beach

Ess (Jude's mum) had a win at the dogs!

Brunch in Freo

Ess, Ray, Annette, Jock and Kirsty in Mandurah.

Where does time go??????

We can't believe it is over 2 months since posting anything! So much has been going on and with work getting in the way of our social time, we have neglected our blog!!
We had a fantastic 9 day visit from Jude's sister Annette, Bro-in-law Jock and niece Kirsty from the US of A. Ray had leave for the entire time and Jude had to work for the first 4 days. The weather improved dramatically during their visit. September broke numerous records for the amount of rain and rainy days but it cleared up so that they only had one wet day. There were get togethers with numerous members of the family as well as friends stretching back to school days.
The other bit of very exciting news is that Ray's nephew Justin and his partner Jade are now the very proud parents of Alfie Jack Simmons who is the spitting image of his daddy!! We can't wait to meet Alfie when we go to the UK in March.
Ray celebrated his birthday yesterday as well as his one year anniversary since starting at the City of Melville. He received some lovely gifts and lots of good wishes from across the globe.