A Visit with the Grandies

We had a call from La la to come for a visit so we could be on Ma ma & Pa duty while her Mum went off to Armidale for Uni & her Dad was busy at work. It was a good opportunity for us to take Old Pa along as well. On the way we had an overnight stay in Echuca with Lexie & Mitchell.


Here is Old Pa & Mitchell getting to know each other. They had a lovely time together just chatting about stuff that only boys need know about!

Lexie helping her Dad & Pa laying down some crusher dust on the pathways.

Always time to have fun in the sand pit. Pa builds good sand castles!

We then set sail after our brief stop over with Lexie & Mitchell for La la's place in Cranebrook.

We were outside enjoying the sunshine & Spiderman appeared (Lucho) yeilding all his weaponry.

Pa was on a mission from Relle, he & Sami had to design & build a 'cubby house' so out with the pen, paper & calculator. La's cash register worked well as the calculator!
While the fellas did the shopping & made a start to the cubby, Ma ma & La couldn't let the chance for some retail therapy pass by, so off they went.

What progress they made while we were away. Old Pa was happy to sit in the corner & be chief overseer. Lucho came for a visit after school to see the progress & was suitably impressed. It gave him a good chance to improve on his carpentry skills as well.

On goes the roof.............

not finished but we have moved in..........................

After all the hard work in building the cubby house we decided to take a cruise on the Nepean Belle Paddle boat.

Pa & La checking out the boat before they got on

La was even lucky enough to be able to drive the boat. We had a wonderful time sailing up & down the river.

On Friday we did the tourist thing & took Old Pa up through the Blue Mountains. We had a look at the Wentworth Falls then on to.............

the Three Sisters. Not a lot has changed over the years since Old Pa & Old Nana last visited.

After a hard days work there is always time for a story with Pa.

We also showed Old Pa where Sami sometimes works at the White Water Rafting Stadium.

A pleasant time spent watching the rafters on the course.

Just a few minor adjustments to the 'cubby' now that it is in its place in the back yard.

After having a wonderful time with La it was time to head back home.
We decided to have another sleep over with Lexie & Mitch on our way home.

Mitchell & Old Pa catching up on the last week's events.