Lyndon Station {Visiting}

Even though it was inland and certainly warmer, Lyndon was a time to stay in the amazing little cottage that Cath has put so much work and love into.  A place to escape the heat, to allow the kids some entertainment {in the form of four other children} and a place to just be.

We moved the day before my birthday and to be honest didn’t make a big deal of my 35^th birthday.  It was hard, surreal, different and a whole array of other words come to mind when you are celebrating a day you arrived into your mother arms, knowing that she is no longer here.  It was a hard ‘first’ and as much as a birthday is always nice, I expect it will continue to be an odd sort of day knowing that she is no longer here.

 

The next week was a blur, to be totally honest.  I remember saying goodbye to October and dreading the arrival of November.  But it arrived, the 3^rd saw tears, quiet moments and memories.  I survived it, made it to the 4^th and kept on going. I still miss Mum, eveyday and those moments I think 'I should just call and ask' are hard.  Sometimes it takes a moment to realise that I can't do that anymore. If I am honest though, I think of her daily, which is more than before and enough to keep me going.

Justin’s two weeks on the mining camp had now become 4 and we drew a line in the sand that he would be finished by the 12^th!  This gave us time to relax a little before our next ‘house move’, a chance for the kids to enjoy playing in the newly painted pool while it filled, a chance to make a little art and a chance to cook dinner for the Lyndon family to say thanks for letting us take over the cottage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yanrey Station {Working}

Time to head back to Yanrey for some more work. Although this time it was kind of a dump and run.  As in Justin dumped the camper and us {Kaleb, Kyla and myself} and took off to work on the new mining camp for a few weeks.

Was weird, being there knowing that J was working but not seeing him everyday.  Weird having him only pop home for a night once a week and then disappear in the early morning.

Keeping up with school work and keeping the kids happy was actually harder than I thought, given normally J is working when he is home.  Thankfully there was a few adoptive animals around Yanrey that did provide some distract, we also had a visit for a night from some Perth friends.

 

 

 

 

 

Needing to distract the kids from the lack of Dad being around, we called in a favour {or ten} and decided to head back to Lyndon.

Mia Mia Station {Visiting}

We had passed by Mia Mia several times, and have even managed to stop in but this time it was to say hello and relax for a few days before we went further north again.

As always it was a pleasure to hangout, see some sites and learn some new things.  Being school holidays meant that we could take the time to spend the whole day out and about.  Don’t tell the kids but I’m sure they learnt plenty doing the monitoring sites.

 

 

 

Hill Springs Station {Working}

Hill Springs.

A new stop for us this year, a quick stop but it was a lovely place.

I was quiet sick and Kyla ended up ill too, so it wasn’t an overly exciting couple of weeks.  Justin set to work right away, as he always does and we plodded along with some schoolwork before the holidays started.

We even managed a sneaky weekend to Lyndon for a play during the holidays.

With Hills Springs happy with the work that Justin had done and somewhere else to visit, we moved on.

Winning Station {Visiting}

….. and hello again to Winning.

Two reason to come back, one so that Justin could build a few more rooms and two a place for Justin and the kids to stay while I flew to Perth for Mum’s birthday {with Dad, Alison & Michael}.

I had a full on week in Perth helping pack up our family home and celebrating Mum’s birthday.  Visiting people, driving, visting and driving somemore.  All the while Justin was just as busy with cooking for the mustering crew and doing some schoolwork with the kids.

 

No rest for the wicked, I arrived home on the Monday and it was off to our next stop first thing Tuesday morning!