The family living overseas were to return permanently to Melbourne. While the big packing was underway we hosted an advance party of Lachlan and Ace. The parents also had a short European break while the boys were with us. We were delighted to have them stay, met them at the Airport and had some fum=n times in Melbourne before the parents and Oliver, the middle son and severely disabled, arrived to claim their own home in Melbourne. Not long after this we celebrated Lachlan's 17th birthday.