Hi Astarra and thankyou for the welcome. At the moment there is only myself and DH, however I have a boomerang son who comes and goes when it pleases him although has recently built a new house for himself with a full on home theatre/ media room so he may have gone for good this time, lol but he still drops by often to raid my fridge!. One of my daughters and her family ( DH and four children) live within walking distance from us so they are over quite often for a meal. Two other daughters visit from Sydney and visit regularly so when everyone is here it is quite a full house. What about you, do you have a large family?