Australia

Life got busy again as usual.  Curtis and I were able to take an amazing trip to Perth, Australia at the beginning of October.  We had to meet there.  It was a little scary for me traveling by myself and that great of distance but it turned out just fine.  It was great to see my wonderful hubby again and to experience a little of what he did when he served a mission there!  Here are a few pictures from our trip.  Most of our pics we posted on facebook so if you want to see more you'll have to go there.

On the rocks looking out at the Indian Ocean from Fremantle, Australia (near Perth).

Our main purpose for choosing to visit Perth, Australia was because this is where Curtis went on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints over 10 yrs ago.

We visited our friends, the Conlins, who had just moved from where we live to Yanchep, Australia last summer.  This is the beach right down the street from their home.  It was beautiful there! 

Curtis did most of the driving but I at least got to try it on some easy roads.  It's weird driving on the opposite side than what we're used to!

What's a visit to Australia without seeing some kangaroos! This is at a wildlife preserve in Yanchep where we had a BBQ with our friends, the Conlins.

These are our friends, the Conlins.  We had a great visit with them.

We also had a BBQ with a friend from Curtis's mission, Tina, and her son Jeremy and 2 other friends.  The food was very yummy!

Any time we saw the ocean it was just beautiful, even when it was stormy and gray.  I love the sound of the water crashing on the rocks.  This was in Bunbury.

This is in Margaret River when it was kinda stormy out.  I loved watching the big waves.  I know they're not tidal waves but I'm not used to seeing anything bigger than these ones. Beautiful!

From the beaches down to the depths of the mountain in a cave.  This was one of our stops on our little road trip.  It was great to be able to just stop wherever we wanted and do whatever we felt like doing, nothing planned.

Then out to the longest jetty (dock) I've ever seen or been on, the Busselton Jetty, nearly 2 kilometers (about 1.3 miles I think) out on the ocean.  It took about 20-25 min to walk from one end to the other.

Here we are in King's Park looking out at the City of Perth.  It was a great trip but we both wish it could have been longer.  It was worth it though!
  

Nikki loved her souvenirs I brought home to her...a penguin flashlight and t-shirt.

The boys also loved their shirts and penguin flashlights.  There's a flap on the front shark's mouth that opens and has a man inside that says "I've got a bite!"

They also each got an Australian stuffed animal.  Nikki got a wombat.  Garrett got an Echidna (ant eater).  Jack got a koala bear.  And I got a kangaroo  :)