Sydney

We took the red eye flight to Sydney, Australia
And on our first weekend we went to visit our friends Steve & Selina & of course gorgeous Amelia!!! Isn't she a cute little lady!
Sweet
Amelia, Selina & Clara

The boys managed to find the beer we drank in Russia at the bottle shop! And Murray had the bottle opener we bought in Russia to open them up!
Gorgeous Clara cuddling in the blanket I made for her
Cutie

Murray & Amelia
Steve at the barbie
Please disregard my socks with sandals! It was chilly!!

The wine collection - they are so nice to be storing some for us as well (nice to dig into when we visit!!)
The nice dessert wine we chose to share that we picked up on a group trip to the Hunter Valley in Jan 2006.
It was SOOOOOOOOOO yummy

Yummmmm Tim Tams - the best Australian cookie ever
Murray & Amelia

We also took a lovely day trip to Windsor
and had a little picnic but it was HOT that day!! around 36c (102f)

Steve & sleepy Clara
me & the bikers - they were Everywhere cause it was such a nice sunny day!

It was an exhausting day
Amelia getting an excellent view of the valley
Me, Clara & Amelia
Clara wrapped up for her nap time
Cuddles for uncle Murray

Cuddles for Aunty Mo
She is SO sweet - so talkative too! But I admit after we did this puzzle for the 10th time it got a little old :) But she's so cute I couldn't say no!

Piggy back rides
I hear Selina is happy Murray taught this game to Amelia, now she wants to put erasers on her face (or rubbers as they call them here - although I don't know if I will ever be able to say that....) like uncle Murray!

It took Steve quite some time to find his true calling in life

These are very old pictures of course

thankfully he has finally found his calling
doll groomer! lol

We had SUCH a nice time visiting them, gosh I will miss them:( But I do really look forward to spending some more quality time with all of them once we are back from our trip!




We also received our shipment of boxes from London - all 32 boxes accounted for!! We opened all of the fragile ones & some of the others & everything seemed just fine - what a relief!



Gorgeous Stunning Manly

The view from Cassie & Hamish's balcony at their flat in Manly - wow
Helen, Cassie & Hamish surprised me with a 'congrats you're Australian now' party!!

sister-in-law & friend Helen & me
Hamish, Cassie, Helen & Me & our Australian feast
Fairy Bread & Lamingtons
The oh so so so yummy Pavlova (I had 2 pieces - made me feel a bit sick to eat that much - but it was SO good)!!
Me & Fairy Bread

Carmello Koalas, Strawberry Creams & Fantails
I love the Koalas - yummm - just a little chocolate koala filled with caramel


My new I love Australia shirt - too cute!

Waving the flag for my little stuffed animal friends Koala & Kangaroo
Murray & Hamish at the BBQ
Me & Cassie
My new cup with Australian animals on it - filled with Australian beer - of course!
Please notice the necklace - cute little Koalas & leaves!
Murray, Me, Hamish, Cassie, Helen

Oh and just in case you forgot
Murray's eye post Minnesota to Sydney flight

Lovely Huh? (that picture at the beginning of the post is a close up of his eye!)

We fly out of Australia today and should be in Venezuela about 30 hours from now - fun fun! I'll try to get the rest of the photos from our Australian trip up asap!