Dream. Come. True. What an EPIC experience. We woke up early and got to dive shop about 6:30am. We grabbed equipment, signed forms, and drove to the boat. We had a quick breakfast while we went over all the specifics for the trip. Then we were off! It was about a 2.5 hour boat ride…
It’s finally here! One of the most anticipated days of the trip! Ringing in the New Year Sydney style. Josh and I were adamant about our spot. We were locked in and ready for the long haul. Actually, I’m not sure if Josh was more adamant about the spot, or about the fact that he…
We all needed a bit of a sleep in this morning. So that’s exactly what we did! It was heavenly. Then we packed up for our beach day. We went to Google for lunch. The Sydney campus is really beautiful! And as always, I wonder how anyone at Google can focus long enough to work….
The train was not running from Sydney to Blacktown for maintenance. So we decided to uber to Sydney Zoo and Featherdale and then pick up the train after that. Featherdale was a big whomp whomp. Except for the fact that Blake won free kangaroo food in his map! His lucky streak continues. Unfortunately, his luck…
Josh, Rusty and I had an early morning drive to Rose bay warf. We ended up being really early for our dive and so we wandered around for a bit. We cheered on a duck diving for fish and in the tree next to us were the most pretty parrots! Josh said their undersides looked…
We took a subway, tram and bus to get to Coogee beach. This was such a fun and pretty spot. The boys couldn’t wait to get in the water and play in the waves. We had so much ground to cover that sadly, we couldn’t stay long. Gordon’s Bay was next. Instead of setting towels…
We flew straight past Christmas and landed in Sydney on the 26th. Our Airbnb host was kind enough to let us come early and drop bags and freshen up a bit. Then we down to Circular Quay to get our first views of Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. It was SO stunning and none…
Rusty here: Portugal was awesome. I loved the people, the scenery and the food. The city was clean and huge and intersting. The country was breathtaking and exciting. My top 3 highlights that I say “made the trip” no matter what Tara was tons of fun, always up for adventure. We had some hard talks…
I had the best weekend with my HS friends. I turned right around from Portugal and left for Anaheim 2 days later. Going to Disney with friends is so much fun because waiting in line is just more time to chat. And we never run out of things to say. I love being with people…
We had a really beautiful family experience as we laid Alan to rest. So many special memories. We started the night before the celebration at Alan and Sharon’s house. It was the first time the kids and I had been back to the house and it was so emotional for me. I kept waiting for…