From Sydney

After a long day of walking around we were really hungry. Our only criteria for dinner was that it couldn't be McDonalds. Nate remembered a little pizza place called the Wild Pizza Pit he went to with some friends from school in a little town called Mittagong. This is our pizza:

It was almost like an open faced deli sandwich. It had roast beef, tomato, avocado and those orange things on the top are fried sweet potatoes. The sauce was amazing! Sort of tangy and cheesy. We might have to make this an 'on the way home from Sydney' tradition.

Next door was an internet cafe. We thought the name was funny.

Overall it was a really nice trip.

In Sydney

We went to the temple in the morning - switching off kids with a couple from our ward. We actually got to go to the same session! After that we set out to see some of Sydney's touristy sites.

Anzac Bridge, Sydney

Driving on their CRAZY roads!!

Believe it or not these are Liam and Jonas's best faces in front of the Opera House.

Tons of Jelly Fish (and garbage)

It felt like we were back in San Francisco with all of the street performers! They even had one of the silver guys - you know, the kind that act like statues?! I wanted to take pictures of all of them but I think I was making Nate nervous. Or maybe he was just embarrassed that I was acting like such a tourist.

Harbour Bridge

Up close of the Opera House. We didn't walk up the stairs because we had a stroller and it would have been a pain.

To Sydney

After Liam's picnic on Thursday we drove to Sydney to go to the temple and see some of the sights.

Leaving Canberra (notice how brown it is)


Getting close to Sydney (notice how green it is)

You have to watch out for speed cameras. Last time we went to Sydney Nate got caught.


We splurged a little and went to Outback once we got there.

I was such a tourist all weekend! I took pictures of everything ! This is the sign outside of the ladies "toilets".

Of course I took a picture of the men's sign too.

After an emergency stop to the shops for cough drops, razors and dental floss we finally made it to our hotel right down the street from the temple.

Easter Bunny Picnic

It was the last day of Liam's first term of preschool on Thursday so they invited families to come have a picnic. The Easter Bunny came and handed out chocolate and the kids were all wearing the bunny ears they made. Liam insisted on wearing his upside down.

Happy Monday

I think it might be time to do laundry...

Bike Ride

A friend from school let us borrow their bike trailer. We went on our first (and probably only) family bike ride - we have to give the trailer back next week and now that we had daylights savings time it gets dark at around 5pm . Liam is still learning and really scared of hills so we didn't go very far. We definitely need to take him out more for practice. It was a nice little family outing.

craft time

I have been working on making these this past week. I found the idea from a thread on Split Coast Stampers to make "Nugget Boxes" - as in the Hershey Nugget candy. A lady has posted the instructions for every size nugget box you can think of. I am helping with a Primary meeting at church on Saturday and thought this would be a perfect thank you for everyone who comes. I filled mine with red, yellow and blue m&m's (you can't find Nuggets here). I had a lot of fun doing something crafty. It is really relaxing for me to work with paper but I don't find much time to do it. Now that these are finished I guess I should get to the important part about figuring out what I'm going to say! Luckily my part is very small.