A little bit of everything

Australian Slang of the Day

Minga: someone who is unfortunate looking

I am currently sitting at the Sydney airport in the international terminal, awaiting my 16 hour plane ride to LA. As if the 17 hours wasn't enough torture, I also have a 7 hour layover here in Sydney, and a 4 hour layover in LA. I took a red eye flight from Perth to Sydney at 12:00am-4:00am. I feel a bit jet lag drugged already due to the lack of sleep, and it's only the beginning. I still have another 24 hours or so to go. haha oh well, what better way to pass the time then to blog.

No I haven't forgotten about my families vacation, but instead of going through the days one by one, I am now compiling them into one blog entry consisting of my favorite memories/pictures.

'Bush walking' in Kings Park and the tree top walk
Beach Bums. We spent lots of time at the beach...

My "goal" was to teach Michelle how to body surf. That didn't work out so well. Michelle has been petrified of sharks since 3rd grade. Her 3rd grade teacher was fascinated with shark attacks and Michelle has been scarred ever since.... (good thing there are no sharks in Australia wink wink) she is also slightly terrified of waves. haha So instead of body surfing I decided to take baby steps, and teach her how to swim under a wave. She was a bit timid at first, but got the hang of it. Maybe someday we'll work up to the body surfing.

*Sailing*

Rent a yacht! We took the 'cats' (mini catamarans) out for a spin around the swan river. There was zero wind, so not the best day to go sailing, but we still had a good time. I am proud to say that Michelle and I kicked Brandon and my moms butts sailing!

BBQ on the beach. Sounds amazing right. That's what we thought. Unfortunately the weather did not want to cooperate and it was practically a tornado outside. We could barely eat because our food kept trying to fly off our forks. The seagulls were of course loving this. We had quite the seagull audience circled around us. It was still fun though, and delicious. Brandon you are the King of the BBQ!

Rent a bike extravaganza.

For the last activity of the trip we rented bikes and rode around the swan river. It was a blast... that was until Michelle nearly ended my life, in order to save the life of a duck. I was riding behind Michelle, probably a little too closely, when all of a sudden without any warning, she hits her brakes to allow a duck to cross the road. I am a good foot, if that, behind her, so I slam on my front brakes (bad idea), and go flying over the handle bars. I don't know how I survived this, but I managed to land on my feet after my bike did a complete flip. Bike trail
Last night in Perth. Tear. It was my moms birthday the day they flew home (April 11th) so we celebrated a day early. We took them for a celebration dinner at The Old Swan Brewery, which is on the swan river. It was delicious! Happy Birthday Mom! :)

The Old Swan Brewery

Can't wait to see you in 20 + hours!!!!

A night to remember

I love this man! xoxoxo

Brandon spoiled me for our anniversary, and gave me a wonderful night that I will always remember. He made reservations at the C Restaurant, which is on St. Georges Terrace, in the heart of Perth city. The restaurant has huge glass windows that over look the entire city, and here's the amazing part...the restaurant does a 360. The restaurant slowly spins around, and you get to see all of Perth. It was so beautiful to see the city at night, and the food was spectacular.

This is us eating desert. I ordered honey flavoerd panna cotta with chocolate ice cream, and Brandon ordered his usual cheese plate for dessert. I enjoy teasing him repeatedly for this. Who orders a cheese plate for dessert...seriously. We also took a video inside the restaurant, but I can't get it to load for some reason....

My handsome hubby outside the restaurant

Then Brandon and I went for a romantic moonlight walk on the beach. Remember it's winter here right now, hence the reason I am pasty, and wearing a heavy duty wool coat. ( I really shouldn't complain, I think it has only gotten down to 60 degrees so far, which is nothing compared to winter in Utah).

It was a wonderful anniversary. Thanks babe! Love you :)

Happy Two Year Anniversary

Today marks the day of two years full of happiness and waking up every morning to the man I love....

It doesn't seem that long ago that I said 'yes', and was married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake temple. Time has gone by so fast. In our short years of marriage we have shared so many adventures, life changes, accomplishments, and ups and downs together. Though we've only been married two years, I really can't picture life without Brandon, nor would I want to picture sharing experiences with anyone else by my side. Not only is he the love of my life, but he is also my best friend.

Brandon you have enriched my life in so many ways, and I am so grateful that I said 'yes' two years ago.

Happy two year anniversary. I love you with all my heart!

I can't wait to see where life will take us next.

King Carnival, and Skatt fashion show

Aussie Slang Word of the Day is..

Dog Eye: Meat Pie

Sometimes Aussies like to make slang words that rhyme... If this doesn't make sense to you, it's okay, I'm a little confused myself.

I thought I would take a quick break from my family vacation novel, to talk about what Brandon and I have been up to for the past couple weekends. A couple weeks ago Brandon and I decided to go on a random adventure, so we jumped in the car and took a road trip down to Mandurah. Mandurah is about an hour south of the city. We had never been there before so we let destiny be our guide... and destiny lead us to this little gem...

King Carnival. We bought some tickets....
Went on the small rickety Farris wheel.

Went on the tilt-a-whirl... which i'll get to later.

Drove the bumper cars. We were the only two people. It was awesome!!!!

Back to the tilt-a-whirl. This was by far the fastest ride I have ever been on in my entire life! Not joking. I wish I was...because looking at this ride, it looks pretty whimpy right? Yeah, that's what we thought.... Yet again we were the only two people on the ride. The carni man took our tickets, and then proceeded to give us a talk about holding on tight, and tucking our heads in so we don't get whip lash. I was thinking sure whatever we can definitely handle it. hahah think again. He told us to raise our hand, to signal when we had enough and wanted him to stop. Boy were we in for a surprise. It started off pretty fast, similar to the one they have at lagoon. This one however not only goes around, but you are spinning in a circle at the same time. We were loving it in the beginning. I couldn't stop laughing. I felt like a little kid again. Then it got faster, and faster, and faster, and FASTER... until I literally thought my head was going to spin off. My head was flopping all over the place, definitely had whip lash, and I was hanging out the side of the cart. At this point there was no more laughing, but pure fear. The problem was I couldn't even raise my hand to give him the secret signal to stop the ride. I finally managed to blurt out- Brandon. stop. Brandon raised his hand, and finally the ride stopped. I could barely walk I was so dizzy. That is a ride, and weekend I will never forget!

The following weekend us girls had a wild 'girls night out', and went to a fashion show at Skatt salon. My friend Jade knows the owner, Lisa. (her name is cool, so she has to be cool) It was amazing!

Bianca, Dannielle, me, Jade

Apparently I missed the memo about wearing black.

There was one down side to the evening. The runway was down the center of the salon, with a counter on the right side against the wall, where the hairdressers work their magic. Usually there would be chairs next to the counter, but they took them all out to make more room. So our bright idea, along with many other people, was to sit/lean on the counter while watching the fashion show. Bad idea. The counter went crashing down. People had champagne glasses on the counter, and those also went crashing to the floor, shattering into a million pieces. The room went silent and the entire crowd turned to glare at us. Sorry Lisa. Bad first impression....

Luckily it should be a fairly easy fix.

You can't really tell that it is broken in this picture. The counter is slanted downwards and falling off the wall. Sad sad day.

But all in all, it was a wonderful weekend!