Word for Word

Mom...this one is for you

Isn't this what we all lived through growing up?

Perfectly, word for word.

Thanks mom for putting up with me. :)

enjoy.

Get Jealous

We went.

We watched.

We lived.

Sydney Speedway

 "Greatest show on DIRT"...oh bless our hearts.  

Dad B. was in town and he couldn't pass up his favorite outing.  Phil has always gone with pops so I decided to tag along.  

Such a treat I reckon!  Now, I am def not a huge fan of speedway but spending time with family and the hubs is a plus.

Check out what our night consisted of...

Still there?  Whew-you made it.  It's a rip-roarin race lasting a smashing 3 hours.  Check it! 

We're definitely with a different breed out there at the speedway...like-unto a rodeo back him in the US: all these people that you did not even know lived around you come out from hiding and they are surely not afraid to show their true colors.  Mullets, beardies, the whole shibang.  Bonus for Australia!...we get a whole bogan accent to go along with it.  

Yes, just listen folks.

Catch all that?
Yes, that's how people talk where I live.
I am in a foreign country.

Thanks speedway for culturing us.

Oh and thanks for confusing us too.  This befuddled me.  These signs were within 20 yards of each other facing these exact ways, with no exit in between.  I just hope there isn't an emergency anytime soon!

And who will ever forget our trash can guy?  

Cheap way to re-chalk the course?-no problem.  

A four wheeler & rubbish bin will do the trick.

Don’t even fret. There was a nice demolition derby to finish off our night.  Oh boy, I never thought I'd say {demolition derby} and {our night} in the same sentence.

Crickey!

Now for a final smash to leave you with.  

Note to self: 20 sprint cars on the track = crash and rolling cars.

Even touched a sprint car, yes yes we did. 

 That is us-right there. Don't get jealous now.

xoxo

Elephant

From the diary of a Pre-School Teacher:


My five year old students are learning to read.


Yesterday one of my students pointed to a picture in a zoo book and said, "Look at this!  Its a frickin' elephant!"


I took a deep breath and asked..."What did you call it?"


"Its a frickin' elephant!  It says so on the picture!"


And so it does...

"A f r i c a n Elephant"

Hooked on phonics...ain't it great?

xoxo

Pacey

Check out this cutie-patootie I'm holding!  Don't 

you just want to squeeze her?  This is our neice, Matt & Jade's dear little Pacey.  

She’s such a doll!  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make her some headbands when they visited us down in Sydney this month.  Jade sent me some cute pictures of her modeling them and I had to put them up.

This is my favorite picture of her.  She's SO cute!

Such a good model. :)

All the headbands had the same basic design.  I bought plain headbands and added homemade flowers.  The yellow one was a single flower and this one above is a small one on top of the big one.  I loved the cute buttons at the store and they were perfect for the center.

For the third one I just did two little flowers right next to each other.  Really simple yet really cute!

...her smiley face really helps too I think. :)

And that's our (well Matt & Jade's) cute Pacey-girl...

Miss you Matt, Jade & Pacey!

xoxo

Laugh

Halloween is coming and so are these monsters...

LOOK OUT!

and in light of the season, I've decided to be 'Wicked-ified'.  It's the new look for the season, okay maybe just the Halloween season.

That’s all. 

Go laugh today folks-it's healthy.

xoxo

Spoiled & 23

Oh look at this guy.  He’s 23.

(this is his Jocelyn pose)

We had a grand old time celebrating this old geezer’s special day.  It started off with a lovely day at work for the both of us (blah), but then afterwards the real fun started!

We were lucky enough that Phil’s parents and Rachael were in town so we had them over for a little dinner of ribs and mash and birthday love complete with Aussie "hip-hip horays".

Surprises came next with presents from America-thanks Perucca fam-, presents from me and from his parents & Rach.  

Here he is with his spread. 

(I just fixed the guitar, not a new one)  

Phil is one spoiled boy!

His family knows him soooo well.  Check out his candy spread.  Phil definitely has a sweet tooth.  

The next night we gathered the clan together at Outback Steakhouse for the family birthday dinner.  YUM!  It reminded me of America and Phil’s family loved the bottom-less drinks.  It’s rare in Australia.

(sorry Jade, at least we know your hand was present)

Phil loves donuts.  He was in heaven when I told him his cake would be donuts.  It was so yummy, and easy! :)

Here's a few photos of our night.

How sweet...

It was so much fun to have all of Phil’s family there, all 16 of us!  Whew!

Happy Birthday Phil!

It's Only Spring

I wish weekends lasted forever. This one was the best.  Who can complain about a picnic with their hubby on a Sunday afternoon? I submit: no-one.  But then it gets better-  

.the beach. 

MMMM- a Sunday afternoon sitting and listening to the waves and exploring the shore.  It was ideal.

We found a nice spot to plunker down that overlooked the whole beach.  With our picnic basket full of goodies we relaxed and did some classic people watching.

(ps- I love people watching)

Yes we took some timer photos of ourselves.  Don’t judge.

Then came the exploring.  

Nature is the prettiest thing in the world.  

Makes me grateful for the small things in life.

We even made some time to take a gander at the local Baha’i Temple.  It was so beautiful yet so simple.  Plus, they let us walk right in!

Oh thanks Whale Beach.  You were fab.  We’ll be back...

...it’s only spring!