We're so bad at posting!

So it's been a while ...quite a while... since either of us posted to our blog! But we're still doing great here in Sydney and are looking forward to coming home soon.

A lot has happened since the last time we posted anything! In November my parents, sister, and Mike came and visited us here in Sydney. We did a lot of exploring around Sydney and had a really great time. We also made a trip up north to Port Douglas to see the tropical side of Australia. Queensland is an amazing place! That place is crawling with life and there is so much to see, do, eat, and explore up there. Definitely one of my personal favorite paces in Oz!

Then over Christmas break we had one of Kat's close friends, Juliette, come and stay with us. With summer fully on, it was a great time to go to the beach. Kat and I bought snorkel gear and use them very often in the bays near our home. We've been lucky enough to see boxfish, blue grouper, octopus, squid, cuddlefish, port jackson sharks, whiting, needlefish, parrot fish, and countless others that I don't know the name.

For Christmas we told ourselves 'when in Rome' and donned Santa hats and made our way to the beach. Santa hats do not make for good beach gear, and I had mine off and myself in the water to cool down in about 5 minutes :) For New Years we fought the crowds to see the fireworks display in Royal National Park - a prime viewing spot for the bridge. It was SO crowded, but everyone was in good spirits and the event turned out to be a lot more mild than I expected. Everyone was crammed together, but most people seemed patient enough.

Recently, while neither of us had to be back at work yet, I took Kat on an overnight trip in the Blue Mountains. We went on a route that took us past great waterfalls, scenic vistas, bird life, the good kind of insects, and unfortunately leeches. I wish I had a picture of one of these bloodsuckers, but when either of us found one we would go into a 'get it off! get it off!' dance until the leech was removed and ground into the forest floor.

Also visiting, and still in Oz, is our friend Elizabeth and her boyfriend Anrik. They came over from New Zealand and we'll have this next weekend together before they have to go home. They're up in the Blue Mountains at the moment, and I'm sure they're enjoying it. It's hard not to when you're on vacation!

Anyways, there's WAY too many good photos to post all of them, but hopefully a few from the past couple months will give a good idea of what we've been up to.

Cheers!