Vegas Baby - work trip!!!!!!!!!!!!

I see my BESTEST friend...i miss u girl

after my world wind trip, I arrive at my last stop....texas! flight was good, was well behaved in vegas so no bad hang over :)

darn suitcase was search, they unsealed my new/expensive product, didnt reseal and it spilled all over my new clothes....urgh!





Was so great to see Jackies life, her big house, puppies, etcetc. it was like we never we apart, thats how BBFs are right





















aquarium day


















































got to touch different fishes and things















sceeery















jumpin photo of course, had crap weather, lots of rain but still warm!





























rainforest place, fun!




























check out the beaches, very washington esk - gray water, etc


















crazy to see all the left over hurricane stuff, still devestated area....



















































the town was flooded - see blue line, that is where the water was...





































palapa bar - out back one of their friends, muddy area right on a creek...

love her puppies!! had fun hangin with them, never thought i would love a little dog so much so quick :)

live new orleans music over lunch and beers

champers and OJ - yum, now we are really on vacation

lots and lots of mexican food was eaten!

visited nasa

gavity zero - jumpin shot. wish they had one of those no gravity rooms...

took the slide down, felt like little kids running around in the center

toured the place

a few late night sequence nights - quality time, miss u girl

So Overdue!!

I have been without internet at home so I have not blogged in too long (drop my internet connector off my balcony....)! It is now almost June!! I will be posting soon an update from my trip home, hawaii and everything else.

After basically 1.5 weeks of craziness with work and mostly travel I am back and settling into winter in Sydney. It is still really nice so no complaints yet. Still having ear issues, hoping that will go away.

Stay Tuned...

Home Sweet Home - Washington First Stop

I made it home!! Another long adventure - with an unexpected delay in San Fran, after not sleeping much the 14 hour leg I did not want more time in the airport!



I ran off the plane so fast...saw my mom and she ran to me..dropping all stuff. it is the moment I wait sooo long for. Count Down starts like 120 days prior. Dad, mom and me hugged and cried!

Family came over for a night of home cook food and catching up!

It is SOOO weird to be driving down I5, into Tacoma, past everyone i know...stepping in my parents house is a trip! Then seeing cooners, Melissa, Amber, Kylee...grandma, shanda..such a blessing to be home!






















Kylee and Brody are sooo big!












minus my tan...can u see the resemblance!














DAD!!



















good ole home cooked meal..miss ur food dad!












Kylee has just blossomed - talking and running around! She is all about Hannah Montana..she did a dance and singing concert.

bordy just ran around naked - sooo funny!

of course jet lag is not going to get in the way of a game of sequence after everyone left!

Representing Australia in my sweatshirt!

my babies!!

BINGO BITCHES

mom and I had a blast, words cant explain...yes I am a bingo nut! al those old people with oxygen tanks dont know what to think about us in there

I won once!!

said good bye to ollie - shed some tears! he is going to a good home but I miss him daily!

OLIVE GARDEN - all you can eat soup, salad and bread sticks...yum. my whole trip was around food

Spend some time at the bros house - missed the boys (duke and drake)

BUCKY!!

Fawna's baby shower - something is in water... deanna is also prego - due the same time as josh/fawna (josh is her brother!). Sooo weird josh is going to be a daddy, we are grown up...


All the girls have gone dark hair - looks great. inspire me to finally do it.

Aubrey is sooo big - that is deanna's first one. so good to see everyone. Alot of the girls from wes/mel wedding were here.

me and the prego gals!

Following the baby shower it was my dad 60th party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was great as everyone was there...

Marni and Emma!

My bro - now the sheriff....so great to see him

all the old camping people! so fun to see them

The Vigs girls - great to see them and their families! they babysat me when I was a baby...

The Ryan family - i missed you all so much and do ever day.

good home cooked food

The Whites

Dad and i went to our fav spot - quality time. we go each time i am there, take a pic and a coaster. we chat with the staff, laugh and drink beers

Easter weekend - of course I colored eggs

A day up in seattle - I only had like a week in washington. I took dads truck up to the city, i forgot how to drive and in a city. a bit of a panic, especially since a mariners game was on.




the old office - walked around for 4 hours and caught up with everyone...it was fun! headed back down to tacoma to meet mom for some more bingo

Graham crackers - time for a smoores

BYE bucky - he is going to a retreat as the family is all going to wisconsin for a reunion/wedding. Getting Hitched '09

My baby - its is so hard not to be with her...sooo pretty

She loves her window, always trying to get outside

my parents neighbors - nice rocks, statues and fake geese huh! yuck

my parents house

mom and i went for walks, feed the horses...they loved me