Australia Trip - Brisbane

Australia was AMAZING!! We are so sad we had to come home and get back to real life. While we were there we visited 3 different cities. Here are some picks from our stay in Brisbane.

Me and my sister Allison at her house in Inala.

We went to the Botanical gardens and saw where Allison got married and enjoyed the beautiful shrubbery!

Allison and my new Brother-In-Law Mark. Or as we like to call him... Maark.

 We tried our best to get some jumping pictures... it didn't really work out.

Oops...

 

The next day we went to South Bank. We enjoyed the beautiful cityscape, hanging out, and some museums.

We also loved messing around with this lizard.

Australia has some awesome trees... just wait

this is probably my favorite tree we saw. this is all one HUGE tree. it's so big, they have to support it with those beams.

High Five jump

Penny has the longest tongue ever!!

Probably the most important discovery of the trip was Max Brenner. He is the bald chocolate man! This is a chocolate bar. mmmmm. i want some right now!

The first time we went, mark and i made the mistake of ordering the marshmallow hot chocolate... it was good, but nowhere close to the Italian thick hot chocolate. oh my! melt me some chocolate and stick it in a HugMug (we decided  to call it the Toilet Cup instead of the HugMug)!

We spent some time in the Modern Art Museum. Unfortunately they were in transition mode, and not a lot of exhibits were open.

Next we wandered into the natural history museum

(this one is for you John!)

The next day we went to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. It was so cool! we saw tons of cool animals and even got to hang out and pet kangaroos!

(another cool tree!)

There were a TON of kangaroos laying around here. you can't really tell in the pictures though.

HUGE BIRD!!

Then, we took the windy roads all the way up to O'Reileys Rainforest and did the Tree Top  Walk! It was awesome. we got there right before the sun went down so we couldn't spend as much time as we wanted there.

Brisbane was awesome!!! But just wait for what comes next!!

Changes

Our lives have changed dramatically in just a matter of days.

Within just a few days of each other Mark and I were each offered new jobs! Mark is now working for Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, and is LOVING it! he is doing so great at learning the nuances of a new job, and not to mention a completely new field. I am working for Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) as a staff interpreter in the PIP Deaf department. We both feel so blessed!!

Also, last week we moved into our  new apartment! I absolutely love it! and i can't wait to save up some money so we can decorate. we are missing a couple essentials...such as a couch and a TV. but those can wait a little while. We decided that we weren't going to decorate anything until we could save and pay cash (Go budget club!!!), but Mark splurged and surprised me with a new addition while I was out of town this week for work.

We had talked about getting this chandelier for the dining room, but thought it would be down the road a while. I absolutely love it! You did a great job hunny!

And since i have been really bad at posting this year... here is a picture from my birthday... in March!

The Next Adventure!

My family is taking a trip!

We will see this:

and some of these:

and this:

and a bunch of these:

and celebrate her wedding

and see her baptism!

and I can't wait!