On April 17th Barry left for Australia. He will be there for 3 months! He has only been there for a week and we are already missing him like crazy. He is there for work and is heading up an office move. The good news is.......because he is there for so long his company will fly us over there to be with him. We are leaving the end of May and will be there for a month. I was really nervous about flying for 20 hours, alone, with 3 kids so my mom and her husband Kelly are going to join us! We plan to spend a week vacationing in the Northern part of Australia, up towards the Barrier Reef because that will be the warmer part of the country considering that we will be there during their winter. Then we are going to head back down to Melbourne where Barry's apartment will be and spend the rest of the time there. We are going to try to fit in a few weekend trips to Syndey and a few other places. It is such an amazing opportunity and we are very excited! Aidan has already been busy googling Australia and researching all that he can. He is also practicing his accent (which is more like a spanish accent) and learning all the Australian words that he can, such as G'day Mate, rubbish, and blokes. lol We have been able to skype with him a few times but the time difference makes it a bit of a challenge. He is 14 hours ahead of us! That means he is almost always a day ahead of us which is weird. He got to celebrate Easter before us this year. He usually has to stay up until about 11, which makes it 7 a.m. for us so that we can talk. Sometimes we are able to catch him before he goes into work, if we call in the afternoon. It's really weird trying to coordinate schedules with that much time in between us but we make it work.
Baylee and Aidan were very helpful with the luggage!
Mason wasn't sure what was going on and was cheesy as ever!
We love and miss you sweetie and can't wait to see you!
6 comments:
Oh that makes me sad but the month in Australia will make it all worth it:) Mason is such a cutie, I think he and trey would have a ball together. It was SO good to see you, I wish our visit could have been a little longer though. I wish you luck being a single mom for the next month!
so sad to see the pics of the kids hugging daddy good-bye. i bet they miss him almost as much as you do. BUT, how exciting for you to go visit! what an adventure! and i think taking some help on that flight is SUCH a great idea. my friend lives in new zealand and she HATES the flights when she comes back to the states for a visit, and she is an adult without any kids... yikes! 20 hours is a long time.
are you going to be in utah in july for the reunion?! we were really hoping to see you! :)
thanks guys. Yeah Jessie, we will be there! Can't wait to see you. Can't believe I haven't even met Hawken. Guess you haven't met Mason either.
that stinks AND that is awesome-- I'd love to see Australia
It is hard to have him gone for that long. He will be missed by everyone. I am so glad that you can join him in the middle of it and it will be such an adventure.
The kids look as if it was not easy to say goodby. Aidan will tell me that he really misses his dad. I think it is so cute how he is learning all about Australia. He is such a smart boy.
Wow Steph, what does he do? My husband lived in Australia for 5 years when he was a teenager and loved it! It sounds like it will be a fun summer for you guys.
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