Sunday, May 22, 2011

Australia

Time for a new post! We have been in Australia since Saturday morning and have been busy yet lazy the whole time, although already adjusted though to the time change so that's good.  After being dropped off at the airport by dad and Toony, we got into San Fran around 10pm to find our Sydney flight was delayed 3 hours so we spent 3 hours in the San Fran United lounge.  Our flight left San Fran around 2am Friday and we landed in Sydney around 8:30am Saturday.  Since all flights were delayed into Sydney due to fog, we didn't get a gate to pull into, so all 300+ people on our plane had to walk off and get onto buses to get to the airport terminal.  Of course we were in the last row of seats and therefore on the last bus ride in, we finally got off the plan an hour after we touched the ground.

After making it to the house and saying our hello's we took a few runs to the stores to help get things ready for the party and I made Yanneth's yummy queso for everyone. It was definitely a hit among the siblings. Saturday night we had our 6 month anniversary / welcome back party with our Australian family and friends! The food and company were fantastic and we had a blast, thanks to everyone who made it out to celebrate with us. After a late night we woke up Sunday and sat around all day in the warm sun eating leftovers from Saturday and doing absolutely nothing the entire day, it was great.

The rest of our time here will be spent getting things ready for Africa, spending time with friends and family and relaxing! It feels great to have no timelines for school or work while we're here, although we do miss our puppy heaps. Thanks for reading and hope everyone back home is doing great :-)

Family photo before we left the house

Our plane

Yummy queso Saturday afternoon

Some of the food from Saturday, more came later



Our cake Kate made for us

Where we spent our Sunday

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Busy Past Few Days ... Leaving Tomorrow :-D

The condo is empty and clean, ready for the renters to move in come June.  We packed up the car and made our way back to McKinney with an extra full car and Toony sitting on our lap the whole way.  Sunday we unpacked the car, lounged around with the neighbors and Toony got to play her heart out with Shadow and Brutus, love being back in the country!  Monday we had dinner with Matt and Amy, going to miss y'all.  Tuesday we drove out to Denton to see Donna and Jenny and had some Fuzzy's queso, yum, it comes a close tie with Yanneth's which I'll try to reproduce for the Australians.  I took Toony to the vet today for her limp, she is on puppy bed rest for 2 weeks which will not be an easy thing for a puppy who loves to play 24/7.  Tonight we went to a Rough Riders game with the family (they won 8-7) and we saw a window cracked right next to us in the lounge.  Packing up the rest of our stuff tonight and we are off to Australia tomorrow!!

Before leaving the condo


The car packed window to window

Unpacked

Toony multi-tasking before being put on puppy bed rest

Cracked window at the RR game

Getting Ready!

Some of you have asked us to create a blog to follow us during our travels.  Here it is: The Eastcott Family Blog

Use this to follow us through Australia, Africa and then on to Indiana.  We'll try to update this as often as we can with a few photos here and there!  We will miss everyone and keep in touch :-D


Our new Africa book
Lisa's Backpack

Dave's Backpack

Our awesome Keen hiking boots