Friday, January 2, 2009

FAVORITES AND MOMENTS TO REMEMBER!

We took about 1200 pictures on our four day trip up north. Here are some of my favorites - besides the ones already posted...
This one only because Kev forgot to bring a hat and since the sun really bothers his eyes and can cause him to get migraines he had to borrow mine. Love it!!

Moments to remember:

1. Seeing the sun set over the ocean

2. Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest - the quaint little towns we visited and stayed at

3. Looking for koalas in all the trees (That we never saw)

4. Listening to High School Musical 3 over and over again in the car and Madi doing actions from the back seat

5. Catching hermit crabs

6. All being crammed into one hotel room

7. The dolphins - amazing animals!

8. Being told I needed to go a bit faster at Toboggan Hill

9. Madi being in control when her and Kevin went down - she loved to go fast!

10. Cooper giving me a mouse for my computer - because it doesn't need batteries and was Cougar blue

11. The gas station that resembled Uluru

12. The endless sand at Stockton Beach and seeing the camels you could pay to ride

13. Taking so many pictures and realizing how much I love my new camera!

14. Relaxing and listening to the sounds of the ocean

15. The amount of sand we brought home with us - I think we could start our own beach in our backyard

16. Getting bitten in the botanical gardens by some unknown bug (it still hurts)

17. Seeing the 5 foot long Goanna

18. Madz trying to pee in the woods and peeing all over her shorts

19. Cooper's small bladder and having to pee everywhere we went

20. Kev trying to figure out what was digging these holes and finally finding the sand crab but accidentally chopped it in half in the process

21. Rylee not wanting to get in the ocean until we were just about to leave every time we went to the beach

22. Swimming and snorkeling in the hotel pool

23. Kevin breaking his wedding ring in three pieces while rock climbing - yep that's ring #3, good thing this one only cost him $10.

24. Kevin and Madi snorkeling in the ocean and not finding anything interesting to look at except a really big seashell.

25. Cooper getting up each morning before everyone else and trying so hard to hold still and be quiet.

26. Getting eaten by mossies - they don't seem to like me much in the States, but here I seem to be their favorite meal.

27. Cooper's colorful dog he painted - orange head and blue body with white spots

28. Rylee wandering around on the beach and playing in the sand all by herself

29. The huge thunderstorm

30. Kev wearing a cougar hat for three days!

3 comments:

Mari said...

Sounds like you had an amazing time! Glad you gathered up some more wonderful memories.

Happy New Year!

Suzi said...

Great pics. I'm so glad you all had a lovely time.
We were there on holiday when I found out I was pregnant with Lucas. Lovely place.

Shelley Fairbanks said...

Precious pics, Stace. Love your moments to remember. I've always enjoyed your sense of humor. The Cooper's all have such a fun humorous side to them. I can hear you or Robert or even Joey saying some of those things back in High School. LOL. And the pic with Ryley on Kev's back is sweet. She looks tired but very content at the same time. Too cute!!!!! One dream of mine on my "to do" before I die list is to see the sunset on an ocean beach. Beautiful pic's.