Bits and pieces of life lately...

I was looking through some pictures and realized we have lots of bits and pieces going on right now.  Life is full and the kids are very active.  We have found an indoor climbing place and the kids love it.  We have been a handful of times and each time they get high and faster.  Isabella is pretty fearless and she is the one the conquered getting to the top first.  Once Ava and Isaac saw her make it they too made it up...a little competitive? :)

All geared up and ready to climb!

Having fun!

Isaac has been doing Australian scouts and he loves it!  It is every Thursday and he is always so excited to go.  They also have tons of activities...here he his at their cart races a couple of weeks ago!

There is so much fun outdoor stuff here and I will soon have a post up about this fun zoo trip.  Lots of fun pics to share!

We are always finding great places to eat out.  The food is really good here.  Most places have lost of very fresh, local food available.  Look at this cute spaghetti eater! :)

An easy way to get around here is via the train so we always have fun on the train rides!

Marc and I recently ran the Melbourne half-marathon!  It was super fun and I am always proud of Marc.  He doesn't actually love to run but it always up for it because I do it...he is so supportive!

Marc and I run a bit differently.  He likes to meet new people and chat along the course.  I am uber focused and like to push myself.  I am sure most agree he probably has more fun.  :) He found these guys dressed up as footy players along the run and had a fun time chatting with them.

After race photo!  It was a good race. I ran it in 2 hours and Marc about 2 1/2 hours (he was having fun chatting!).
Fun times!
Hey, I am on a roll so far this month....I hope to keep it going!! :)

Tasmania 2016

We went to Tasmania the end of Sept. until Oct. 5th.  It was such a great trip.  The kids were on their break between 3rd and 4th quarter.  The end of the school year is December 20th.  It is the quickest school year ever when you come halfway though. The next school year begins in February!

Anyway, the beach is a happy place for us and we got some fun beach time.  It is spring here so the warm weather has not arrived yet.  We did have a few nice days and it was warm enough to enjoy the beach (although not warm enough to swim!).  Tasmania is a BEAUTIFUL place.  We really weren't sure what to expect.  We had heard good things and it is defiantly on our list to go back to.  

Look at the beautiful sand on this beach!  Every beach we went to was a little different and fun!

Tassie has tons of wild animals and we went to place called the un-zoo and had a ton of fun.  these kangaroos were super friendly and didn't mind us at all.

Of course we have all heard of the tasmanian devil.  Well, here is the little guy...

He is small and mighty and I would not want to be on his mean side.

We had no set plans and kinda followed the good weather around the island.  When we saw this poster we knew we needed to go on this boat ride.  It did not disappoint!

We got to wear bright red suits and enjoy a nice fast speed boat ride.

The kids LOVED it!!!

It was fun to see the landscape from this direction and really get a sppreciation of the steep cliffs...people rock climb on these things!

We went into a couple of caves and Isaac our pirate loving kid was all about this!

Isabella was a fan of the speed!

We got to see lots of cool sealife...dolphins, seals, a Great White Sea Eagle and even a whale!

The highlight for the kids was also having a motorhome and camping out for a week!

We were by no means roughing it with this brand new beauty.  It was a great adventure for all.

There were a ton of things to do on the island and this was us after a hike up to the wine glass bay overlook.

Look at this cute wallaby we saw at the top.

Sweet Isabella and more of a view of wine glass bay.

By far the highlight of the trip was this!!!!  We couldn't take any pictures of the cuddly little things but it was a fun experience!  Isaac learned about these blue penguins last year and you all know he has been so excited to see them....we may have gotten a "best day ever" out of him!

We are trying to get a little better about updating although October wasn't good for us.  We have some other fun things to share from October (it was a BUSY month) so we hope to get a few more posts up!!