We had an absolutely AMAZING vacation to Australia. We spent 2 weeks with our best friends, Meg & Paul and their son Jasper, doing all of the things that we loved to do while we lived there...from breakfast and sunsets at the beach to Kings Park to a Gold Class movie to drinking awesome coffee and indulging in their yummy chocolates...we jam packed two weeks full of great memories. We got to see and catch up with most of our old friends there and we even took a trip down south to Margaret River (a region known for their gorgeous beaches and vineyards) for four nights. Meg and Paul are from there, so they showed us around properly and we absolutely loved it!! Parker was such a champ on ALL of the flights THERE and BACK...we couldn't have asked for him to be a better traveler to the other side of the world. He loved playing at the beach and chasing the birds, and loved paling around with Jasper for two weeks. I'm pretty sure I took over 800 pictures, and I tried my best to narrow it down to 250....enjoy!
Introducing Parker to Dome! He looks excited, huh!?!
Hillary's Boat Harbour
Two GREAT Dads
Playing with the Smith kiddos...he loved their skateboard
Kennedy & Mackenzie loved Parker!
Time to swim at the beach!
He LOVED it!
Squatting down to REALLY jump high into the waves...too cute!
See the bird way off in the distance...Parker is trying to chase it...
...still trying...
...still trying...bless his heart!
We took the boys on a "train" ride into the city...
Such a hot day, we had to get an ice cream treat!
We had breakfast in Kings Park for Meg's birthday, and Parker loved playing on the playground...
...and playing in the water...
...and chasing more birds!
Happy Birthday to Meg!
It was a HOT day at Kings Park...
...but every BIT as beautiful as we'd remembered.
Of course, we had to make a stop to see our old "home"!!
Sunset and Fish & Chips at the beach....
Chasing birds...AGAIN!
Too cute! He got to go for a "ride" at the store with koalas!
The Smiths had a bbq for us with all of our old friends...it was so neat to catch up with everyone and to meet all of the kids/babies we've had over the past three years!
One of our aussie friends, as it turns out, is a HUGE RGIII fan and even showed up wearing his jersey. I thought he was going to faint when I told him that my cousin is engaged to him and I know him...he really must be the biggest Australian RGIII fan out there!
A new place "San Churros" opened up in Perth and it's a realllllly good thing they didn't exist when we lived there or we would've spent all of our money on chocolate and churros!!
We though his Uncle Colby would be so proud...
Hunting for crabs...
I love this pic!
They got one!!
Chasing LOTS of birds again!
Petting a "quoka" at Caversham Wildlife Park.
We watched some sheep shearing....
And fed some bunnies!
He realllllly wanted to pick those bunnies up!
Fed a llama...
Played with goats...
And met a wombat!
We got to pet a koala...
...and feed kangaroos!
At Meg's parents farm in Margaret River...the boys loved going on a tractor ride!
Meg's parents and aunt were in the paper, so they were all checking out the pics!
What a LOVELY family!!
Going to the Berry Farm!
Ahhh, the Berry Farm....my FAVORITE place!!
They have a playground where the kids can play while you sample all of their jams, ciders and liquors!
SO proud of himself for going down the slide!
The blue wrens (which are BEAUTIFUL little birds) come right up to your table to enjoy a snack with you!
FRESH, insanely delicious scones with homemade strawberry jam and fresh whipped cream = HEAVEN!!!
I mean....HEAVEN!!
At the beach in Margaret River...
look at all of the kite surfers!
Yet another beautiful beach in Margaret River!
How cute are the buddies!?!
This is just a priceless picture!!
Dancing and doing some business on his laptop...oh my goodness he's precious!
Date night out to a movie in the vineyard!!
We stopped off at a brewery one afternoon too!
Meg & Paul put on a little show for us at the farm!
Back in Perth...it was time for more beach!
So happy...having so much fun...and literally ONE second later...
...hit by a crashing wave!
His face says it all...he LOVED it!
This is was the beach that we used to go to all of the time when we lived in Perth...
Naturally, we had to make a trip back for "brekkie" at the beach!
There was a random black swan swimming in the ocean while we were there!
Meg & Paul's beautiful new home!
Just look at all of the greenery in their neighborhood!
We are left with wonderful memories of two amazing weeks that flew by us in a flash!
It looks beautiful and only makes me want to visit Australia even more!.So cool that y'all were able to go back and see all of your old friends.
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