Thanks Annie & Madeleine!

We got the candy and socks - Thanks! As you can see by the photos everyone was happy about that (okay until the fighting began :)

Jesse, Marlene & the half Witt's

While in St. Louis in July we had a wonderful visit with our good friends who also serve as the kids adopted Grandparents; Jesse & Marlene. Here is a photo we took of them with the half Witt's in their gorgeous garden! We miss you guys!

Fraser Island

We had a fun 5 day trip to Fraser Island, 3 hours north of Brisbane (about 15 hours north of Sydney on the Eastern coast of Australia). This sand island is a Unesco World Heritage site and is known for having the purest strain of dingos in Australia.

Here is a photo of the kids near a famous ship wreck. I will try to post more photos soon but tonight we're headed to what could be the State Championship Baseball game for Jonah & Matt's team! We're excited about that!

A Day at the Beach

Tuesday morning we woke up to what was basically the first normal day of the Easter Break. The kids have 2.5 weeks off and they were looking forward to some R&R. I told them they could watch TV until 9 am and then it would be switched off until the evening. From 9-10 they played with each other and then they started asking to go to the beach. Jelly Blubber Beach as they named the beach we had been to on Saturday for the Easter Egg Hunt. They had caught some blubbery jelly fish there and were antsy to catch some more. By 11 we were in the car with lunch packed, towels, shovels, pails, sunscreen . . . all the necessities for a day that would be spent in the sun, water and sand. We had a wonderful 4 hours - one of those days that makes us wonder if and how we will ever acclimate to a lifestyle that doesn't include spontaneous trips to the beach.

Happy Easter!

from the half Witt's :)