We're back!

Neil and I just got back from a two week vacation in Australia. It was absolutely lovely. Being able to do adult things and not worry about packing diapers or nap schedules is a rare treat. Not doing it for two whole weeks was kind of crazy! We're very glad to be home again with all of our little kids though. I missed them much more than I expected to.

We flew in Saturday morning and dropped off our luggage at the hotel. Then we walked through the Botanic Gardens where you can stop at Mrs. Macquarrie's chair for beautiful views of the harbor.

 The actual "chair" is just to the left here, but the Japanese tourists wouldn't go away.

 We thought Madoc would like seeing the cool rocks that Neil was climbing.

 Neil thought this sign was awesome.

 We had a noon tour of the Sydney Opera House. I've toured it before but loved it again. Neil thought it was much better than he had expected. The Opera House has a very interesting history and a must see if you like history or architecture. Apparently it's one of the most recognizable buildings in the world.
On Sunday we took a nice long train/bus ride to get to church. I got to go to classes for the first time since Christmas! Half the ward was made up of Korean students. Relief Society was interesting - trying to figure out all of the accents.
When we finally made it back to downtown we went out to the Gap - the entrance to the harbor. We spent the afternoon walking all of the trails and seeing the harbor and landmarks from all the different look outs.