All about "NEW"

R's NEW FRIENDS

These are R's new best friends. They are the cutest girls in our ward!

Matilda & Charlize!

This was at Charlize's birthday party!

Stinky feet haning out of the little tent

(after they made their cup cakes)

Inside the tiny tent!

NEW EXPERIENCES

Our Ward was having a "boot sale" (aka garage sale) at the church
to help raise money for the youth to attend EFY.
Matilda "Tilly" and R loved the jumping castle!

So did the dad's. This is Jared and Tilly's dad Tim
"making sure that it was safe"!

More safety checks by Jared

R came out of the boot sale with a new bike.

She doesn't know how to ride yet, but is excited to try!

NEW LOVE (who knew!)

Yes, that is MY child out in the ocean BY HERSELF!!

We found the BEST beach, that R LOVES!!

There is hope for us here!

More amazing shots of the miracle!!

A little different expression then the

first time at the beach!

R's first surfing experience!

Ok, not really surfing but R loved being pulled

around on the boogie board!

MY NEW FRIENDS

This is 6 of the 8 Turners. From left to right:

Conrad, Brandon, Peni, Aaron, Tamara, and Purcell

not here are the oldest 2 kids Stacy and Kaynen

Most of you know I had to go to New Zealand(actually any country) to receive my new visa for Australia. Our dear family friend Tiffany Hjorth Ryland served her mission in Auckland New Zealand. She hooked my up with this AMAZING family to stay with, while my visa was being processed. This saved me hundreds of dollars (that we don't have). They took me in like they had known me forever! It was a great non-tourist experience of New Zealand!

This is Brandon who is 2 months older than R.

He made me miss R while I was gone!

Crab Hunting

So just because my family left, and we have no money doesn't mean that we still don't have fun.We decided to go out to a place that Jared had taken my family while I stayed home with R sleeping. Its called Nora Head. Its has a cool light house(which the sun would not allow a good pic), and rocks that get covered with the tide. So it was great for crab hunting.

This is Jared teaching R how to look for crabs with a stick!

Jared and R

She gets the hang of it! Except EVERY little hole with water she would have to stop and use her stick to look for crabs

If you look closely ITS A CRAB!!!

So this was taken last night. We rented Transformers 2, and had put Dora the Explore on the computer for R. I came in to check on her and this is what I found! Funny little girl!

Also, one of the other times I came and checked on her. While we are living with Jared's uncle her clothes are just kept in a bin. Well, she had pulled clothes out of her bin and was "folding" them. The big stack in front of her is the fruit of her labors!

I don't know if it really is that boring here for her, that she is folding clothes for fun! I think we need to get out more..........for R's sake!!!!

Great Aussie Adventure!

We were ALL really stressed about the long flight to Aussie. It ended up being no problem. All but the last 20 minutes, the flight was no big deal. This was taken on the way to LA. She didn't have to sit in her car seat on the LONG flight, thank goodness!!!
Its hard living I know, but this is a picture of our new home! If you look close you can see all 3 of our footprints above the words!
Cute R looking out to the harbour(yes it is spelled correctly!).
R's first time at the Opera House! She loved running all over this place!!
Ok, this next picture has to be my ALL time FAVORITE picture EVER taken of R! This was her first experience with the ocean. We went to the VERY famous Bondi Beach, and she FREAKED out!!! This picture really explains how she felt!! SO funny!! She DOES NOT like WAVES!!! How will we ever survive in Australia??? Oh yeah, she hated walking on the sand too! Really R??(p.s. i know I am a great mom, instead of comforting my child I pull out my camera!!!)
More happy times. We were able to go to a zoo, and hand feed the Kangaroos! R LOVED them! Some of them didn't really want to eat the food we bought for them, but R was determined that they wanted and WOULD eat it!
Very cute. This looks likes she is feeding it, but NO she is shoving it into its face! Funny! Most did eat out of her had, but still funny!
They had Kangaroos, and Wallabies to feed. This was just a baby Wallaby that R really liked!R's first experience with a Koala! Cute!
So by this picture we had been to one other beach, which wasn't as bad as Bondi, but still had its issues! This picture was taken today, and look there IS hope!! She still had a hard time walking in the water with the waves, but we could go out to the bigger waves holding her and she was just fine! THERE IS HOPE for my AUSTRALIAN child!

She enjoyed the sand kit we got her the most! Reality starts tomorrow, because my mom and brother leave! No more touristy things! Back to the same old, same old. Laundry, dishes, ect. But the good news is, that I am feeling VERY comfortable driving on the wrong side of the road, and it is only spring here! More beach trips to come! I'd love to hear from you all! REALLY keep up your blogs, because that really is the only way I get to stay in touch! I will try to keep you all updated on our Great Aussie Adventure!