My surfer boy

We went out to Assateague Island, MD for the weekend so CO could get some of the hurricane swell. (Ask him for how that works...)

I caught a few good pics of him surfing...

 

 

 

 

Bye bye CO

He just got the first Surfer Magazine delivered to the house - the last one was over six months ago. I'll expect to see him again in a few hours.

And that, my friends, made news today. Having a real job sucks time out of you!

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CO surfing.

Spring is in the air!

Today was a lovely day in Melbourne (as was yesterday!). Yesterday, CO and I headed out to Bells Beach and he went surfing. I was content reading on the beach with the sun warming my skin and a slight breeze on my face. It was delightful!!

The trees are in bloom (and allergy season is in full swing) and St Kilda Road is absolutely gorgeous. It's lined with elm trees and is one of my favorite parts about traveling around the city. The Yarra River was lined with people out enjoying the sun, and people were basking on the steps in Federation Square.

Tomorrow, CO and I are going to run 10K as part of the Melbourne Marathon races. Let's hope we don't die. :S It should be gorgeous, but we haven't trained as well as we should have... oh no!

Happy Feet? More like Surf's Up...

CO surfed Bells today. Uh, let me just say that he was more than a little excited about it. I don't have pictures because I had to work. :( He's not home yet, so I'll tell you how it went later.

But, as a reward for my hard work, we're going tomorrow to see PENGUINS! Not just any penguins, but little penguins (aka fairy penguins!)!!!! I got a little preview tonight at the pier of the adorable little creatures. Yay! I'll try to post pictures as soon as I can :)

Speaking of wild animals, we had dinner with our friends from South Africa last night, and they were telling us all kinds of fabulous South African wildlife stories. Like when they were charged by an elephant and thought they were going to die. And when Robyn was 8 and she got out of one 4 wheel drive vehicle and got into the other, and her mom took a picture of it and when they developed the picture, there was a cheetah just 3 feet behind Robyn! They had all kinds of good stories!!

Olympics!

DH and I, despite our best efforts, could not stay awake for the opening ceremonies last night, which started around 9. And as a result, we woke up around 4am. Stink. We really need to get over this jetlag quickly!

We are watching the Olympics here. It's cool because Aussies are pretty into supporting their country. On the other hand, it is kind of strange to not have the media so slanted toward American athletes and the sports where Americans do well. Dang, our media makes it pretty easy to follow our teams and athletes.

It's pretty cold. Not Michigan-style cold, but without Michigan-style heaters, it is just plain cold. Especially at night. While I was taking a shower this morning, my nose got cold! Dh thinks I just wanted to come to Oz because I knew I could get him to cuddle with me for 5 months... perhaps it's true :)

DH and his cousins went for a surf this morning at a gorgeous national park. I went along and took some pictures. I always use it as an excuse to plug my request for a new camera lens ;)

This afternoon, the guys are going golfing and the girls are going to see Mamma Mia - I'm pretty excited!

Surfing, sharks, and other miscellaneous vacation happenings

DH's favorite town in Tennessee has got to be Murfreesboro. It's just so much fun to say.


Thank heaven for this sign outside Atlanta, GA.

Sunday dinner at the Sundy house with DH's family. Sister shown here.

DH and his sister trying to get the fish to nibble their fingers. The Sundy House has a bed and breakfast and a pool - you can swim with the fish.


Dh loves driving his parents' cars. We took his mom's convertible one evening to check out the waves. I think dh likes it.
Pretty lines. Dh told me that swells in Florida never last long, so he had to take advantage of good surf. I think he went surfing 3 times in the first 3 days we were there.

Dh checking out the surf.


Pretty moon.


More waves. Merry Christmas to Dh.

Dh's cousin, brother, and dh checking out waves like they have been for years.

They found an acceptable spot.


Surfing together. This was before they saw the 5-foot-long spinner shark jump out of the water, do a few 360's and dive back in. They left promptly after that.

I went with Kathryn to Blowing Rocks. Let's just say at low tide, it's less than spectacular. But we did rock our matching FL tees :)



BEFORE - Dh back in Hawaii when he had to report for duty. He's still in surfer clothes, but is clean-shaven, and with a military haircut.


NOW - look at this scruffy, long-haired student! Thank goodness that he doesn't have to report to anyone at school ;)

We went fishing with Dh's Uncle Roger and a few of his friends. I hadn't realized that I get seasick after a few hours of sitting in a rocking boat. Not cool. But we did have some fun out there before I got too green.

Austin reeled in our first catch of the day - a baby shark.



I reeled in our second catch of the day, another baby shark. We ended up catching another baby shark, and no fish. Sad to say, there are 3 more angry sharks out there in the water.

Neon Rainbow, Alan Jackson's boat. A little piece of country right there in South Florida.

Dh and his dad coming back from fishing.


One of the highlights of the trip was having dh's friend from school come down with his family to dh's parents' house. We went up to the top of the Jupiter Lighthouse and saw this beautiful view. Plus, look at the houses on the closest part of land - those are CG housing. Not bad a bad place to be stationed!


Dh and Wonyoung on the top of the Jupiter Lighthouse.

Wearing one of my favorite tshirts. Can you read what it says?


We went to the Oceanographic Institute? or something like that, and got to feed stingrays.


You hold the food like this... and then the rays come over your hand and suck it up. It's a weird feeling and took me a while to be brave enough to not move my hand away while feeding it.
Trying to sneak one of the snacks...

Dh and I on a manatee...

Another highlight was spending lots of time with our family - especially nephew Curren! He's at a fun age and is "talking" a lot.