Grandpa and Grandma come to visit!

I'm mainly doing this blog for our family, as I want to have a "journal" or "book" of our time here in Australia after we leave.  I'm horrible at this kind of thing, but I've made a promise that I will do it, so even though I'm technically 1.5 years behind now, I'm still going to get it done!!  Starting where we left off last time.....September 2012, Josh's parents came to visit us again!  This time we planned a trip to Cairns with them, but they spent a few days in Sydney on both ends of the trip with us.  When they arrived, we took the ferry over to Manly for some fish and chips and a stroll along the beach!  We have to keep them awake, you know, to get used to the time change!  As usual, they were troopers! 

 picture of the Opera house (again) from the ferry

 fish and chips at Manly Beach

 walking along the beautiful beach

 riding the ferry

Josh and I had been wanting to purchase a painting or picture to remember our time here in Sydney, Australia.  We found one we loved at the Manly Markets that day and took a picture of the artist with it.  He was still in the running at this time for the best painter/artist in Sydney of 2012 (there were only 5 who had made it this far).  Pretty cool! We loved it because it's a painting of Sydney, but it's not obvious at first.  After looking, you can find the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and the tower in the background.