Australia wrap up

Well I tried so hard to blog while I was over there so that it wouldn't come to this...trying to cram the whole last week into one blog. I'll try not to be so wordy and cram alot into this post.
Overall...it was a wonderful trip. Honestly my favorite part was just spending so much time with Jeff. I went with him several times to his shows and watched him perform (he really is awesome at what he does...he has the kids in the palm of his hand).

Going to his shows, meant driving time in the car jamming to music and just talking to each other. We did alot of talking over the 2 weeks. We don't seem to do alot of talking in person with the craziness of his schedule and the kiddos, I usually have to compete for his time. We also did alot of shopping. Man oh man that boy likes to shop. Not that we bought alot of stuff but I bet we went into half of the souvenior shops along the west coast.
(It did pay off when we found a beautiful umbrella to begin Ava's collection) We walked along the beach at Surfers Paradise one night. The beating of the waves and walking next to my man just seemed pefect as we collected sea shells.


Other activites...We saw 4 movies at the theatre, played several games of pool (which I got KILLED at every time), walked around the downtown area, and the best part was that Jeff cooked almost every night (granted we grilled out and I'm a bit sick of burgers...but I didn't have to cook). Seriously I had NO responsibilites. I read 4 books and worked on a few crafty projects. It truely was a vacation.
We flew back on Saturday and on all 3 planes it took to get back we had an empty seat between us. One the way over I was squeezed between 2 strangers and didn't sleep a wink. I didn't sleep much more coming back. But I got to live Saturday twice (with the time difference). I watched 5 movies on the plane from Sydney to San Fran while Jeff snoozed away, the flight was definately the worst part of the trip for me. When we finally got home I slept for 15 hours then drove 5 hours to pick up the kids from Jeff's parents....who officially moved while we were gone:( And now live light years away from us;)
I'm still struggling to get back into the central standard time zone. It's 1am and I 'm wide awake. Of course it isn't helping that I take naps during the day..but seriously I'm so exhausted. I guess I'll have to gradually work back into my time zone.
Jeff flew out Monday morning to Seattle and missed getting to see the kids. It will be a month of being away when he finally gets to see Ty and Ava. (they miss you daddy!)

Ty was thrilled to see me and for the next 24 hours had to be touching some part of my body at ALL times. Ava was LESS then thrilled. At first she didn't know who I was and wouldn't come to me, then cried when I picked her up. Once she allowed me to touch her, she only wanted granni. She was MAD at me!! It took her about 2 days (and getting away from granni) to finally get things back to normal. Once we got home I pulled the plug on the passy. We are going cold turkey and she's going pretty good. She only really used it to sleep, now she cries for a few minutes when I lay her down...Ty has been on his best behavior for me. Saying TONS of "yes mam" and doing EVERYTHING I asked. He is great kid and seems to have matured while I was gone.
Ava just cracks me up with her fisty yet goofy personality. It's good to be HOME!