For those of you who know how much I love peanut butter.... People here in New Zealand don't understand. They eat Marmite, not peanut butter. So I have to import my favorite condiment/staple into this forsaken country. The next post will be about Blaine's favorite condiment...can anyone guess it??!!

what a wonderful link...

http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/

I have been sick with a sinus infection (vacation is apparently bad for you), so I have had time to sort through all 500 photos from our Australia trip and only give you the best to view!!
Beware: you could possibly get an overload of kangaroos and koala bears!!!! Don't say I didn't warn you.
The wedding was 2 friends of ours...Katy and Andy, who used to live by us at our old apartment. It was held at a winery outside of Melbourne with an outdoor ceremony and sit down dinner reception. We left Melbourne for a few days to do the Great Ocean Road where many of Australia's famous surfing beaches are and this is where we saw kangaroos and koala bears in the wild! We then spent 4 days in Sydney and had relaxing days on the beach, out on ferry rides and at the Featherdale wildlife park. We even met a couple from Georgia in Sydney and had breakfast at (you got it!) McDonald's! Blaine and I were walking on the sidewalk when we heard one of the strongest Southern accents ever! You can't just walk away, so we had to introduce ourselves and find out exactly where they were from! After leaving them Blaine talked like a hick for a good half an hour...so impressionable!

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Hello All! It has been awhile since we posted. We hiked one of the Great Walks over Easter weekend, what an amazing way to spend an Easter! We were home for 2 days after the hike and flew to Australia for some friends' wedding in Melbourne and then visited Sydney as well. So, it is hard getting back into the swing of things after having such a long break! We wanted to share photos from the Routeburn hike b/c it is some of the most amazing scenery we've ever seen and we had so much fun with our camera. There are quite a lot of photos, so you might have to skim over them if you don't have much time...but I promise you won't be disappointed in what an amazing place this was! We will post pics from Australia hopefully later in the week.
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