if you were to walk around Canberra

these would be some of the things you'd see.....



lots of this. :)

orange and poppy seed cakes and muffins. (instead of lemon and poppy sead)

lake gininderra. its right next to the mall.


these are the license plates.

dee's comic book shop. geoff shops there every friday for the newest comics. dee's really nice and says thank you a lot. hehe

that would be just a few things.
its been quite warm here in the last couple weeks.
other then geoff i think i spend the most time with his mom. shes amazing. :)

time are changing though, i have a job and will be meeting more people on my own. which i hope will end up being good. im still a little chicken at making friends at times but i hope that will wear off as i meet more people.

geoff and i are supposed to see Tim Minchin in early december. thats going to be so much fun. if you dont know who he is... look him up right now. hes a little inappropriate (for all you older folks) but hes hilarious. im really excited about that.

also thanksgiving is coming up!!! incase you didnt know, im doing an aussie/american thanksgiving. it was something i was looking forward to this year then i moved away. so instead of being bummed about it, i am going to make my own thanksgiving thank you very much! im making it how we always have thanksgiving in the states. im pretty excited about that too. althought technically i might have to work the day before (booo!) but i told them id need that day off or at least a half day. im hoping they can work something out.

geoff cut his hair!! just incase i forget to mention. yes he really did and yes i know he loves me. haha. it looks really great. its a big step to take. and im really happy about it. i have lots to be very happy about.

I am starting to miss some of my stuff though, stuff i am planning on getting here at some point. its just really expensive. so we're waiting to see if we can get a good deal on it. i think ill feel a lot more at home when i get that stuff here. when i look around see my things. not really sure where i could put anything though, we've already been very creative in how we use space. but that'll be a problem that ill leave for future heidi to figure it out. shes the perfect one :)


so thats what ive been up to. :)

Floriade, Mailbox, Rockstars, and Halloween

I thought I would update.
Ive been here for over a month now.
just got a job (post pictures of it later)
learned how to drive (on the wrong side of the road)
and just STILL trying to get settled.
here are some pictures of some of the things you missed.....

Floriade...

Its a flower festival! we spent the day looking at flowers.
we brought the girls

I was reminded what a beautiful city i live in.







Mailbox....
some local kids blew up our mail box. chunks went everywhere. broke a window to our living room, broke a tail light on the car. we're pretty sure they put fireworks in it.

Rockstars....


Halloween...
Australians dont really do halloween, so we didnt want to send the girls around the block asking for candy. they likely wouldnt receive any. so we got creative, we did things easter style. hid the candy and the kids had to run around and find it all. Im pretty sure Ro (geoff's mother) and i had more fun then anyone :)










we baked the pumpkin seeds and some brownies. they all yelled "this is the best halloween ever!!!" we all laughed because it was their first halloween ever :) it was a great time.

Ive got more pictures to come but this is good for now. im missing home but as time goes by i feel more and more comfortable here.

we rearranged our living room this weekend. its soo much better. i cant wait to get a bigger couch. its really open. i love it.

ENJOY!