First, I'll share a slideshow of our last outing while in Australia. It was a rainy hike near Binna Burra Lodge . . . another rain forest area near our home there. Bryan, Evan, and Grant bared the rain and wind and hiked out to see another waterfall. Evan got a little wet on the trip and so Grant was inventive and came up with a way to dry Evan's shorts. (Evan can't stand to have wet clothes on, so something had to be done!)
Additional pictures include some shots of our final days in Australia and some of the landmarks that we wanted to remember. Make sure to take a look at Evan and Kaden's websites as well and you can see some of their favorite landmarks and people.
After moving out of our rental home in Australia we stayed in the city in a nice high-rise apartment for a week. You can see that Evan really enjoyed loungin' around and the view that we had of the Brisbane River.
We departed Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on July 10, 2008, en route to Sydney and then on to Los Angeles and Denver in the US. Our total trip to Denver would be 24+ hours from door to door . . . uugghh! BUT, it wasn't as bad as it sounds or as we had feared!! After losing Evan's luggage several times and enduring a 13+ hour flight to America with two small children we finally made it to Kimball, Nebraska . . . just in time for dad and Evan to help with wheat harvest! Although our land was not ready for harvest in Kimball there was other ground that was ready so dad and Evan had alot of fun on the farm! Here are some pictures of the trip to Kimball.
We arrived in Moline, IL and returned to our beautiful home on July 15th . . . only to discover a few weeks later that we would be moving AGAIN! We are now in the process of relocating to Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa (just crossin' another midwest state off of our list of places we have lived!) Bryan accepted the position of Export Marketing Manager for the Waterloo John Deere factory. It has been a long process trying to get our house (that needed some TLC) back in order to show and unpacking our Australia shipment at the same time but everything is finally in order! Bryan has already moved on to his job in Waterloo and the boys and I have stayed behind to sell the house. We'll keep you posted as everything continues to unfold and with our new address when the time comes!
As for the Perry Australia website. It will now be a memory . . . you will, once again, have to rely on the annual Perry Christmas letter to keep you updated on our monthly happenings. I will continue to update Evan and Kaden's websites though, so keep those in mind and look often as the boys continue to grow!
