I am very sore. This last week was again full of fun things and awesome sights. Australia is full of pretty cool things. I am glad that I am in Brisbane so I am able to be close to a lot of things to do. I was thinking if someone came to visit me in Twin Falls and wanted to see the country we would have to do a lot of driving and flying to really see the country. Although Idaho is amazing it is definitely a drive from a lot of stuff.
I enjoyed going to Southbank again and just hanging out reading and people watching. I also took the city cat to Queen Street Mall on that trip. The mall is an outdoor mall and is soooo big. I think I heard there are 700 stores there. I went around lunch time so I assume that is why there were a lot of people there. I felt pretty out of my element with people rushing past me. I am a pretty slow walker and I bet I was driving everyone crazy as they tried to get past me.
Becky's pool turned green, but don't worry that didn't stop the kids and I from jumping in and having a great time, and I had Ethan google if we would die from a green pool. Since the only danger of a green pool seems to be hitting your head because you can't see the bottom, according to google, we jumped in and played quite a bit. I felt bad when Ammon ended up hitting his head on a wall and started bleeding. Whoops. I tried to tell him that there was a crocodile in the water and that is what got him. He didn't believe me though. The bump on the head didn't stop him for too long though. He was back in a couple of days later and just as fun as always. The kids are really good swimmers and outlasted me in the pool for sure.
I took Aaron to the Gold Coast this week. We drove about an hour south of here and hung out on Mermaid Beach. We had a lot of fun. He really enjoyed his sand toys. He was a little afraid of the ocean and hated when I would walk toward it. He would run away from me further inland. Eventually I was able to get him in the water a bit, but he would always have a hold of me when we went in. Safety first of course. We saw a kite surfer and that looked like a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. I bet they get exhausted. Before Aaron and I left I wanted to walk around a bit so I got Aaron changed and then we saw a park. I gave Aaron a cookie and he went to sit on a park bench and lost his balance and fell backward and hit his head on the pavement... that was the end of our outing poor kid. Looked like it hurt pretty bad. I'm really not negligent of these kids although after 2 head injuries in 2 days may make it look that way.
On Friday Becky, Ethan, Aaron, Wyatt and I took a field trip up to the Glass House Mountains. What a neat place. The mountains are actually Lava Plugs. The actual volcano around them has eroded away and left just the plug, so they look just like they randomly jump out of the earth. We hiked Mt. Beerburrum which is why I am so sore. It was a paved hike just 700 m to the top, but it was extremely steep. It felt like a stair master. It was a calf burner. Ethan had Wyatt in a pack on his back and Becky was pushing Aaron up this mountain in his stroller. It was really respectable. I was very tired and was just carrying my own weight. Well we made it to the top and it was an amazing view. We could see the ocean and Morton Island along with several cities in the distance. There was a tower there and a fire ranger was up there hanging out keep his eyes open for any fires. Pretty spectacular. The hike down burned the calves. I carried Aaron on my shoulders. I was a little worried if he lost his balance we may not be able to catch him rolling down that mountain.
I played a little tennis and then some squash after the hike with my friend Lavinia. It was really fun to play a game. Squash is a lot like racquetball only I didn't feel like such an idiot playing it. The ball doesn't bounce like a racquetball so I really had to remember that. I decided it is an angry mans game because you can hit that ball so hard and it still doesn't go that far. It was really fun. I was so sweaty by the end because of the humidity in that room. It was a great time though.
On Saturday Becky and I were both pretty tired, but Becky is so adventurous and loves to do fun things that we went to another awesome place. This time we first headed out to Kyle's baseball game so our adventure party traded Ethan for Kyle. Kyle did a great job in his game. He got on base each time and looked really good at catcher. The coach for the other team came over after the game and told him what a great job he had done and gave him a pack of baseball cards. Kyle was so excited about it and I hope it encourages him to keep playing catcher. He did have a knack for it.
Ok after baseball we went over to the Tamborine Mountains. There is a really awesome rain forest there. They have a sky walk over the forest along with paths on the bottom. I was hoping to see a jaguar or something, but I don't think they have those here in Australia. We all were a little nervous on the sky walk as it was pretty high and was swaying a bit. Kyle was especially nervous, but he said he was facing his fears... it was really cute. Aaron chased Kyle all over the rain forest and Wyatt grinned the whole time in his seat in Becky's pack. We had a really good time once again.
Our day was still not over yet! We came home and I slept for a little bit and then Kyle, Becky and I went to a professional baseball game. I love baseball no matter where it is played. It was different of course than the MLB back home. They sang the Australian National Anthem before the game and there was not a single heckler at the game. Nobody taunted anyone or said anything to any of the opposing players. They were all very kind observers. Not sure how I felt about that... I suppose that is a good thing, but at the same time... anyway it was a good game. Kyle got to run onto the field with his team and I think one of the professionals gave him a pat on the shoulder or something. The home team, the Brisbane Bandits, won the game 2-0 and we saw a pretty great home run. It amazes me how strong those guys are to hit a ball with a wood bat 400 feet. Pretty amazing.
Another great week past and I am excited that it is Sunday so I can go to church. I am so grateful that even though I am a long ways from home I can go to church and do the same things and hear the same words that my family is hearing back in America. It is a great blessing to have such organization.
Debbie
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