Christmas Gal Chronicles: Home Sweet Home!

I can't believe I haven't blogged since January 1st! The time has gotten away from me and I promise to do better! I have thought of it, but getting it done is another story. It seems like since January, we've packed and unpacked, and caught up on school work, and then repeated the process! It's been such an adventure....as life really should be, so I can't say I'd do a thing differently! We homeschool so we can travel. The trick to our adventurous travel is that we're an airline family. That means "Standby" travel! We can't get anywhere when the flights are full during the holidays. When the holidays are over, it's packing time though! Now that the traditional school year is over, we'll be home more, because flights are full of whole families on summer vacation!

We started the year with a trip to Australia. We loved it. We flew into Sydney and went up and down the coast. Everywhere we went took a long time in our little rental car. (No major interstate systems there!) We worked that car really hard going up and down the mountains and hills of Australia! It was fantastic scenery though. Unforgettable. The kids loved the kangaroos, dingos, wallabies, and all the other things we don't see in the United States! We spent one late evening watching the small Fairy Penguins leave the sea and go to their nests. They cooed and called to their mates. The kids sat in complete quiet to watch them in amazement! Nature at it's best!

I have many more trips and photographs to add to the blog as I organize again. It's also time to will start back into the Christmas creating mode for Christmas in July at my etsy shop! I can't believe half the year is gone. I say that with many happy memories behind me from this year, and am still looking forward to the rest of what this year has to hold!

I've attached a few photographs of our visit to Australia! A lovely spot! Highly recommended!

Happy Summer!

XO,

Rebecca