Green Island

We took the kids out to Green Island, on the Great Barrier Reef!

Taking the boat to the island!


Ethan wants his photo taken


We went on a glass bottomed boat tour - I was surprised at how easy it would have been for the kids to fall off! We held on really tight - and as a result, we didn't get the best photos. We were focused on more important things, like keeping the kids on the boat!


Pretty coral


It's Crush (the sea turtle from finding nemo).


Family photo


Crystal clear waters. The dark area behind us is the reef.




Love the kiddos!


Hanging out at the pool at our resort that afternoon. Isn't this the cutest picture of them?

Car trip

We spent a day exploring by car. Drove out into the outback, explore waterfalls, went on some bushwalks and just enjoyed one of our last few days in Australia.



The GPS thought we were in the middle of a lake!


Fig trees are incredible!


It was like a waterfall out of a movie




Handsome buddy!


More pretty waterfalls


Cute


More outdoor dinners at night after Ethan goes to bed.

Australia - Beach and Cairns

Here's a few more Australia pics!

Our daily trips to the beach :).


Big piles of sand


Cleaning our feet after the beach trip :). Matching toenails!


Playin' in the pool with daddy


Waterpark fun!


Handsome boy in his hat!


Waterslides! I wish I could say she wanted to go on them the whole time we were at the waterpark - we couldn't get her on it again!


Taking the sky rail over the Kuranda Rainforest!




Cool rainforest!




Hanging from a vine!


Cool fig trees


Stopping by the beach on our car-tour of Port Douglas


Our resort in Cairns had a great water park area - but Emily was so scared of the giant bucket of water that would pour over the whole play area. We took Ethan down the slides to try to get Emily to go down.




But she was not convinced...she watched most of our play from back here


Finally we provided some extra motivation (in the form of a Sesame Street DVD) to get her to go down with me.


She was happy afterward!


But she was less than thrilled to go down in the next day :(.

Currumbin National Wildlife Sanctuary

We spent a day at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland. We had such a great time! Lots of Australian wildlife, a couple cultural shows, and most exciting of all - we got a family picture with a koala!



Ethan loved to grab their tail feathers :(. But they still came back!


This moment right here is when Emily fell in love with lizards (although this is a baby crocodile, not a lizard). She has a couple toy lizards that she carries very carefully in the palm of her hand and pets very gently with her other hand. It's pretty cute.


Poor baby crocodile.


Yes - she's smiling - she loves the snake! Whenever we see a snake on tv or in a book, she tells me about the snake that she had around her neck...


Took a ride on the choo choo train


Hanging out with the dancers from the aboriginal dance show


Watch out Kanga!


Chillin' with some roos!


Family photo with a koala!


Silly Emily


Playing at a park