Sunshine

Its the beginning of another beautiful week here in Sydney (well actually its already Tuesday) and so I really need to get caught up. We've been here 3 weeks already. Where is the time going? Last week after we went to the zoo we decided we better cool it with the intense sight seeing for Jett's sake so we took a couple days off and just ran some errands and Todd started school. On Thursday a lady from our ward, Mireya, volunteered to go out with us for the day. She is originally from Chile and has lived in Sydney for over 30 years. She has been taking us to and from church every Sunday which is really nice! She is such a kind and social lady.

Jett liked riding in the car for a change. He is so good in his car seat.

We went to Ku-ring-gai Chase national park and we spotted 3 wallabies on the side of the road! They are so cute in person.

The park was absolutely beautiful.

Our new friend Mireya with Jett and I

Handsome hubby

We even got a good look at a goanna-they are huge!

We did also did some mild bush walking. I say mild because there was a path and we didn't go too far into the bush. I did not like it though because I was terrified we were going to come across some huge spider or snake or something like that. We did have to walk under a spiders web that contained a big spider but that was it. I don't think I'll be doing a lot of bush walking while we are here! :-)

Mireya then took us to Newport Beach were we ate lunch. She packed us a picnic which was yummy and so sweet of her! She also watched Jett for us while Todd and I actually got to go into the water TOGETHER! It was salty. Lol...But fun. I kinda got tossed around a bit by the waves since I'm not used to swimming in the ocean. One time Todd was like..."where did she go?" and it took a few seconds before I finally came to the surface like 15 feet from where I was originally.
It was a great day and we are so grateful for Mireya's kindness and generosity. Friday we took Jett to the doctor in Paramatta and got him some medicine which I think is working. We also got some good food at a seafood place. Todd had Shrimp and chips and I had crab sticks, claws, and chips. It was GOOD but I prefer seafood not caked in batter (so unhealthy!). We then wandered around some shops looking for the train station and somehow we ended up inside this HUGE mall. Seriously we looked up and there were like 5 different floors. It was super fun but Jett was tired by the end. We pacified him by saving a lemon from lunch and letting him suck on it on the way home (he loved it). Lol...silly boy.

Well then On Saturday Todd went house hunting as you know from my last post. Well when he finally got home to me I found out he had a really eventful day. He ended up going to 4 inspections out of the 7 I had outlined for him because of some hiccups with the bus which caused him to miss 2 and another one ended up being cancelled. But I could tell that he was REALLY excited about this one apartment which I thought was strange since he never really has strong opinions about those sorts of things. He is just the kind of guy that would be happy living anywhere, you know? He started talking about it and his eyes just lit up.

But we couldn't get our hopes up because there were probably about 8-10 other people that inspected each property. So we decided we would apply for 3 and continue to look and go to inspections this next week. We have been hearing from everyone that it is really hard to get apartments...especially in the area we were looking at. We filled out all the application stuff and sent them in on Sunday night since they process the applications Monday morning. We had to give references, job details, copies of passports, bank statements, and anything to prove we were the best possible tenants for them. Luckily for me my husband is in PR and he wrote the most awesome cover letter ever for us! It sounded so good. He is very talented because yesterday we were contacted by all THREE properties and now we are going to get the apartment we wanted!

We just feel so blessed! Todd had such a good feeling about the place when he first saw it and that is what makes me happiest. Maybe the fact that it has lots of windows with lots of natural sunlight and this view has something to do with it:

Since our last apartment was in the basement this will be a very refreshing change! We'll move in a couple of weeks and I can't wait! Oh and did I mention they are putting in new carpets and paint right before we move in? We won't have a lot, but we have this view!! :-)

Right now Todd is at a job interview near the area where we will be living. I can't wait to hear how that goes but it will probably be awhile since we only have 1 cell phone. I just can't believe how well things are working out and I know that it is not just because of us but because we have some great family and friends praying for us. I'm sorry these posts are so long but this is kind of like my journal and I really want to remember these things. Todd is at school all day today. I've already cleaned the house spotless and written this blogpost so I wonder what I will do?