Audi Quattro Cup World Final 2009

Dinner at the Sydney Opera House- you can barely see the harbor bridge lit up in the backround

Dinner and tour of the Toronga Zoo...see that bridge again in the backround? :)

On the skyrail with the Svendsens

Deena Svendsen & I on a very windy boat ride to the zoo

On one of the days the boys went golfing, Deena & I toured the Sydney Oprah House. It just so happened that Greenpeace was protesting on the roof that day!

Christian & Deena Svendsen (everyone we met liked the fact that we were Christian & DeeAnn with Christian & Deena representing the USA)

Manly Beach...where the water was freezing

Sydney Australia

Chris talking to the long beaked birds....

We stayed the first couple of nights at the Hyatt in Sydney by the harbor bridge.

Sydney Botanical Gardens

Layover in Hawaii

On the way to Australia, Chris and I had a layover in Hawaii. As we walked the beach before dinner, Chris got down on one knee and got all mushy! Check out the huge honkin' ring Chris gave me. (This covers our 15 year anniversary in March!!) I was SHOCKED. Chris will have to tell you the whole airport security story to go along with this one!

Fall Family Photos 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

Sean looks mad and Chris looks drunk. After going through the photos 6 months later...I have realized that we need to take alot more group shots! These are some slim pickin's on the photos for Thanksgiving. I have none of my family or Dalon! geesh!! Nate, Jill, Dalon, Claire and Brooke came in from Chicago, and Sean and Sean came in from Georgia.

Nate, Sean Sr, Baylie and Chris

Sean Jr wearing 3D glasses from the movies and Brooke.

Sean loves his cousins! Maybeee too much! :)

Claire, Jill & Nate

Nolan and Claire eating kiwi's....why is Nolan's face always so weird?!

Hug a pug video...webkins!

NYC

I am so lucky to have such great friends. Lots of times it is hard to stay in touch with work, school, kids schedules & day to day life. Sonia & I met up in NYC for 3 days to eat, take in a broadway show and SHOP! It was great girlfriend time!!

Nolan's 7th birthday!

For Nolan's birthday we picked up Nolan from school, blindfolded him, threw him in the decorated car, and drove to the Greatwolf Lodge for the weekend! Lucky for him and us the Goode family just so happened to be there too!