In a matter of time!!

So this weekend I went to the beautiful island of PENGUINS!! Yes..Penguins!! Whats the temperature here in Australia you ask?? oh you know only about 90 Degrees Farenheit!! So how on earth are they living here.. I have no clue. Poor penguins!! Although I must say these penguins are lucky to be living on such a GORGEOUS island!! Me and my Camera became best friends that day I couldnt stop taking snapshots of all of its beauty!! So here it is people a piece of australia in its beauty!!

Beautiful ay?? It took me as much as going to penguin island to realize how beautiful it really is here!! I spent these past couple weeks looking around thinking..um its ok..not amazing..but I definitely got a newsflash on this island!! :) Pretty much ive spent these last couple weeks trying to figure out why im even here and taking hardly ANY notice of my surroundings just my life at home..and well lets just say the journeys just begun!! Im now and officially ready to LIVE IT UP  to its fullest!! :)

The tourist!!

So here I am living the dream life Down under..And yet it is only the beginning!! Considering its week 2 I must say this is pretty much the most interesting past couple of weeks I have EVER had in my life!! ... (exaggerating) Pretty much I spent the week figuring out where on earth I am...hm has it hit me that im in Australia? Surrounded by people with some crazy lingo ? Living by a beautiful ocean? um..NO!! I would just say im currently living a surreal life at the moment! I would LOVE if reality hit me so I could enjoy the moments a bit more instead of spend my days looking a bit confused. I am currently living with a Maori family in new zealand..So here I am and American living in Australia..Learning Maori & Aussie Lingo. I wonder what kind of looks ill get with that mix of an Accent!! In fact.The Harris family and I have spent half the time weve spoken to each other staring at one another blankly..considering we can hardly understand each other underneath all the American/Maori accents. Most importantly though I must say I have the most beautiful kids to look after!!! (seriously their gorgeous) And the sweetest and most understanding family to live with!!

Of course it took getting used too but, now they currently introduce me to their little play mates as their "big Sister" .. and so I have now just adopted 2 new sibilings Little brother Tane and Little sister Maia :)
On the scale of my interesting couple of weeks I have now officially graduated from the Dolphin Driving School!! I now drive on the left hand side of the road and would prefer it more than driving on the right hand side!! First day was definitely interesting as the lady stormed up to the front door angry that I have taken so long to come outside (how was I supposed to know??) But, in the end we became friends!! She then invited me to hang out with her 30 year old daughter..haha!

Another interesting part of my life here down under so far would be my favorite gift in life which is..the Food!! Lets just say I cant wait to dig into a big American Flavorfilled Dish!! :) Its a good thing this family I currently live with has some good cooking or Id be a little lost in life. I did have a chance to eat a Mcdonalds meal lets just say..Mcdonalds is Mcdonalds.

Me and Ngakina thought we were nightowls considering we went out at 10 o clock at night to get Mcdonalds.. (yes that Is really really late here even for me) haha! Good times! The most interesting part of my couple weeks was my time at church!! So walking into church I thought hey..cool Im going to my YSA ward..No..I ended up in a family ward. And split off into a YSA group after sacrament made up of 10-15 people!! Shocking?? YES!! Of course I knew the churches wouldnt be as strong here but, I had no idea until I walked into church that day! But, I did meet lots of real nice people very friendly!! I had the chance to go on a river cruise around Perth as a big YSA activity!! And I must say these Aussies know how to PaRtY!! Lets just say that cruise ship was Jumpin!! Literally!! Me knowing hardly anybody..I sure made my rounds of groovin on the dance floor doing my own thing..of course I ran into people who just let me dance in there groups what can I say..Im in freakin Australia gotta live it up ay!

                                                     They Call childrens diapers "nappies"

                                                          Australian Bananas??..YUM!!

                                                  Only those who have know me well Understand
                                                  the true meaning of this photo :)

                                                       Money here is def more pretty than
                                                       U.S green dollars!!

                                                    Love them All such a sweet family!!

Anyways as much as id love to tell you readers my whole experience here so far ..lets just sum it up to pretty much amazing and def a life changing experience!! And its only the beginning:)