Last time we wrote we were talking about Jenny coming out. She was here and gone with the blink of an eye. One week was definitely not enough time with her! There was a little hick up before she got here, but she got here. Merrick and I had bought her ticket, made sure she knew what to do, told her what to bring, and told her to pay attention to all the details. Well, that bit us in the butt. We had no idea that you needed a visa to enter Australia. We thought it was visa upon arrival like most of the places we have been. We were wrong. We received a phone call at 3am (our time) and it was Debbie telling us that Jenny can't get on the plane because she didn't have a visa. Well, Merrick and I are cussing up a storm saying that they are wrong and they needed to get her on the plane.
After some 30 minutes of looking on the internet, we realize that she in fact needed a visa. Long story short she applies for it on-line and the visa went through 20 minutes after flight took off. She missed her flight. We had paid for a an expensive round trip ticket from Greer to GSP. We called the airlines, paid a lot more and got her flight changed to the next day.
We had a girls weekend planned in Sydney with my friend Jenna. When we got to there we had a great time! We went and did the typical site seeing things like the Sydney Harbor Bridge, Opera House, and Toronga Zoo (where we saw Paris Hilton). It was a quick trip and since Jenny lost a day traveling we didn't get to achieve as much as we wanted, but had a great time!!
When we got back to Perth, Jenny had a bad case of jet lag and would pass out around 830pm every night and wake up about 6am in the morning and wake us up! "CAPPUCCINO 2 SUGARS!" -Jenny Fogle's saying of the week!
Hey guys. Im 30 now. First of all i just want to thank all of you that made the video clips for me, they were hilarious. It was a nice surprise to see how many of friends and family like me. Secondly, we had a special visitor out here this month (my sister). We took her around to all the hot spots here in Perth and also got her to eat some ox tongue when we took her to eat korean bbq. Anyhow, i just want to say hello to everyone and that i miss you guys. Hope all is well back home and we will see you hopefully in September!!! -- Merrick
But, other that we haven't been up to much. Since I have started working and making daddy some of that cheddar we have just been saving up for our next trip. We are looking at taking a small trip to either Indonesia or Fiji in June for our late bday presents to each other. And plan a major trip to Japan sometime at the beginning of next year. I have been waiting to get back there since i've been a little girl! We are going to fit in some skiing and lots of reminiscing of my childhood! I can't wait to eat some ramen and ice candy!
We have decided about 85% that we will be home September 13th -October 7th!! We of course had to wait until we got all the sport schedules to decide on when to come home. We wanted to see the Braves before Chipper retired, Panther games since Merrick is a season ticket holder and we are actually supposed to be good this year, and throw in some Clemson games.
We also were thinking about renting a beach house for a long weekend in Charleston so that I can eat Papa ZuZu's, Santi's, and drink Kudu coffee. Merrick wants Pearlz and Ranger IPA. I cannot wait to be back with everyone!! Keep your calendars open people cause we are going to be throwing ourselves at you!
Hope everyone is well and thank you again for all that you guys do to make us feel loved!!
