The one about our weekend



This was not actually part of the weekend, but something fun we wanted to share.  Jaret worked for a while in Louisiana when he first started working at Cameron.  There he met Graeme, who is from Scotland.  Well, when we went to Scotland for our honeymoon we met up with Graeme and his wife Tina.  And it just so happens that Graeme & Tina are in Perth visiting Graeme's son...so we met up again.  I told them we expect to see them now everytime we go to a different country :)

We forgot to take pictures this visit...but this is the picture from when we met up in Scotland in June.

 

Can't wait to see where we meet up again!!

 

 

 

So this weekend we finally got some beautiful weather after our first couple of days were windy and rainy.  People here said it was the worse weather they have had in years!

 

We went back into downtown mainly because I needed a cell phone and to explore some more.  There were several street performers...including this guy.

 

 

Part of downtown is an open mall with shops down both sides of the street.

 

They still wish you a Merry Christmas here instead of that Happy Holidays crud they are doing in the US!

 

And Perth even has these couple of gems from back home :)



Saturday night, we met up with my friend Courtney.  We have known each other forever, our brothers were really good friends growing up AND we both went to Arkansas, so I have another Hog around here.  Courtney was celebrating her birthday so we went out to dinner with her & her friends.
This is Courtney and her boyfriend, Phil.

 

Just before we got to the restaurant...Courtney texted and said Russell Brand was there...and what do you know, he was! This is the best picture we could get without being too obnoxious.  He is in the background right by Phil's shoulder :)

 

 

We ate dinner at one of the places in our hotel...it was very good! Jaret had swordfish, which I tried and actually liked!

 

They even had mac & cheese!!

 

We had a great time celebrating with Courtney and it was awesome re-connecting with her after several years!

 

Sunday morning when we woke up....Jaret was looking out the window of our room and told me to get over there quick.  I got there to see an entire family of black swans!

 

 

Once we got up and about we drove to meet Rob & Joanne and their kids for lunch.  I didn't get any pictures of Jaret driving, but he did very well on the left side of the road and got us where we needed to be safely!

We got to the restaurant and it was on the beach...so pretty!  And by the way...there had been a shark sighting about 20 min before we got there.

 

I think I am going to like it here :)