San Francisco 3 (Yachting on the Bay)

Here we are in San Francisco bay on Mike's yacht. He offered to take us out on the boat and of course we accepted, one of the best ways to see any city is from the water if it is there. Nicole (Bec's friend from Sydney) and Vicky (Nicole's friend who she is traveling with) joined us and we had a fantastic day sailing around the Bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge and then across to Angel Island where we pulled the sails down and had some lunch and wine. Many thanks to Mike for taking us out on his boat, we all had a cracking day and the weather was great, even managed a bit of sunburn to boot.

San Francisco 2 (The Gallaghers)

The Gallagher's are my cousins on my Dad's side. They live in SFO and I called up Jim and told him I was coming out and wanted to meet him. Three of my Dad's first cousins are in the photo above including Jim (top far left), Mike (bottom second left) and Mary (bottom far right). Also in the picture is Mike's son Eamonn (top second right), Eamonn's wife and his daughter on Mike's knee. This was taken at Jim's place after we had a fantastic feed and many bottles of wine. Top people and great to catch up with family so far from Australia, England & Eire. Seems we have much in common which is great to know seeing as they are family. Most notable similarities are the sense of humour and fondness for a drink, the drinking gene is definatley in this side of the family. Thanks to all the Gallaghers for their hospitality, it was awesome.

San Francisco 1 (Golden Gate Bridge)

San Francisco Saturday morning. Got up real early and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. Yes it really is that impressive. I carried on North for 30 minutes and went into Muir Woods to see 1,000 year old Redwood trees. Came back to the city for lunch and shopping (Zara) and hung around in Union Square for the afternoon having a few beers and watching the city life. Very relaxed and cool place her in SFO but it is huge. Off for a big night with the Gallagher's tonight. See next post for more details.

Salt Lake City

From Vancouver I traveled to Salt Lake City in Utah for two days. Surrounded by beautiful mountains on all sides this is the only photo I took in the city. Here I am at the airport on my way out to San Francisco for the weekend.

MUCH MORE INTERESTING PHOTOS TO COME FROM SFO

Ds in Vancouver

I'll be sending the next couple of posts from North America as im here for the next couple of weeks for work. So sorry no pictures of Bec and her growing belly for the next 2 weeks, just scenery and commentary from my travels. In Vancover BC at present so the photo above is from my hotel room. Looks pretty gloomy but its actually a top city. Had a busy day in the office but managed to breakout for a couple of beers and a feed tonight. I am off to Salt Lake City tomorrow so watch out for the next post from Mormon country.

Week 35

Here we are in week 35 before we go to another wedding. I am off to Canada and the US on Monday so Bec is fending for herself for two weeks. Our Doc has already told us that Sean / Zara will not be arriving early so hopefully no rushed trip home from San Francisco. This has been Bec's first week off work but she certainly has been busy preparing the nursery.

Easter in Sydney (post lunch)

After lunch pictures above on same Easter lunch. I was asleep by this point on the couch as the kids got stuck into more presents. Left to right in bottom photo above is Mia, Kian, Aidan & Mikhaila all getting very excited about an egg that was almost as large as them. In the top photo Aidan is with the Easter bunny that arrived with one of his eggs. No pictures of me this Easter im afraid, wasn't in good shape after the day at the races so more to come next week.

Easter in Sydney

Sorry no photos of me at the races in Randwick yerterday but it wasn't really a family affair anyway, lots of eating and drinking. Here we are today on Easter Sunday at Natasha's parents place just bfore lunch. in the first photo is Aidan & Mikhaila are getting stuck into one of the presents they received. In the second photo Aidan is bonding with Sean/Zara who he now knows is in Bec's tummy and will be arriving soon. Had a cracking lunch with all the usual trimmings of lunch at this house. Lobster, smoked salmon, oysters all washed down with some great wine. Here Bec is 34 weeks.