I've decided I'm going to stop apologizing about forgetting to/being too busy to update this and just say it once more here and then just let you know that any other time that I don't update I'm sorry. "I'm sorry I didn't update the blog". Okay. Moving on now.

Today was Juhaan's birthday! We had cake and made cards and it was really fun!

I went to King's Park like a week and a half ago and didn't tell you guys about it! It was BEAUTIFUL. It is similar to the Conservatory in Columbus but it's bigger and in Australia..and has several memorials as well as Aboriginal significance in parts. Fun fact - Just 2 years after they established government here they decided that they needed to set up a place in the city to preserve the wildlife! King's park is about the size of St. Joe's (in MN) township lines. Here are some pictures: (I had some trouble uploading so they aren't in order that they were taken)

 On the free ferry back from Perth to Freo. It was free because the train was not running for the week. It's about a half an hour ferry ride. Margaret, Sarah and I were given Duncan's number on the way back. He was a funny, awkward, ginger Aussie with a huge beard. But he gave us discounts on our muffins and lattes!

 Going into Perth in the morning!

 Love Locks! Started in China. There were tons!

 We went to London Court which is basically Diagon Alley...It's old english street that has shops and stuff!

 Sarah and I at the entrance to London Court.

 Pretty flowers in Kings Park! There were so many beautiful ones!

 The Africa tree in Australia! For a reference on how tall it is - the green bush thing in front of it is taller than I am. And it isn't a bush, it's a little tree.

 A lot of their trees have like super smooth bark - I don't know if I would even call it bark actually.

 Jacob's ladder. So many stairs and it's super steep. People use it to work out on. We went all the way down and back up again and were sweaty and panting by the time we got to the top again.

 Giant tree at the bottom of Jacob's ladder.

 Perth!

 More flowers!

 One of the memorials at Kings Park, it was beautiful and very powerful.

It is so windy in Perth/Freo that trees often grow sideways so that they don't have to fight the wind. The tree I'm standing on grew that way, it wasn't knocked down or anything.