An Adventure in Nerdiness: What it's like to be married to an engineer

A nerd (adjective: nerdy) is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.

 

To Sanna and Riley, Love Cinderella

Dear Sanna and Riley,

Everyone here is SO excited for their big trip to America!  Aunt Katie and Uncle Nick have been packed for days now but Simon and Reggie did most of their packing today.  Take a look!

Simon wrapping a Christmas gift.

What's gonna work? TEEEAAAMMM work!

Packing their suitcase.

Showing off their airplane tickets.

We can't wait to SEE YOU SOON!

Love,
Cinderella

Cania Gorge

Nick and I ventured from the coast this Sunday and drove two hours west to Cania Gorge National Park.  The drive was beautiful, cutting through cattle grazing land where cows walked right up to the car.  The road turned from a two lane paved road, to a one lane paved road (where you were forced off the road if someone was coming in the opposite direction), to a gravel road.  

The park was really pretty and offered many “bush walks” throughout.  It featured several caves and aboriginal rock art from thousands of years ago.  Overall, a great way to fill a Sunday!

Boing, Boing, Boing

We thought we better get out of his way!

Tannuum Revisited

Back to Tannuum Sands to fill a Sunday afternoon...

Some type of swim club...not exactly sure but it seems very "Australian"

We liked their swim caps

The lifeguards wore the hats too

Thanksgiving

This year Nick and I were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with our Gladstone friends.  26 people in total gathered at a friend’s cattle ranch set on 9500 acres of land...9500 acres!  It was a beautiful property, my favorite part being the 100 year old Queenslander the couple lives in.  We are so grateful to our Australian host for allowing 24 crazy American’s, talking nonsense about pilgrims and Indians, into their home (this holiday must seem a little bizarre if you did not grow up celebrating it). 

 

It was fun to share with our hosts our typical Thanksgiving traditions including expressing what we are thankful for.  Nick and I both expressed how thankful we are to have supportive families as well as new friends in Gladstone that can provide comfort while we are so far away from home.  Oh, and also for the Purdue victory against IU.  Boiler Up!

The meal was very traditional with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits and every kind of pie you can think of.  Because of the wonderful food, surroundings and company I’m sure it will be a Thanksgiving we will never forget.

Nick got very creative with his pie making...notice the Purdue "P" and the Mayflower Compact, haha.

Getting out there was half the fun