6 Days Left!

6 days from now Jack and I will be heading to the Outback!  I feel like a child on Christmas morning.  I can't sleep because I am so excited.  I feel like there are a million things left for me to do before we leave.  I am slowly but surely checking them off.  One thing that I really wanted to get taken care of was obtaining a International Drivers License.  I had to show my US license, 2 passport type pictures and complete the application.  The cost was only $25.00 and the license is good for 1 year!  I am officially an International Driver.  Stay off the streets of Australia! Big thanks to Aunt Karen for all the great travel tips, they have helped a lot!

Jack received a b-day package in the mail last night!  How cute is this!

What a perfect gift for my little cowboy on our Australian Adventure!  Thanks so much Aunt M and Uncle E! 

I am working on a list of all the places/things that I want to take Jack to see while we are there!  Any suggestions, comments or travel tips would be greatly appreciated! 

I'll leave you with the prayer of my patron Saint Francis of Assisi (one of my very favorites)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen