Day Seventeen: August 24, 2010: Our last full day here :( leaving early tomorrow- 6:15 am to start the airplane marathon. At least it's less planes than getting here. Melbourne-LAX-Edmonton. Today we did a little shopping in chinatown, Athur got a bunch of movies and anime and stuff, I got the Japanese version of Step up2 called rock the floor, I think. Afterwards wthe weather got really rainy and we ended up just hanging out with the family in their hotel room,...

Day Sixteen: August 23, 2010: Back in Melbourne! Yesterday night Bess and Jerick opened all their gifts, they got alot of nice things. Today we checked out of Silverwater and headed back to Melbourne. On the way back the "most reliable bus in the fleet" broke down, leaving us stranded on the highway for a hour or so until another bus and tow truck came out to get us. When we got back to Melbourne Arthur and I went shopping, Art got a new hat and I go...

Day Fifteen: August 22, 2010: Today was a nice relaxing day. Our last day on Phillip Island. We had a good yumy brunch with the family and some of the wedding guests that were still in the area in Bess and Jerick's big hotel room. After brunch we went swimming for a couple hours. The pool here is very nice. After swimming we headed back to Bess and Jerick's hotel room to relax. Most of everyone was in town or on a tour. Arthur and I started cooking dinner, we mad...

Day thirteen: August 20, 2010: The hen's night for Bess was fun last night. Us girls ate alot, drank, did our nails, then the guys came back to join us. Today we spent the most of the day with all the family getting stuff ready for the wedding. I spent the day babysitting baby Leo so that Bess had time to do wedding stuff without a baby attached to her hips all day. The afternoon was booked for family pictures and the evening was the rehersal. The rehersal was ...

Day tweleve: August 19, 2010: Today we left Melbourne for Phillip Island for the begining of wedding festivities. There was a mix up with the bus that was supposed to pick everyone up at the hotel. They were supposed to be there at 10am, finally showed up at 12:15pm. So we got off to a late start and did not have time to go see the penguins before getting to the resort. Oh well. So far today has been a do nothing day at the resort, which is fine, as I am a little...