Happy Anniversary to Us

Last Thursday was our wedding anniversary. Six years. We got married exactly a year after Aarahi returned from his mission. He chose the date, it was a Thursday too. For this anniversary Aarahi surprised me by taking two days off work so we could spend a long weekend together celebrating the day our family became eternal. The day started out much like our wedding day. It was drizzling, overcast but still really warm. We drove to the temple...this time with 3 kids in tow. It was important to us to show our children that the temple was an important part of our family's history. Even though it wasn't the temple we were married in, the feelings and covenants made are the same. After the temple we went to get some milkshakes. They looked pretty delicious but to be honest they were rather sickly and gross. I only had two sips. The kids enjoyed them though. We carried on up into the Dandenong Ranges which is BEAUTIFUL. I told Aarahi I was going to buy a house there. He rolled his eyes and said whatever. (I actually came home to see how much it would cost..not too bad) We visited a place called Sky High which is nestled right in the top on the ranges. We took the kids through the hedge maze which they loved and went on a little bush walk. We finished our trip with lunch at the restaurant with some AMAZING views.

On Friday we went into the city to the National Gallery of Victoria. The had some really neat kids activities on. I felt sorry for the security workers there were a tonne of kids there and they were trying to keep them from touching and getting too close. It was a terrible place to take a bunch of kids really, but once you got past the exhibition parts to the outside it was really neat. They had these big bean bag things laid out on the lawn and it looked super foggy from the water sprayers they had going. The kids really enjoyed running through them. There was this one kids the took off all her clothes and was running around naked. Her mum was surprised and kicked a huge stink when they told her to put clothes on her child.

Later on Friday night my cousin Sotarah came over to watch the kids so Aarahi and I couold go out for dinner. We went to an amazing Korean place. We have lived in Melbourne for almost 6 years now and never really understood the "food capital of Australia" thing. Sure there is nice food but nothing that spectacular. Aarahi says I am hard to impress because I have grown up with amazing food. I can't deny that, Mum, Teri and Mel are all incredible cooks. I remember even when we had no money Teri could make the most amazing curries and stews with next to nothing. But this Korean place was delicious! If you come to Melbourne some time we will take you.

On Sunday afternoon we skyped to watch Aarahi's niece Shinehah open her Mission Call. She is going to Iloilo Philippines mission. Which is the same mission two of Aarahi brothers served in. I was rooting for the Netherlands but no one was on my team, the general consensus seemed to be Auckland or Philippines.