An Aussie Easter ♥

on the top is a beautiful tree when you first walk into the park and on the bottom is the beautiful view from the park of the city of Perth. it was such a gorgeous day!

this is a really cool bridge as high as the trees where there were beautiful views of the ocean and city as well!

this is almost all of cleos. we had such a good time going with nic, our house mum, who showed us around!

So it was an Aussie Easter at its best this weekend. It all started with a great Good Friday off. We headed over to Kings Park and it was gorgeous! This is a park nestled high above the good city of Perth and it was beautiful! The trees were gorgeous and the beautiful national holiday of Good Friday brought everyone out to the park for some good old fashion fun. We walked around and finally managed to find a spot in the shade to sit and people watch and play some frisbee. This was such a gorgeous day!


Easter Sunday was pretty amazing as well. I was a little nervous has it approached because I knew that I was going to miss my family. But it went really well. We woke up to some heavy rain and by the time we showered and ready for 8 o clock mass the rain had stopped and we were able to walk to mass without a problem. The day also started with a nice little Easter Egg/Basket hunt that our house mum Nic put together for us. We had to find our chocolate egg which led us to our basket. My egg was upstairs on the balcony and the clue read 'Fall Down Stairs Much? Need A Band-aid?' and so I immediately ran to the first aid kit finding my basket and some band-aids. It was a lot of fun and a good way to start the morning!

After mass it was a busy busy day. I got back and was ready to bake! I was put in charge of desserts with Lacey, Jenny, and Jessi. It was so much fun! Lacey and I the day before went to the market and shopped galore! That night Lacey and I made strawberry shortcakes and the next morning we made a delicious Australian dessert called, Pavlova. It was SOO GOOD! and we were so proud of ourselves because all of our Australian guests thought it was so good! So after we baked away Sunday morning we were ready for the meal and all our guests! We had our 21 from Cleos and 11 guests who were family and friends that joined us, so 32 all together. For appetizers we had deviled eggs, cheese and crackers, fruit, 7 layer bean dip, and other goodies. For our main dish and side dishes we had lemon pepper chicken, ham, quiche, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, a green salad, and more fruit! For dessert we ended up having strawberry shortcake, Pavlova, Keylime Pie (which more was like lime pie because they don't have keylime juice in Australia) and a cake shaped like a bunny. IT WAS SO GOOD.
We ate enough for a small army, but it was delicious! Best meal ever, well at least up there on the list. After wards we were all ready for bed. It was only 6:30 and I was already falling asleep. It was a long and busy day! But it ended up being a really great Easter and although I missed my family and Easter with them, I had a good time with my Cleo's family.

Easter Sunday with my Cleo's girls.

Heather, Lacey and Me.

This was a beautiful Easter table setting.
The tables are in an 'E'

This is Lacey and I with our really good Australian Dessert, Pavlova!!

This is our Bunny Cake!

I am having so much fun here! Thursday we leave for a great road trip adventure down south and come home Sunday and then the following Tuesday we leave for Broome (the outback) for our week long home-stay experience with an Aboriginal community. So many adventures that are coming our way, I am so excited! We are almost half way through our semester here in Freo, and the end is approaching quickly! I am excited to go home but I am going to miss Freo and Australia so much. But I am still here for awhile longer, so no need to be thinking about it now!
Till next time! I love you all!