Date Night

Matt's PhD student, Kristina, offered to watch our kids so we could go on a date night. The kids LOVE her and couldn't wait for her to babysit. Rylie wrote out a schedule of what they wanted to do with Kristina for when she watched them. We felt so blessed to be able to have a date night in a foreign country and leave our kids with someone we trusted!

We made reservations at JellyFish, an amazing seafood restaurant right by the Story Bridge. 

We took a City Cat to get there. It was a great night!!

Here is our view of the Story Bridge from our table!

There were so many delicious items on the menu so we asked the server to recommend something. He suggested the Baramundi fish. I love Baramundi, but had only had a fillet. So when my meal came out with an entire fish on my plate my mouth dropped! But it was delicious and I'm so glad I got it for my meal.

It was so nice to have a date towards the end of our trip. It was nice to chat and reflect on the things we had learned about ourselves and our marriage and raising kids from being on sabbatical. It was amazing to see how we had grown and changed. God is so good to have given us great perspective at this point in our lives and Matt's career. We are so grateful for this time in our lives.

We walked home through the Botanic Gardens and over the Goodwill Bridge, past South Bank. 

We stopped at Messina for dessert before walking home. 

When we got home the kids were still awake, they were reading in bed,

and I found this sweet note from Rylie.