We have finally arrived

Well it took 16 and a half hours to get from Portland to Sydney but we finally arrived Friday night at 7 pm Sydney time or 2 am Friday morning Portland time. The two flights we took were very long but also lots of fun, filled with movies, games, reading, ipods and eating. Plus we had the hudreds of "are we there yet". In all the kids did great and we all had fun.


On the ride back to my brothers house the kids got the go over the Habour Bridge and Gavin finally got to see "Oprahs House" or in Australia known as the Opera House. Once we arrived at our final destination, my brothers house, all the cousins were there for Gabbie and Gavin to play with, and they were in heaven. It was great to see all the family, especially my sisters kids as they were only babies when we were here in 2000.


We finally go to bed at 11:30 pm Sydney time, which was 6:30 am in Portland. We were all very tired after being up for just over 24 hours, but after a good nights rest everyone is ready for a day of fun playing around the house before we head out and explore Sydney tomorrow.

Take Care the Gatelys

Only Two more days

Well we are off in two more days. Everything is just about squared away here so I think we are set. For the several people that got on and tried to leave a comment, I have fixed it up so it should be a little easier now.

We are especially happy to be heading off with the Beavers winning the Baseball world series. Now we just have to get our new championship t-shirts to spread the news about Beaver Nation downunder.

Well take care.

The Gately's

Only eight more days until we head on our big vacation. Today was more of our preparation for the trip. The biggest thing was finally getting Gabbie and Gavin's Australian passport. We now have all the documents needed for the trip, Stephanie is feeling a little lonely with only one passport.

The biggest news of the day is the Beavers beating the anteaters of UC Irvine and now are only two wins away from a repeat of the College World Series. Hopefully we'll be celebrating by next Monday. Go Beavs.

Well its back to cleaning, organizing and packing.

Welcome to the Gately Family Blog

We would like to welcome you all to our family blog. Stephanie and I are trying to come into the 21st century with this Blog.

Our hope is to keep a dairy of our vacation to Australia and Hawaii. Over the six weeks that we are gone we will experience a lot of exciting things with Gabbie and Gavin, so this is a way that you can keep up with our endeavors. Our plan is to try and update this on a daily basis or at least when we are around a computer. Also we hope that we can add some pictures to the blog so you can see some of the things we will be seeing.

We are leaving on June 28th and will get to Sydney at 7:00 pm on the 29th, which will be around 1:00 am on the 29th Portland time. We will be in Australia until July 25th, when we will head to Kauai, Hawaii. Arriving on the 25th and staying with Nonnie and Poppa(Stephanie's parents) until we finally come home on August 8th. A lot of travelling and hopefully a lot of fun.

Once again, thank you for visiting our Blog. We look forward to update everyone on our exciting adventure.

Take Care

Stephanie, Phil, Gabbie and Gavin.