Say Hello to the newest Surfer in town!

Hey Everyone! I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend!! We just wanted to say a quick hello to my buddy Brendan who just proposed to his new fiancee Jen last week!! (she said yes... poor girl) just kidding, Congrats guys!! And also to my cousin Ryan Peardon who is going through chemo and a stem cell transplant these past few weeks... he is doing well so far and I know he'll get over this cancer stuff.
Alright, time for the update. Well this weekend we had a big road trip planned to go down south with Barry and Lynz, but after deciding back and forth about 8 times we called it off... it was just too busy this easter weekend. So instead Erynn and I went to Penguin Island 50kms south of Perth. It wasn't quite the big road trip we had planned but it was nice to get out of the city. We didn't see any wild penguins cause they were all out feeding and only return at night. So we had to make do with the captive ones. We got up nice and close and got to see a feeding which was pretty cool. Erynn wants one as a pet now... one more thing to smuggle back home... great.

On Monday I signed up for a 2 day surf camp in Lancelin - about 150kms north of Perth. I figured that I had better learn soon since we only have 4 months till Hawaii. Erynn wasnt too keen on learning and its a bit pricey so she stayed at the hostel plus she worked Tuesday. I am still sooo pooped out right now... I was surfing for about 6 hours a day, and I was always last one out of the water. I am actually pretty good at it too.... it's alot like snowboarding... just when you wipe out its a bit harder to breath n stuff. The coaches moved me up two levels to the harder/smaller boards so I could turn and control them way easier. The water is soo beautiful too!! Its a really light green and the waves are huge!!! well 6-8 feet anyway... big enough for me. I did have a few good wipe outs though haha.... one of them even ripped the leash (rope that attaches you to the board) off my ankle, another time I caught the board right in the nose, its still a little bruised, but no blood!! Usually I bleed pretty easily. My hands are really raw from gripping the board, because you get smashed by about 8 waves on the way out before you are far enough out to catch a big one... I went out a bit further than most... :)
I felt pretty bad telling Erynn what a great time I had when I got back... I guess on Monday everything was closed and she had absolutely nothing to do all day... I wonder how she is gonna react when I tell her that I am going surfing Friday since I don't work... hee hee.
well thats about it for now!
Oh on a side note me and Erynn have become quite the little masters of chop sticks!! there is a little Japanese restaurant we frequent and can down a bowl of chicken and rice with no problems at all!! I thought I would share that with everyone... we are pretty impressed with ourselves! : )
Only a few more weeks in Perth and then we head north!!! I won't give too much away on what we are gonna do, so everyone will have to stay tuned...
and as Ryan would say: Keep fit and Have Fun!

Nate & Erynn