Golfing with Kangaroos

In the beach town across the street from our hotel was a golf course. We were out walking around at night and noticed the kangaroos on the course and figured they just came out at night. Travis went golfing the next morning and found out that they are there all the time. He said you have to be really careful not to hit them. He also said you have to watch where you step as there is kangaroo poo everywhere.

Theres Trav's ball on the green

I think that is so cute the Joey with its mom

Road Trip

Christmas night we drove five hours to the coast of New South Wales on our way to Sydney. We stopped along the way and stayed in a little beach town for a few days, I cant remember the name of the town. It was a really cute place with very pretty beaches. After a few days in the beach town we drove to Sydney. The drive was so pretty I was trying to get a picture of the view as we drove but the pictures didn't turn out. It really was so amazing how pretty the drive was. We were driving through the Snowy Mountains (were the Man From Snowy River was filmed) which as beautiful and then there were lake everywhere and the ocean. It reminded us of the drive to Lake Tahoe only with more lakes. It took us a lot longer to drive along the coast then taking the freeway but it was well worth it.

These are our summery beach sandmen we made

There was the most beautiful sunset, but we were a little late getting a picture of it.

Christmas

These are the PJ's the kids got from Grams & Gramps on Christmas Eve.
The kids walking into the room were all the Santa gifts are. I love Brady's expression.

We had a very nice day the kids had so much fun playing with their toys and just hanging out at home.

Christmas in the City

We went into Melbourne to see all the Christmas decorations. They have Christmas windows at Myer Department store but the line was crazy long so we just looked at them from over everyones head, but they were neat. We checked out some other Christmas decorations and then went and saw a movie. It turned out to be a really fun day.

The Christmas Tree

On December 19th we moved to another house in the area we are living so we didn't have our Christmas tree up. We got everything moved and mostly set up and put away and then we put up our Christmas tree. The kids were very good about waiting all December till we moved before we put the tree up. We had a nice night listening to Christmas music and decorating the tree. It is kind of a silly looking tree but the kids think its great. After we finished the tree we pulled Bon Bons.

This is the kids pulling the last Bon Bon. They are little gifts that you pull apart and they make a poping sound (like when you open dough) when they brake. They all have a little toy in them and a paper crown, which the kids are wearing. They are a big thing here and everybody loves them.

Brady's Last Day of School

This is Brady's last day of school. Here are a few pictures of some of his friends. He had a good year learned a lot and made lots of friends.
This is Lauren the girl Brady is going to marry.

Blake's Christmas Program

This is Blake's last day of school and his Christmas program. They sang Christmas songs for the program and also some of their favorite songs from the year. It was very cute and Blake did a great job singing. He knew all the words and had a big smile on his face. After the program the kids gave the parents the gift they had made for us, they ate lunch, and then went outside to play. It was a nice day and Abby had a lot of fun too. She cant wait to go to school there. In Australia schools all the kids have to wear hats when they are outside during the sunny terms. A guess they have had a lot of problems with skin cancer here so they try to teach the kids young about sun safety.