Monday, November 28, 2011

Fun at Palm Beach

A hang glider landed at the beach, so I watched a little as he took everything down. He had to be a least 75 years old!!! It was AMAZING! That "sport" is very dangerous!

Josh took the kids on a little walk while I stayed with all the "stuff". They were on this rock that jetted out pretty far into the ocean, so I zoomed in and took a picture. It was pretty blurry because I had to zoom in so far, so I had fun with it.
There they are!
The fog is beginning to clear up

Boogie Boarding

Doing some boogie boarding on daddy's new birthday gift! ;)




Palm Beach

Two weekends ago we went to Palm Beach to check that one out. It was gorgeous, but when I was taking these pictures in the morning it was very foggy! By noon or so the fog had cleared and we were able to see out farther. The kids had a great time playing in the sand and ocean.

perfect sand

Monday, November 21, 2011

Until next time!

The zoo is on a hill, so you gradually work your way down. They have a lift at the bottom that you can ride back up to the top! Very convenient, AND a great way to get a birds eye view of the zoo and the beautiful scenery. A great end to a great day!

A giant seal
Mr. Silverback! His head was HUGE!
momma with her baby
some of the gorillas, waiting for their feeding time.

Koalas....again!

We found a cool spot for pictures, but the lighting wasn't right. It was MUCH prettier in person, oh well!At least we were able to get a shot of the 4 of us!

Grace in front of the koalas - still LOVE the koalas, but it's SO much cooler to see them at Featherdale where you can pet them!!
Adorable!
We thought this was pretty funny how he was sleeping! Doesn't look very comfortable to me!

monkey-ing around!

cute picture of the kids in front of a cassowary
Lance pretending to be a monkey
Grace pretending to be a monkey!
in front of the gorilla cage
Grace wanted to take a picture of us - she did pretty good!

zoo!

Of course we had to get some pictures of Grace's favorite animal - the zebra!

In front of the zebras
a view near where the mountain goats live
can you spy all the mountain goats?!

New baby Tigers

3 new baby tigers were born on August 27th, so they were only out to view at certain times. They were really cute and mama Tiger was VERY alert to all of us!

the three tigers playing together

She was looking right at me!! Scary!!
A big brown bear, probably the last one to be in any zoo in Australia

Taronga Zoo

Two weekends ago we went to visit Taronga Zoo in Sydney - always doing the "tourist" thing! It was the most beautiful zoo we have ever been to! The views of Sydney are amazing and we had a lot of fun visiting all of the animals.
This is the view the giraffes get from their homes! Must be nice! Can you see the Opera House in the background?
Our little giraffes - they were giving these masks away at the entrance - ha!
View as you start the zoo - you can see the Opera House and part of the Harbor Bridge in the distance. Gorgeous!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

School Pictures

Since 2nd Grade is only about 3.5 weeks away from being finished, I thought I would take a couple of pictures of her "school pictures" to share with everyone. This way, you can also see her teacher and the other students in her class. Fortunately for us, the pictures that were first taken at the beginning of the year (before we were here) didn't turn out, so they had to redo all of them - class pictures included!!!! Yeah!!! This meant that Grace was able to be in the class pictures and everything - I was SOOOO HAPPY!! Otherwise we wouldn't have had any "professional" pictures taken for her 2nd grade year, nor any of her class. It worked out perfect for us! Aren't they all so cute in their matching outfits?? Hilarious! Never thought my kids would be wearing uniforms to school.....
Top left is the school principal, Dr. Boyce (Prep-Grade 12), the next lady is Mrs. Caldwallader (head of Junior(Elementary) school, and Mrs. Stephens is Grace's teacher.

Grace's class (there are actually 3 -2nd Grade classes)

Vegemite!!

In case you've never hear of it.....Vegemite is a very popular item here in Australia! I have yet to try it - I'm very scared!! Josh tried it, did not like it, and same for Grace. HOWEVER.....Lance "accidentally" had a Vegemite sandwich at music class and LOVED it!! I couldn't believe it! Now he actually asks for it sometimes for lunch - I just HAD to take a picture! Enjoy! ;)
(This was actually taken about 3 weeks ago)


crazy kid!