Happy Birthday To Me!

Paul and I spent the weekend celebrating my birthday! Saturday night we went to the Crown Casino and actually left with a profit! It was very small, but it was still more than we went in with! Sunday we went to a market, and to Williamstown for lunch. We were going to go on a boat ride, but it seems that they don't do that anymore. At least not with the boat Paul wanted to take me on. We walked on the dock and took some pictures of the city. We also went to a lolly shop and I found some Dr Pepper, root beer, and some Reece's!! Sunday night, we picked up the kids and went to dinner at the Watergardens Hotel. It is a buffet and the kids loved being able to go get whatever they wanted! The play room was an added bonus for them too! I had a great first birthday in Australia!




The view of Melbourne from Williamstown.









Paul got me these beautiful roses!

We got the house!

Paul got the call yesterday that we got the house! This is the house that I really wanted, I'm so excited! It is still being built so we can't move in until mid-late August. We won't have any pictures until that time, either, but I will post some as soon as I get them! As much as I am dreading packing everything up, I am excited to be able to set up the new house however I want it! We will finally get out new bedroom set that we bought, and our fridge, washing machine, and microwave! We are also getting frames made for some of our wedding photos. I wanted the three 8 x 10's put into one frame, but couldn't find any anywhere like that. We're also getting one made for the 11 x 14 picture. Those should be done around the same time as the house!

RIP Morgan

7/25/95-7/20/09 I love you!

Geelong

On Sunday, Paul, the kids, and I took a drive to Geelong. I love going to the water! We had a great day, walking along the beach and letting the kids play on the playground. It was very windy, but fun!




I saw my first jellyfish!

And then tons more all along the beach!








It was windy.


Very windy!




The beautiful water in Geelong!


Andrew acting like Andrew!


Posing on the way to the playground.


We got Andrew to stop running around long
enough to get a picture!

And I found this!!!:

I don't care that it cost $3 and was a tiny can, I bought it anyway!

My first footy game!

Friday, July 10, Paul, the kids and I, along with BIL, SIL and our nephews, went to the Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood Magpies AFL game. I didn't really know much about the game, but was excited to go! It was a fun night out, even though I still don't know much about it! The Bulldogs lost by one point - 111 to 110! Chelsea was extremely happy since she is a Collingwood fan and was rubbing it in our faces that we were going to lose!

Paul and Andrew



If you look closely, you can see the yellow footy
going through the posts as the Bulldogs score!

I also made my first loaf of bread on my new bread maker!!

It was sooo good!

Mini-Vacation

Paul had off on Wednesday and Thursday this week, so we took a mini-vacation! We left around noon on Wednesday and just drove around. We went to the Mornington Peninsula and then ended up staying on Philip Island. On Thursday, we went to see some animals. We were able to feed and pet some of them. We loved it! We also went to the Nobbies. We've tried to go there twice before, but it was always too late when we got there so it was closed. We didn't get to see any seals, but the view was beautiful! On the way back home we stopped at a chocolate factory. We didn't take the tour, but did get some nice chocolate to bring home. I was able to take a ton of pictures!



The Nobbies






Tasmanian Devil!

Family





Look at the joey!

He kept popping out for a look!

Wombat

They were very active at this point!

A younger joey


We had some pelicans in the background.

This little guy kept following us around for food!

The best I could get while riding in the car.

Happy 4th of July!

I found an American food store that is located in Melbourne that I really wanted to go to! It took an hour to get there but it was worth it! Everything was so expensive, which I expected. I got a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper for $20 Australian. I also got some mayo, a couple Butterfingers and Capt'n Crunch. I would have gotten more, but it was so crowded we could hardly move, let alone browse for things.

We also bought this:


We pulled into a parking lot to look at a map and try to find the road for the food store. We just happened to pull in front of a Clive Peeters and Sleep City. We of course had to go in! We ended up getting a crockpot, mini mixer, and a breadmaker at Clive Peeters. We had been looking for a bedroom set all week, but everything was so expensive. Sleep City had a 30% off sale so we decided to look there. Right away we found this Tokyo set and we both loved it. The price was perfect so we couldn't say no. We also got a mattress that we desperately needed! They will hold on to it until we move and just deliver it to the new house.