Catch-up

Finally!  I finally have updated the blog for the last month or so.  Almost the entire month of August is new and there are even a few new posts at the end of July.  Thanks for your patience and enjoy!

Hours and hours of fun

Well, maybe not hours and hours of fun.  But, at least five to ten minutes.

Alexis loves to watch the washing machine and dryer.  It's so funny to watch her bang the door and laugh as the clothes go in a circle.

Daddy's Day (& Church #38)

Today was Father's Day in Australia.  And it was John's first Father's Day!  Alexis and I had fun making him a homemade card and he got his first 'Daddy's Day' tie.  I know its cliche to give your dad a tie for Father's Day, but I came across the perfect tie for John when we were in Sydney.  It's designed by Ken Done (a famous Australian artist) and its all fish!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

John and Alexis ready for church (and John's new tie).

Spaghetti Night

Tonight Alexis got to eat spaghetti for the first time.  She seemed to like it, but I don't know how much she actually got in her mouth.  She sure had fun making a mess.

Church #37

It's kind of hard to see in the picture, but those are pink flamingos embroidered on her dress.

On a side note, all of our visitors have left.  We miss Nana and Auntie, especially Alexis.  At least once a day she crawls around murmuring "Nana, Nana, Nana".  It's really cute and kind of sad at the same time.  It will be nice though to get on a regular routine again, but it will have to wait a few days because both Alexis and John aren't feeling well.  We're so glad that my mom and sister could come for a visit.  It was a fun month.

Balgal Beach

Today Christina, Alexis and I went to Balgal Beach, part of the Northern Beaches area of Townsville.  Before the beach, we stopped off at Frosty Mango for lunch and the best ice cream around.  When we got to the beach we were the only ones there, we literally had the whole beach to ourselves.  It was fantastic. 

Billabong Sanctuary

Today we went to Billabong Sanctuary so that Christina could see some of the native Australian animals.  Since it's not technically a zoo, a lot of the animals are free to roam around the park.  They also do a lot of special presentations during the day where you get a chance to see the animals up close and hold them if you want to.

The first presentation we saw was about snakes.  Alexis even got to touch one!

Some of the kangaroos that roam the sanctuary.

These particular kangaroos were starting to get a little too friendly.  I think that they're so used to being fed (they sell kangaroo food in the gift store) that they come right up to you.  We didn't have any food and they were not backing off.  There were so many of them (probably 6 or 7) that we ended up just having to turn around because they were completely blocking the pathway.

Alexis loved the crocodile feeding.  She kept pointing at all of the crocodiles with this big smile on her face.

Christina had fun seeing all of the Australian animals.

They also have a pool at the sanctuary.  How cool is that?  Alexis had fun swimming with her auntie.

Alexis chilling out in her stroller before we went swimming.