Four Years Old

Happy Birthday Gabe!!! We wish we could be there.

Love, Ryan & Amy

PS - Photo used WITHOUT permission. ©2007 Kady Carter. All Rights Reserved. Thanks Kady.

Australian Footy

Hey everyone! It's been a while since we've posted. It's been so busy here, and what has been keeping us busy isn't really worthy of a post on the blog I guess.

Anyway, I had an awesome night last night! Larry and I headed to Telstra Stadium to watch some real Australian footy, or football. It was the Sydney Swans against the Collingwood Magpies. We had awesome seats for a couple of reasons. One, because we were right down in the second row. There were times when there would be a big tackle right in front of us and you could hear the guys smacking together. It was sweet. The second reason is because were were stuck between some hardcore Swans supporters and some hardcore Magpies supporters. We had a few laughs throughout the night at their passionate dislike for one another.

This is the outside of Telstra Stadium.

Here is the inside of the stadium. It seats around 81,000 people. Apparently there were about 65,000 at the game.

Here's Larry blowing up his thunder sticks which were free courtesy of Australian Post.

These guys are the Sydney Swans. Every person in the stadium except Larry and I could name every one of them.

This is the opening bounce. It's pretty much like a face-off in hockey, or like the tip in basketball. The umpire bounces the ball as hard as he can off of the ground and the players start jumping to grab it. You can see the ball in the picture if you look closely. It's about 35 feet in the air.

Here is a bit of the action.

It was a lot of fun, and a very Australian experience. The Swans sucked crap and were absolutely destroyed by Collingwood. The final score was 76-57. That kept the crowd pretty quiet. I guess if we wanted noise we should've headed next door for the Guns N' Roses concert.

Later.