Hand Sanitizer, Anyone?

Well, everyone - this is my first posting. I'm kind of new at it, so this may be a bit rough. It has finally sunk in that we're in Australia! The other day we visited Featherdale Wildlife Park in Blacktown (another suburb of Sydney) and we actually saw kangaroos, koala bears, dingoes and a four and a half metre long crocodile (which kind of brought back sad Crocodile Hunter memories...). The cool thing about the park is that you actually get to pet the animals. So for many of you - here are the pictures that you've been waiting for - us with a real kangaroo and a real koala...





We hope you enjoy! (and enjoy so much that you come and visit) We love you and miss you all!

your pal,
amy t.

Red Carpet

G'day mates! How's everything going? Things are going good here. It seems a bit weird right now though because just about everyone that is going home for Christmas has gone. There's lots of empty apartments.

This past week we had a graduation dinner and the graduation ceremony. It was a really good time. For the dinner they rolled out the red carpet and gave all the students and staff and unbelievable meal. Apparently it was over ninety dollars per person. It was so good, but I'm not sure I'd ever pay ninety bucks for any meal.

Everyone looked really great, especially my wife! Here's a picture...

Everyone have an awesome weekend! Make sure you get your Christmas shopping done. I'm off to the mall right now to do mine. Wish me luck.

Ryan

Aidan

Hey everybody. How are you all doing? I can't believe it's December already. It's getting so close to Christmas, but it just doesn't feel like it here. Just the other day the temperature went above 40 degrees celcius. We'll be decorating soon, so I'm pretty sure no matter what the temperature is it will feel like Christmas, we'll make it feel like Christmas.

Anyway, it's December fifth today. That's Aidan's birthday...

Aidan turns two years old today. He's such a great kid. We miss him like crazy and really wish we could be there to eat cake and drink Pepsi and watch him open his presents. If things work out maybe we can be there next year.

Ryan

PS - It was four months ago today that Amy and I got married. Four months! It's been a blast so far, and I'm expecting that to continue. She's a great wife!