Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from us all. We had been very good this year because Santa brought tons of gifts for us.

Reptile park

We visited a very cool reptile park where you could pet most of the animals, including the snakes. Emmie loved the kangaroos and would go up behind them, push on them and say; jump, jump!

Terregal Beach

One of the beaches around the corner from us. The water was surprisingly cold. The kids didn't care though!

Taronga Zoo, Sydney

Australia

We had a fabulous vacation in Australia. We went with our friends the Toner's from Cincinnatti (Gary, Suzy, Georgia and Tommy). Gary is from the Central Coast so he took care of booking and organizing everything. We rented a house on the beach in North Avoca for the first 2 weeks, and finished our trip with 3 nights in Sydney. During the 18 days we ended up seeing and doing a lot of stuff and we had a great time.

Fripp Fest 2009

Every October there is a festival at Fripp with all sorts of fun stuff including a 5k race. We have participated the past 3 years. This year the author of Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy and his wife Cassandra King (they live on Fripp) had a booksigning. The weather was great and we got to play on the beach and ocean. Unfortunately, it was not as great of a weekend for the 77 year old man that lost his arm to an alligator while playing golf! We all got to keep our arms though.