Aaron is the first to celebrate 2 birthdays in AUS

Aaron's Birthday 2013

Last year on Aaron's birthday we received our official working Visa's to allow us to temporarily live in Australia. That was a HUGE relief because we couldn't enroll the kids into school legally until we had this.  Yippee!!

We received that call on our way back from visiting the Maru Koala Park. There Aaron and Josh encountered a Python and even held the creepy reptile. It was quite entertaining as we watched them from a distance. Joseph was a little uneasy at the sight of the snake and kept a good distance.

Rachael interacted with a baby joey, an albino joey. 

Rebecca and I got to feed a Koala, the claws on that animal were huge.

This was the first time we got to interact with the massive Kangaroo. We had seen many wallabies but they are much smaller than these kangaroo. Some of them were taller than me.

Red Kangaroo, Dingos, Alpaca and a Tasmania Devil were amongst some of the other animals we encountered. 

It turned out to be a really nice day outing and we were also able to enjoy a delicious meal and ice cream at the same park before heading home for cake and ice cream.

For our first 'birthday celebrations' in Australia i'd say it went really well.

Aaron's Birthday 2014

It was a busy day and began with opening presents and then off to Josh's Kenpo class. While he was at class we all popped into the food shop and got the few things we needed for our BBQ later.

After Kenpo we rushed out to the beach for a couple hours with our lunch. Becca was loving her new swimsuit from grandma and her purple sunnies. Her hair goes crazy curly when we are on the beach.

Joseph LOVED being buried in the sand. After swimming in the cold water he said the sand warmed him up.

From the beach we rushed home before Josh's Kenpo advancement. This is a big even he had been waiting a couple months for to receive his orange belt.

After the two hour ceremony we met our friends 'Blyths' at Braeside Park for an Aussie BBQ and cake. Besides the horrid flies swarming as we ate our freshly grilled sausages it was fabulous. We ate, chatted and played games. It was great!

My new friend Dharshi made the cake for Aaron, it was perfect.

We finished the night off watching the boys have a 'boules' play off. Aaron carried home the win and a few mosquito bites.

Happy Birthday Aaron!