Monday, April 27, 2015

More visitors=more fun!

On Thursday, April 16th Barry’s parents, Jim and Mary, and his aunt Madonna arrived from Iowa. Their flight arrived in Melbourne around 8 in the morning, so Barry left early to pick them up. Hannah and Kiernan had school, so we were busy cleaning up and getting ready to go for the day.

Madonna (Barry's aunt, Mary (Barry's mom), and Jim (Barry's Dad), Geelong
I found another small scorpion in the bathroom downstairs. I still killed it (sorry folks-they are fast little buggers) and our good camera was acting up at the time, so I only captured a blurry cell phone image of it.

scorpion (blurry but proof they are here!)
Barry arrived with our visitors around lunchtime. Lydia and I were here at the house to greet them and had prepared some healthy snacks. We decided to go to Barwon Heads for a light lunch at a restaurant called At The Heads. The restaurant is right on the water at the mouth of the Barwon River and ocean. It was a cool and partly sunny day. We did sit outside even though it was a bit chilly. Most of us had potato soup (with loads of bacon) for lunch. After lunch we took them up to the Barwon Heads Bluff to enjoy the views.

We made lamb cutlets, potatoes and green beans for dinner and enjoyed catching up on everything going on back in Iowa!

Storytime with Grandpa Jim
On Friday, the kids didn’t have school, so we had planned on all of us heading to Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary. Unfortunately, Hannah had a bit of a stomach bug, so the girls and I stayed home while Barry and Kiernan took our guests for some adventure. Hannah was feeling much better for the afternoon and we enjoyed hanging out, playing Tenzi and having fish and chips (from Mavros) for dinner.

Kiernan and Grandpa, Jirrahlinga, April 17, 2015
Jim petting a koala
Kiernan touching the koala and
probably wishing he was a bit taller!
Mary and the koala
Wombat at Jirrahlinga
Tenzi fun!
Storytime with Grandma Mary too!

Sarah

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