ELLIE'S THIRD BIRTHDAY

Ellie is 3!!!

What an awesome party! Happy Birthday, Ellie!

TEACHER OF THE GAME

Dad was awarded Teacher of the Game last week. It was a lot of fun to take the girls to the football game. Ellie, Darcy and Kayla have so much fun together. They liked seeing Grandpa down on the field.

Beach Bums!

Birthday!

Happy Birthday Annie!! We hope you have a wonderful birthday in utah and cant wait to see you guys when you come back. We love you so so much!

Jess and Boyd

Below are the pictures taken at MovieWorld by the cameras set up on the roller coasters! We really had a great time and I am so proud of Cory! These were his first roller coasters! I will tell a small story beneath each one. I hope you enjoy...We went to MovieWorld about a month ago and it has just taken me a bit to get these pictures scanned and onto the site. Love you all very much, Kristi

The Scooby Doo Roller Coaster! Honestly, this was my favorite and Cory's favorite...and believe it or not it was a little scary!

This was the Wild West Log Ride! It was a blast...a big drop at the end, but worth it! I (Kristi) am the one in the white poncho...ha...ha...but at least I didn't get wet! You gotta LOVE Steven's poses!

Okay guys, this was it! The Superman Roller Coaster...and YES it was very scary! Cory's face is priceless!! :) Obviously, I look pained, but I wanted to prove to Cory that I would conquer my fear, just like he was.

Okay, so this is the story: We actually went to MovieWorld to have a lesson on conquering our fears. Cory had gone a couple weeks before this with his friend Cameron, but he did not go on any rides but the Scooby Doo with Cameron's mom, reason for this being he was scared because he has never ridden any roller coasters. So, I told him we were going to go back and ride the one roller coaster he didn't want to ride...Superman!

So, here we are waiting in line...we have waited about 45 minutes...we are two rides away from getting on the coaster and it...BREAKS DOWN!! No joke...all this fear in Cory (because he was already really upset with us at this point for MAKING him ride a roller coaster that he didn't want to ride) and it breaks! Agh, I wanted to scream. We told Cory we weren't going to leave and his eyes started to tear up...he said we were all going to die. After much discussion, we decided we would wait for 45 minutes and if wasn't fixed, we would leave. Well, just as the time was winding down and it looked like the ride wasn't going to happen, the engineers started doing test runs...Cory was obviously very upset. Honestly, I couldn't believe this happened...it was worst case scenario! Anyway, we got on the ride...Cory told me and Steven he hated us...and off we shot through the tunnel...

That is the story. And, what was Cory's reaction? Of course, he wanted to ride it again! Let this be a lesson to us all about conquering our fears!

Love you all...don't laugh to hard...this day actually started off pretty rough, but you can tell we really enjoyed it! Much Love From the Pace Family in Australia,
Kristi

Pics Of Ellie

Here are some pics of Ellie. She is growing up so fast. Look at the funny way her toungue is shaped. It has been that way since birth. How funny.

KOALA BEAR SANCTUARY 2008

And the Pace Clan...with Christa along for the ride enter Lone Pine Sanctuary

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This picture and information is crazy...they really are THAT small when they are born. Actually, kind of gross if you think about it. Then, they crawl up to their mother's pouch and stay there until they are big enough to survive on their own

Cory and "HIS" Koala Bear...He got his own special one...The Koala Bear in front of him was for adults only and was a little mean...so they brought out this cuddly one...He was SO cute and dug into Cory's shoulders "very hard" according to evidence left afterward...but he said it was worth it!!

The Zoo Keeper preparing the Koala to "cling" onto Cory

One of the Bachelor Koala Bears...yep they have their own special place!

Special Friends...Christa and Cory

The Pace Clan plus one cute furry Koala Bear

The Pace's outside the "Kindergarten" Sanctuary...they have a special area for everyone, including the young ones

This was an "Elderly Koala" from the Retirement Home

Christa, Kristi and Cory...Cory looks thrilled

Another cute friend

Kristi stroking a HUGE snake...freaked me out a little but I did it!! Go Kristi!! That was a dorky comment...

This is the snake I was stroking...ugh

Enter at your own risk! Yes, there are no workers in this confined area...a bit scary considering kangaroos can kill you if they get upset. We were lucky though, these ones were all nice...seemed very tired...and VERY hungry!

This was my favorite kangaroo!! Such a cutie...so tiny and sweet.

Same kangaroo giving me some love...what do you kids think??!!
Do you want one??!! I have a client who keeps one as a pet...she says the kangaroo sleeps in her bed with her. Personally, I think she is a little crazy! :)

Cory chillin with some very tired and lazy kangaroos

Christa feeding a cute little kangaroo...they loved our food!

We HAD to get a picture of the kangaroos jumping!!

Steven giving some love to this gentle kangaroo

Cory feeding a kangaroo that kept following him around

Man does He look like He is having fun!!

Mom loving some time feeding kangaroos with her boy

Some more food feeding...

Bats...aren't these cool??!! I was so surprised to see them...they are amazing in person and a bit scary looking! It freaked me out when I realized this is what hit me in the head when I was emerging from the "glow worm" cave we visited in December...yikes!