Thanksgiving 2008

Our Thanksgiving dinner was a little different this year, as it's not a holiday that's celebrated in Australia (duh). With no family around, it could have been depressing, but our Aussie friends came to the rescue. We fried up a couple of turkeys and had a buffet style spread that turned out fabulous. The fried turkey, an unknown way to cook turkey in OZ, was a big hit (no Tank attack). We tried to keep some traditional aspects to the event by having people say what they were thankful for. The video clip below is a peak of our friends celebrating a wonderful Thanksgiving day with us. More pics at the bottom of the blog page.


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Kevin's 16th Birthday Party

Kevin turned 16 this year on October 29th. He had some friends (James, Chris, Jared and Casey) over for a video game party. They played all night, with two XBOX 360 consoles in spearate rooms. Jay and I played cooks and servers and were pretty much banned to the outside porch. But Kev had a great time as did all his mates.

Grand Final Day - 4 Oct 2008

On October 4th, we went out to JP's for a party to watch the Grand Final. According Wikipedia,

"The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions. The game has become significant to Australian culture, spawning a number of traditions and surrounding activities which have grown in popularity since the VFL/AFL went national in the 1980s. In 2006, the Sweeney Sports Report concluded that the AFL Grand Final became Australia's most important sporting event,[1] with the largest attendance, metropolitan television audience and overall interest of any annual Australian sporting event."

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final

Basically, it equivalent to our Super Bowl. Now, following the JP's Outback Playhouse post, JP is also a bit of a MacGyver as you'll see in this video clip. Also, there are pics at the bottom of the blog page:

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