Fun with friends

Max and I met some friends at 2BKids about a week ago, and the kids had a blast. They started out in a small container of balls...

Max, Oli and Lily

And quickly moved on to the "big kids" ball pit...

Max loved cruising around in his car...
I'm not sure Daddy will be happy, but Max also loved the hula hoop :)
We can't wait to go back again soon!

Gold Coast Marathon

No, we didn't run the marathon, but we did run the 5K race. You could take strollers in the 5K, so Max, Colin and I all did the race. And Max finished first :)
The Cancer Council (where I work) was one of the recipients of the money raised at the marathon, so there were lots of my work friends there. It was really nice to see everyone.
Later that afternoon, we took Max for a walk in his new backpack carrier. We got it to take him hiking, but haven't quite made it out of our subdivision yet...

4th of July picnic

Thanks to all of our Aussie and South African friends who helped us celebrate the 4th of July :) Since there are obviously no 4th of July festivities in Australia, Colin and I had a picnic in the park to celebrate, and about 8 of our friends came along to help. I didn't get a lot of pictures of everyone, but hopefully some of our friends will send me some. Max's girlfriend Lily had the cutest USA sweatshirt on :) Here are a few photos that we took...