Aimee's birthday

Hello everyone Aimee here. I had my birthday on Saturday and I just want to say thank you for the texts and cards. Thanks Helen for the lovely presents too! Brad and I didn't get up to much we went up to the shopping centre and I bought a watch with my birthday money. Then on Saturday night we went out for dinner in Terrenure village to Vermillion (a fantastic Indian restaurant). It was great we had lots of lovely food and we were so full by the time we left! We are going out with our friends this Saturday and Aaron is staying with us this weekend so it should be great!

Festival time

Hello everyone. We have had a fun week. Last tuesday we went to Kilmainham gaol. This was where many political prisoners were held during the british rule in Ireland, the prison was an old victorian gaol first and the cells are tiny and dark. The guide was very good and knew a lot about the gaol. We saw where Irish patriots were executed by firing squad after the 1916 easter rising. It was very interesting.
Yesterday we went to Oxegan(a 3 day music festival held outside Dublin). We had gotten free VIP tickets off my friend Steven who works for the band "The Killers", it was so cool! We got to see lots of acts a few up and coming ones and a few more well known like Katy Perry, The Killers and The ting tings. We had a good day even though the rain was falling and the ground was really mucky!
I'll just add that Lady Gaga was rubbish and not only couldn't sing, but didn't really sing at all. She also went through 3 outfits which is kinda stupid in a festival. Mucky really means the place was a field of mud and thankfully I had wellies on. Other bands were great though and even though it poured rain a couple of times, most of the day was great.
I've also been offered a job with a graduation photography company commencing around September which should be good.

Dublin zoo

Hello! So this week has been quiet. I've been working away and Brad went on another fishing trip. We went to the zoo on tuesday and that was good. It was a bit hot so some of the animals were just flaked in the sun but some were also very funny like the sealions (there is a 2 week old baby sealion) and we really liked the hippo's swiming to keep cool. The red panda's were great too!
Most of the animals were in hiding which was a shame. Especially the big cats. Did like the Red Pandas though and we were able to get a better look than you get at melbourne zoo. Had another fishing trip this week, this time just fishing off the beach.