Stewart and Iris' House
Hi everyone and a Merry Christmas. Well, yes it was a true Aussie Christmas for us all with the temperatures above 30 all day. The girls were very excited as you can see from the photos as they left out the traditional mince pie and sherry for Santa. Luckily he managed to find us all the way over in Oz much to the relief of all of the family and we had a lovely morning opening presents and speaking to family and lovely Trish and Jules on Skype. Nat gave us a call from NZ which certainly put us all in a great mood for the day. It is different here, but it was still a wonderful day with the girls being just the same - too much chocolate and too little sleep. We had some Aussie friends around in the evening and our friend Catherine from the UK was here to help celebrate the festive season (too much celebrating as you can see). We had brunch out on the deck and then ate a full Turkey roast at 6pm when Paul whacked up the air conditioning so the meal was bearable. We partied our way through into Boxing Day and then went to see Iris (Dad's Cousin who lives 15 mins away!) and Stewart and son Callum and his wife Moira for lunch. We relaxed in their garden for the afternoon, but with temperatures over 35 outside we soon moved inside for some shelter. Can't complain - it is fantastic and nice to have something different for a change.
Anyway, we hope you all had a wonderful day. We missed home, but as you can see - we survived! Off to the coast for New Year so will post again soon. Much love xxxx
3 comments:
glad to see you are looking after your guests so well. Happy Christmas to you all and a Great New Year when it comes to you. All our love Elizabeth, James and Kitty x x x
Sal the photos as usual are wonderful. I have loved a different Christmas. Paul and Joe have missed the usual carniverous delights but Fraser and I are happy.
What lovely pics of you all looking so happy and well! Brings tears to my eyes. So glad you are having a wonderful christmas, can not believe how grown up Katie is, such a beautiful young lady now! And Holly and Immi are getting so tall - must be the sunshine!!
Happy New Year to you all in advance, hope 2009 brings lots more joy and adventure. Miss you, lots of love Lorna & the boys
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