Christmas Eve saw us at the Chapel for our Nativity and Carol Service - this year Ryan took the parts of Father and Head Shepherd - he sang a solo and a duet. Ethan was the donkey and Sophie a camel. The quality of the photos isn't great for some reason, but you get the idea...
Christmas morning, the children woke up at a respectable time - 7.30ish. We always share the Christmas Story before the exchanging and opening of gifts and this year was no exception. This was the first year it was purely us for Christmas Lunch - friends joined us later, but we have never been on our own. We had a great time - the children had opportunity to chill and enjoy their gifts. Colin was adament he didn't want Turkey this year - so as a compromise we had Beef, Gammon and a beautiful Frre-Range Chicken.
As I mentioned we were joined in the eveningby some friends - it was like a divide of the sexes at one point with the "boys" in the conservatory playing Super Mario-Kart on the Wii and the "girls" singstar-ing it in the lounge.
Boxing Day we were joined by Ray, Brenda & Rochelle, and on the Saturday Dad & Helen came over.
Sunday was the "Summers" Day at Ray & Brenda's. We had got together on the 12th for a pre-Christmas event with all the Summers including Mike, Neil, Natasha & co but this time they did not come. I say everyone - Lynsey was not there - she is travelling at the moment and expected back in the UK around April/May time. She spent Christmas Day on New Zealand and New Year's Eve in Sydney...
I've run out of time - more updates soon.
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