Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Christmas at home in Adelaide




Well, after spending a glorious 2 days over Christmas and Boxing Day with our family we have decided we never want to spend that time of the year away from home . Unless of course we had the kids and grandkids with us, and our parents and our family.
Photo : our 6 beautiful grandchildren
It was Charlottes 2nd birthday on Christmas Day. It is and always will be a special day for her we will make sure of that. We actually had quite a cool day , that does happen quite often at this time of the year. Kate came and spent a couple of days with us during the week. We met Kate in Central America and as she was coming to Australia she dropped by to see us. It was great to get to know her a little better away from travelling conditions. She also got to meet our clan and I think she got an insight into our way of life in Australia and particularly a small town like Gawler. Taking her around with me to do my chores made me realize what at great place we live in and how friendly everyone is. As we saw her off to go back to Sydney we realized we will miss her. We went to my sister Julies and our niece Lees home for Christmas. It really was a very relaxing day meeting up with everyone, some we only catch up with a couple of times a year. Our daughters did something very special for us. As most of our readers know our son Adam and his darling wife are away for 2 years and it was the first time we were'nt together as a family. I was feeling a little sad that we wouldn't see them.
As we walked into my sisters living room we were confronted with life sized cardboard cutouts of the two of them dressed in their clothes borrowed from our house as we are storing some of their things... must remember to change our locks... only joking. Well I burst out crying along with my sister ...her son Paul is in N.Z. for sometime as well, it was a good cry fest. They looked so real it was so freaky. They had pride of place near the Xmas tree. It made us feel compassion for those who have lost their kids and are spending this time of the year without them. We must appreciate our time we have with our loved ones and always tell them we love them with an extra hug for them.We love our kids and their adorable children we are so blessed. Happy New Year to all of you. Keep on sharing your smiles.

4 comments:

Rachel said...

Christmas and Boxing Day certainly wouldn't be the same without you guys. We realise every day how lucky we are to have such wonderful parents and close family.
I do vote that next year we are all overseas somewhere though!

Julie's back home.... but had a fantastic time... said...

Lee and I decided at Carols this year that Christmas is definitely going to be an at home thing from now on. Christmas last year O/S was fantastic - i guess iceskating in Munich on Xmas night while its snowing and they're playing "I'm dreaming of a White Xmas" is pretty hard to top - but coming back this year for the 'family' Xmas made us realise how special that whole time really is..

We love all you guys lots and we really treasure our whole family so much - you're all a pretty special bunch
xx
PS ..I know you weren't here for Xmas Paul but just in case you need to be told..that includes you too :)

Adam and Eva said...

What has happened to the layout of your blog??

Adam and Eva said...

How about an update?