our aussie christmas day

We have had a lovely day celebrating Christmas with friends at home.

Looking back on the day, my overwhelming feeling is of gratitude -

grateful that we have such a lovely roof over our heads, grateful for

the delicious food we had, grateful to have such beautiful friends

to share the day with, and grateful to my

colleagues who worked today so that those of us with

younger children could spend time at home.

Merry Christmas!

the verandah neat and tidy before the guests arrive

Place settings - upside down as I can't rotate the

photo :(

pavlova - was gone in 60 seconds - the kids

inhaled it

trampolining - so much for the "only

one kid at a time" rule ....

backyard cricket - with the ubiquitous spotty dog

wanting a piece of the action

A nice end to a lovely day. Our lovely builder gave us

this bottle of champagne at handover and we wanted to

wait for a moment that felt right to open it.

The first Christmas of hopefully many felt like

the right time :)

F x