And so that was Christmas....

And what have you done, another year over and a new one just begun, and so that was Christmas, I hope you had fun....Lucky you can't hear me singing along with this or you might all log off right away. Yes 2009 finished with a real bang in Melbourne. We had a huge storm go through with lightning flashes to rival the planned fireworks. They did go ahead but apparently were delayed and modified for the night. We were not there this year, we were watching nature's display in Mentone with the family.

Faye, Rem & Ethan had come home from The Haig for Christmas and we had a good time catching up with them during their visit. Our Christmas day was spent at Maree's in Bonbeach and we all had a lovely day together. Mum was thrilled to get Jarrod & Aaron together in one picture. Bill & I went for a walk along the beach to help walk off some of our lunch before we embarked on another feast for dinner. And the boys driveway cricket game helped too. Gave us girls a chance to sit & chat a while. We all gathered again, together with Rem's family, Amelia, & Laurie to bring in 2010. Anne & Paul were there from Perth as well so it was quite a party. The storm stayed away until the bar-b-que had finished and just as Ethan was watching the 8.45pm fireworks from Sydney Mother Nature obliged with her own display. We had a great night with everyone, the last time we celebrated together was 2000.

Bill was lucky enough to have some time off over Christmas so got to spend a bit of time with the camera & computer, fine tuning his photo's. I worked, other than the designated public holidays but still managed to fit in lots of fun, food and good times with friends. We joined Astrid, Hans & Bianca for their Boxing Day 'leftovers' party. Great fun, great food and great company, thanks Astrid. On Sunday we caught a train to Mitcham and had another excellent night with Karen & Lauren for their Christmas Eve party, moved because of the weather. Wow - the punch was great. Food awesome and a great time was had by all, as always.

A couple of trips to the movies served to give us a few hours downtime and recharge the batteries over the two weekends. We saw Avatar and Sherlock Holmes. Both in Gold Class, with Champagne & a Cheese Plate, it is the only way to go if you want a bit of spoiling. Both movies were very different but both hugely entertaining.

After the movies we signed off from Christmas for another year with a final look at the Crown Christmas show and watched Olivia helping with Christmas on the last night of the Myer window display. Couldn't believe it had been there since 6th Nov and we hadn't managed to have a proper look. Mission accomplished.

So now there is nothing left to say other than to wish you all a great 2010 and we look forward to seeing you all during the year on both sides of the country.

until next time.......