We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did. Darryll and Donna adopted us as their kids and took us to Donna's family's farm. It was great getting to know her family. We went over to the farm on Christmas Eve and it still didn't really feel like Christmas. It didn't help that it was 35-40 degree weather every day. They had some fake snow spray to help it feel more like Christmas.
Christmas Day the kids opened their presents and then it started to feel more like Christmas. We had a big (overload) lunch and the adults had a Kris Kringle gift exchange. David and I got a lottery ticket and some chocolates, wish us luck! Grandpa usually buys a gift for the whole family and this year it was a buggy. For supper we had a wide variety of desserts Every evening we sat outside having laughs and fun. This particular night I went with Donna and her 2 sisters to have a little sing song. They used to sing together in pubs and different events when they were younger and her sisters have also been in different bands. When we came back to join the rest of the crew Donna's brother had scraped some frost and thought he would give me a Merry Christmas, so he through a bunch of frost at me and asked me how to make a snowman. I formed a ball for him to let him get the idea....and then showed him how we through snowballs. :) It's so weird to me having to show people stuff like that because they have never seen it.
Boxing Day was relaxed with a big lunch and a big supper...of the leftovers from Christmas Day. Donna decided it would be a good idea if all the girls put their hair in pig tails and then decorated them with Christmas decorations, so that was how part of our day was spent. In the arvo (afternoon), we watched Mick (grandpa) do some burn outs with one of the many cars that he has lying around for parts. It was pretty sweet to watch.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend. Lots of chatting and eating and meeting people. To explain the rest of the weekend would bore you but these are the highlights of the weekend.
On Sunday night Catherine took us to the airport and we had the worst 4 hour flight ever...no leg space, no tv because you had to pay 10 dollars for it and no sleep. Never doing the midnight flight again. A highlight of the flight though, is that we got to watch the sunrise from our window. It was soooo beautiful! We arrived in a rainy Sydney and slept until the afternoon. It is nice to be back but we cannot let ourselves get stuck in this city again!!!
That is all for now. I am sure you will hear from us after New Years! :)
Will put up pictures soon,
HOlly and David
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