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WAKE UP ! WAKE UP ! 

IT'S CHRISTMAS

I hope everyone wakes up to a joyful day, filled with family and friends and lots of ♥ love ♥... and chocolate.  *smiles*

As you can imagine, it is bound to be busy here for a while this morning... so I shall go now ... and come back much later in the day with lots of photos.

BUT... here's just ONE for now:

ABOVE:  Santa has been... wonder what time the kids will wake up!
As Lacy is sleeping in the lounge, I doubt any of them will get the chance to rifle through the presents.... ha ha ha.

ONWARD...

WARNING!  A gazillion photos ....

 ABOVE:  we had something just a bit special under our tree today.  A wee gift that was not due until January 1st.

 ABOVE: Dante Harvey... 9 days old.

ABOVE: his parents were still half asleep.

 ABOVE: Miss Sienna opening a present...

ABOVE:  Lacy and Keera...

 ABOVE:  The toy dog was bigger than the baby...

 ABOVE:  Sienna loves her doll's pram.

 ABOVE:  First Christmas as parents. 

 ABOVE: Dante opening his present... YEAH RIGHT!  lol

ABOVE:  Bodhi with his favourite present, a teething toy.

ABOVE:  Russell and Sienna opening presents...
Russ has a brand new tattoo on his left leg of a spider and web... it's a bit sore.

ABOVE:  Kind of a mad house.... people and parcels and packaging everywhere...

ABOVE:  Josh got a skateboard, and Haylea really wanted one too... but she didn't think she would get one as they have to watch how much stuff they have to take back to Australia... but her parents got her one anyway.  She was a really happy girl.

 ABOVE:  Russell and Bodhi...

ABOVE: Dante on the new playmat from his Mummy and Daddy...

 ABOVE:  This is a length of fabric that I was given by a very dear friend in America... she knows how much I love fish/nautical stuff!  Thank YOU Linda ♥♥♥, I hope your Christmas goes well and you are surrounded by your lovely family.

 ABOVE:  kids, kids, kids...

 ABOVE:  Bodhi with his Mum and Dad... sorry Tess, crap photo of you!

ABOVE:  Haylea lying on top of her skateboard, and Sienna lying on top of her.  Cute.

 ABOVE:  Steve being a dick... as per usual.

 ABOVE: Sienna in her new dress from Great-Grandma in Australia.

 ABOVE: Lacy and Keera trying out the new Exersaucer...

ABOVE:  Master Bodhi in his Christmas shirt... cute little bugger.

ABOVE:  Tess and her littlies...

 ABOVE: Stew and I got spoilt rotten.

 ABOVE:  happy families...

ABOVE:  pensive... or tired...

 ABOVE:  Kelly and Rena...

ABOVE:   Miss Sienna insisted on a hug from Rena... so sweet.

 ABOVE: I think my lounge is rather full!  But I love it.

 ABOVE:  I'm running out of caption ideas !

 ABOVE:  gifts for the babies from Kelly & Gordon...

ABOVE: more baby gifts from Kelly & Gordon.

ABOVE:  For us from Kelly and Gordon.  The cookbook is really lovely!  And so it the lovely photo of Rena in a dress I made for her last Christmas.  The notepad and pen are rather nice too... will come in handy on me computer desk.

 ABOVE: Kelly, Gordon and Rena... and Miss Sienna walking past.

 ABOVE:  Christmas dinner.  Roast leg of Lamb and potatoes, 3 cooked chickens with stuffing, cold ham and salad. 

 ABOVE:  the girls in me kitchen doing the pre-dinner dishes.

 ABOVE:  dessert:  Pavlova with Cream and Strawberries, Trifle, Ambrosia and fresh pineapple.

ABOVE: Keera meeting Uncle Gordon.

ABOVE:  Getting right in his face... checking him out.

ABOVE:  She didn't scream holy blue murder, so he must have passed muster.

ALL THREE ABOVE: Steve and Bodhi... Bodhi looks a lot like Steve did as a wee baby!

I have more... but blogger has gone on strike!  So maybe by tomorrow I can upload some more!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous day... we are.

End of Day:  left overs for dinner tonight, and I think tomorrow as well!  We always end up with far too much food!
nite nite.