A Merry Christmas!!!

So how did we spend Christmas day?  

This was the first year that Jaimee actually woke up by herself (Usually I am first up and get impatient of waiting for our kids who always sleep late...I end up waking them up normally!).  She came into our room complaining she couldn't get to sleep.  Then she was quiet for a moment before asking "Is it morning?"  I glanced at Marty (It was 6.45am at this stage) who mumbled "Kinda" in reply.  Jaimee asked daddy to come with her please...and led him to the lounge where the stockings were bulging.  I heard the gasp of delight and grinned from the bedroom.  She managed to wait in our bed with us another 15 minutes for Kate to wake up before they opened their stockings, full of treat food and small trinkets.  

Then we got ready for church, which was a really cool service with carols, drama, you tube clips and a hearty chorus of "Happy Birthday to Jesus" by all the kids.  It was really important for us to take this time to remember God's gift to us at Christmas - Jesus Christ his son.  Then we went to Poppa's house and the girls waited patiently for us adults to get the roast sorted so that they could finally get stuck into the presents!

Poppa and his grandkids enjoy the presents together

Luke is fascinated by Poppa's dancing, singing dog!

 After lunch, the girls decided to do a 'production' for us that they had been busy rehearsing over the last couple of days.  We listened to them sing and dance to a few carols together, it was very cute to see them performing for their family.

Aunty Danielle

 I was determined to update the family photo finally, so snapped this cool shot of us all with my wee timer on the camera!  

Back row: Garrett (Danielle's man), Jaimee, Mike (Poppa), Marty, Kate, Joshua and Luke

Front row: Danielle, Anneke (Oma), Nikki and Stephanie

The 2011 family photo!