It's been a long time since I posted, so thought it was about time I updated things a little. So much has happened.......
Christmas and New Year have been and gone for another year. Both were very busy for us, lots of school shows, the Green Triangle Electronics Christmas show as well as catching up with friends. The boys finished school - they have their new classes for 2007 set and are reasonably happy even though neither of them have their best friends with them.
Christmas was great. It started VERY early, as Ryan woke at 2 am and was too scared to go back to sleep. He hopped into bed with me but after 30 minutes of sniffing and wriggling, Shayne and I swapped places - at least I got some sleep. Ryan was awake again at 5am but Shayne managed to keep him in bed until 5.45am. He then woke Bowen up (with some difficulty) and Christmas began. The boys were very spoilt getting Nintendo DS's, games and accessory kit from Santa, as well as art and craft kits, Star Wars Monopoly (Ryan) and Deal or No Deal (Bowen), the obligatory stockings and Star Wars masks. From us they got new cricket bats, Star Wars figures and Star Wars novels (do you see the trend here??). I got lucky too with a great watch, pasta maker and scrapbooking trolley. Shayne scored aftershave and new clothes. The boys requested pancakes for breakfast and by 8am Shayne and I were back in bed for a nap!!!!
Lunch was a hectic affair at Tim and Linda's with the Hoskinging and we had a much quieter tea with Carol and Dennis.
Boxing Day started with brunch at Joy's (yum) and then a quick shopping expedition to get the wrapping paper and cards for next Christmas (something I always do). I have to admit we were very lazy the rest of the day watching the cricket and playing with our new toys.
We also had a busy time over new year. On the 29th we took Graham and Janine out to golf to play in the ambrose at Port MacDonnell. It was a fun time even though we struggled to stay upright in the wind. Surprisingly we came second!!! Janine's first golf trophy!
The 30th was SIL's (the other, older Debbie Hosking) 50th birthday party on the Nelson Endeavour. We had a great time although I wasn't too sure about the new party drink we had to skull - half a glass of red bull with a shot glass of some German liqueur dropped into it - real headache material I think..............
Ryan and Bowen spent the night with our good friends Bobby and Janet. They took them to the movies to see Happy Feet and then back to their house to have a sleepover in their tent. The boys loved it and I think Bobby and Janet are still recovering!!! Another brunch at Carol's the next morning was also fun.
We had New Year's at our house. It was a hot day so we could eat outside and some played tennis and swam. Yummy food and wine and good company made it a good night. Even Ryan managed to see in the New Year and managed to actually sleep in the next morning.
Christmas and New Year have been and gone for another year. Both were very busy for us, lots of school shows, the Green Triangle Electronics Christmas show as well as catching up with friends. The boys finished school - they have their new classes for 2007 set and are reasonably happy even though neither of them have their best friends with them.
Christmas was great. It started VERY early, as Ryan woke at 2 am and was too scared to go back to sleep. He hopped into bed with me but after 30 minutes of sniffing and wriggling, Shayne and I swapped places - at least I got some sleep. Ryan was awake again at 5am but Shayne managed to keep him in bed until 5.45am. He then woke Bowen up (with some difficulty) and Christmas began. The boys were very spoilt getting Nintendo DS's, games and accessory kit from Santa, as well as art and craft kits, Star Wars Monopoly (Ryan) and Deal or No Deal (Bowen), the obligatory stockings and Star Wars masks. From us they got new cricket bats, Star Wars figures and Star Wars novels (do you see the trend here??). I got lucky too with a great watch, pasta maker and scrapbooking trolley. Shayne scored aftershave and new clothes. The boys requested pancakes for breakfast and by 8am Shayne and I were back in bed for a nap!!!!
Lunch was a hectic affair at Tim and Linda's with the Hoskinging and we had a much quieter tea with Carol and Dennis.
Boxing Day started with brunch at Joy's (yum) and then a quick shopping expedition to get the wrapping paper and cards for next Christmas (something I always do). I have to admit we were very lazy the rest of the day watching the cricket and playing with our new toys.
We also had a busy time over new year. On the 29th we took Graham and Janine out to golf to play in the ambrose at Port MacDonnell. It was a fun time even though we struggled to stay upright in the wind. Surprisingly we came second!!! Janine's first golf trophy!
The 30th was SIL's (the other, older Debbie Hosking) 50th birthday party on the Nelson Endeavour. We had a great time although I wasn't too sure about the new party drink we had to skull - half a glass of red bull with a shot glass of some German liqueur dropped into it - real headache material I think..............
Ryan and Bowen spent the night with our good friends Bobby and Janet. They took them to the movies to see Happy Feet and then back to their house to have a sleepover in their tent. The boys loved it and I think Bobby and Janet are still recovering!!! Another brunch at Carol's the next morning was also fun.
We had New Year's at our house. It was a hot day so we could eat outside and some played tennis and swam. Yummy food and wine and good company made it a good night. Even Ryan managed to see in the New Year and managed to actually sleep in the next morning.
4 comments:
Sounds like you had a great Christmas, Deb.
wow you were so busy LOL
i got tired reading it all sounds like a lot of fun though
cya cass
Thought I'd drop in and say Hi, this bloggin thing is so much fun.
Looks like your family had a fun time Deb, great piccies!! :-)
Hey for some reason you're not on my links over at my blog anymore, maybe it went awol when I upated my template thingy?? Will have to fix that.
Hugs to you and your boys!
Love Chrissy xx
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