This is a fabulous photo that Todd took...love it....

Last swim before Chris and Michelle leave today....and it was beautiful at City Beach...

Pete and I are so thankful that Chris, Michelle, Paul and Jeremy made the effort to come over for Christmas and stay a while both here in Perth and down south..

 

Tash posted these two photos on Tinybeans...I love to see the boys playing together...

and colouring together....

Jeremy and Paul have been catching up wth their Perth friends....Jeremy met this new little person, only a few weeks old, Alex Theo.  His mum Eleni worked with Jeremy at Allans Perth.

Chris set up my new computer for me...I hate to think how long it would have taken me and Pete....

Out to dinner at our local Mexican restaurant before Chris and Michelle return to Melbourne tomorrow...

Delicious food and wonderful company...

 

Boxing Day....playing with their presents...Jeremy gave the boys an enormous box of Connectix Tiles ....

Ethan and Flynn were building with them before breakfast...

Flynn and Will trying to work out how to play this new game ... 

Christmas Day  

This year Tash and Todd hosted our Christmas lunch....Flynn was very happy with his present...a transformer.

There were 27 adults and six children for lunch....

Chris and Michelle enjoying the boys thrill of opening their presents...

A clever present that Chris and Michelle gave to Will, Ethan and Flynn was a walkie - talkie each...

Flynn loved his...

The men ...so many colourful shirts...

Will and his cousin Alby....

Michelle and Paul....with the four teenagers behind...

Paul's mum supplied the ham and Paul glazed it...and cut it into delicious slices...

The oldest and youngest of the cousins...Harriet and Flynn...

A beautiful photo of Tash and Jo ( Todd's mum )....

Everyone brought fabulous salads, prawns, chicken, ham, roast potatoes..and more...

After lunch we opened our secret Santa presents... Graeme was pleased to receive wine glasses...

Pete received a harmonica ...the bonbon hats never fit his head...

Watching someone on the other side of the table open their secret Santa present....

The cousins enjoying the gingerbread houses that Will, Ethan and Flynn had made.....

....I so loved seeing my three together ...

Everyone...Flynn and I are behind Paul's head...a great photo!

After everyone left Brad, Pete, Todd and Chris played Jenga (someone's secret Santa gift)...

So much fun....we had a marvellous day...Tash and Todd did a fabulous job...I was so proud of them.

 

We had a delicious lunch with Graeme, Mandy, Chris and Michelle...

Wonderful afternoon...

 

Yallingup ...crystal clear water...and blue sky...

Wonderful morning at the beach...

...enjoyed watching the surfers...

...the sprinkler is under the trampoline ...keeps the boys cool and they have a lot of fun....Ethan can really jump...

....and so can Flynn ...

...an afternoon swim at Pt Piquet ...I love this beach, especially in the afternoon as it is sheltered from the sea breeze...

 

Will's Birthday

Mandy, Pete and I spent the morning at the beach....

....at Quindalup, such clear water...

Perfect conditions for paddle boarding...

Jo, Michelle and Chris...

Pete and Tash...

...the Birthday Boy....loves his cricket...

Flynn and Ethan were curious too...

Cousin Alby, Flynn and Ethan...

Seven candles on the requested Viennetta ice cream cake..

And drumsticks....

Will loves rocks and fossils, so he was speechless when he received a whole box of them from Paul...

Chris and Michelle enjoying themselves away from the big city