Christmas and Boxing Day 2017

 Love when Christmas comes around. With the family home it is so much fun and joy to celebrate this special occasion. We had our usual Christmas Eve service with the children participating. They enjoy their parts as shepherds, angels, inn keeper or having speaking parts. Christmas morning is fun watching the kids open their gifts from Mum and Dad and Santa. Their faces tell the story.

Great excitement when the cousins come and it is time to exchange gifts.

Lots of surprises

Kayaks for all

 

Later in the afternoon it was off to the Dam to try them out.

 Getting beached on the sand bar

 

 Young and old having a go

 

 Or just relaxing and watching the kids enjoy themselves

 

On Boxing Day the Altus Family headed down to Kingston to Merry & Glen's house. It was Helen & Simon's turn to host the family Christmas get together.

 

 The 3 cousins who all turned 10 over the Summer break. Their annual photo shoot

 

 Water slide fun

 

 Feeding some of the masses

 

A game of cricket in the back yard supervised by Steve

Thanks Helen & Simon for a wonderful day. Lets do it again next year! 

Birthdays

 Oops I have got a little behind in our activities.
Laura, the Excell children and Ma ma did our annual birthday trek to Sydney for Alara and Leyla's birthdays. We had a wonderful time with them. Going out for a birthday Dinner with Ruth, Bill, Lucho, Morgs and Jill. La then had a pool party the next day with all of her friends. Lots of fun.

The girls opening their stash of gifts

That evening we went out for Dinner

 

 Leyla blowing out her candles on her beautiful cake. Thanks Aunty Laura.

 

Next day was La's turn. Off to the Aquatic Centre for her pool party.

 Great fun had by all the kids.

 

On our way home from Sydney we stopped over in Echuca for another birthday

 

Lexie celebrated her 11th Birthday with a magnificent birthday cake creation!

Thanks for all the fun


A few days after we arrived home from our Sydney trip, Ma ma went back to Echuca to watch the Concert put on by the Dance School

Our beautiful dance troupe. Well done Julz, Lexie, Mitch and Zetty. It was fun and I enjoyed it.