The fact that we could celebrate the birth of the Son of God in company of 21 of our children and grandchildren is blessing indeed. We were delighted to have all the Hobart-based family plus Amy and Georgie from Melbourne here to celebrate at Heather & Brent's place. The weather was marginal and so we mostly stayed indoors and chatted, drank, ate (and ate ate ate). It was a great occasion and we thought you would like to share with us through this blog. The photos are not the best I have ever taken, but hopefully will convey something of the atmosphere.
Men at work, carving up the meat:
Just a few shots of our interaction over food:
Then of course the younger grandchildren - Ellie, Kirsty (it was really special to have her join us on this occasion) & Luke:
Desert was fantastic, but hard to fit in after ham, turkey, pork, lamb & chicken. Just look at those raspberries, freshly picked from our garden. The pavlova is Jacquie's creation, the jummy chocolate ripple cake from Georgie, the sensational mudcake from Kathryn and the plum pudding from Carol:
As you can see, Elli was all for tucking in bigtime. She really likes her food, that one. Come to that, SHE LOVES PARTYING!
What's a party without balloons - ably led by Ann and Heather:
Contentment has to be the conclusion of all, and here are just a couple of photos to proof that:
Jacquie with our latest grandchild, Josiah Timothy, aged 3 months:
And finally, THOMAS, who was absolutely transformed!
That's it for another year! Back to normal (!!??) as from today.
2 comments:
wow, those little cousins of mine are certainly growing up! Georgie - she hasn't changed :-), Rosalind looks so much more like Ann every day, and that's certainly a nice look for Thomas!
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