Christmas Day

Well the big day has arrived and Shaun and Karen thought they may get a lie in as the children had seemed so exhausted the night before - how wrong they were!! At 6am precisely Chris ran down to inform us that Santa had been - luckily for us Isabel had written a lovely note to tell Santa to still deliver presents here and he did! ( Thanks Isabel). Chris was really lucky and received a Nintendo DS with some games. Sally received an IPOD nano already loaded with her favourite music!! She has been entertaining us with her singing already this morning!?!

All the family received gifts from our exchange family. Shaun received a Mission Beach stubby holder ( a beer holder for those not in the know!). Karen received some Australian made soap with the Mission Beach butterfly on it. Sally received a cuddly Cassowary (which received an ahh! all round!). Chris got a book on Australian wildlife, so he will know all about the creepy crawly critters by the end of the holiday.

We phoned up the family in Cornwall to let them know that Santa was on his way, it was only 8.30pm so they still had a while to wait - tee hee!! Shaun also phoned his Mum and Dad to wish them a Merry Christmas. That's all for now as we still have the rest of the day to enjoy. A nice swim in the pool followed by prawns and barramundi on the barby to follow!

The weather remained hot, beautiful and sunny for the rest of the day. Shaun cooked us a lovely dinner starting with prawn cocktail and chips and dips. We followed it up with a selection of chicken, rissoles, barramundi and homemade burgers. As you can see by the picture Shaun got a little hot under the collar whilst cooking.

We cooled off in the pool in the afternoon and got soaked by the "splash monster" aka Chris! In the evening we popped on the air con and watched Eragon. Drank lots of beer and wine (coke for kids), and went to bed happy.

South Mission Beach, Australia