Christmas from a sunny land FAR,FAR away! and introducing...

Just BECAUSE I wasn't there, doesn't mean I can't celebrate Christmas with my beloved family!

So here are some snaps from their day, enjoy my Mom and Pippity-pops ( isn't he distinguished!?), my niece and nephew - the delectable Gracie gruggles and Cam, My AUNTY Les ALL the way from Australia, My gran GB, My sister canoodling her husband (PDA'S aplenty with those two!) and my other sis, the angel in my life Dee. Wade and Mr J. were very clever in hiding from the camera......nevermind but if I don't get a pic of Jonty soon, he knows which one I can use to post on the blog.......let's just say it is OBSCENE and GREEN!!!..........he knows what I mean....heehee!

25-12-2009 ALSO heralded my GB'S 88th birthday!

Yip ---- 88!!!!!!!

NOW I WANT YOU ALL TO MEET:

WADE KOBUS.

my nephew.

Wade is an all-round cool guy.

the type that you REALLY want your daughter to date....

(but his dance card is filled by the lovely Stacey)

Wade is a super good rugby player, and has been in his school's FIRST team since he was in Grade 9 - that's since he was 15 years old!

and he got 4 A's, 2 B's and 1 C for his final Matric exams!!!

What a boffin!

NOW he is off to University in New Zealand and already has a job sorted (by the way - he has been working for this company during school holidays already!)

Here is a boy who is going to go places in his life, and he will do it with such a humbling grace - I am inspired!

Now my joy today...................
My darling, gorgeous husband is meant to be training for triathlons......so why I ask myself, did I do a 45 minute cycle through Dartmoor this morning with a 14 Kilogram lug of a daughter in the kiddie bicycle seat....followed by a 30 minute run home????? okay, truth be told.......cycling after Mr A. is not a workout because I get to eye out his super-cute, tight BE-HINNEY the WHOLE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha Lucky me!!!!!!!!

But the HILLS were very hard and I had to get off and push.....with Mouse telling me the whole way to get back on and cycle- SLAVE DRIVER THAT ONE!!!!!!

Now I am all warmed up from a hot hot shower, and cuddly on the bed under a blanket with Mr A. stretched out next to me reading his book, and Miss Mouse is having her nap......because she worked so hard this morning! HA!