Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from down under. It is hard to believe there are only 3 more sleeps till Christmas (well 4 for you!) as it is so warm here. However, last night we were treated to how the Aussie's like to dress up their houses for Christmas. Recently the newspapers have been reporting on the best decorated houses, so we went to check it out. Gav thought he was in wonder world and expressed this by squealing with delight when we rounded the corner of the street in our little car. I on the other hand thought they were rather tacky and were not as good as my Mum's lovely clear Christmas tree lights. We have taken some pictures which are below.



What do you think Dad?

A very happy Gav





I finally got round to decorating our Christmas cake which I have been feeding with sherry for some weeks now, hopefully it will taste good. Here is a wee picture of it:

The only other thing we wanted to tell you (well Gav wanted to tell you) was that he held this huge boaconstrictor snake last weekend. We were chilling out at 'The Rocks' the oldest part of Sydney and I nipped to the bathroom (some things will never change!) when I came back Gav had this snake in his arms! He is rather proud and wanted to post a picture.

Although we (really Gav) love all the lights and festive decorations lets not forget what Christmas is really about and how God's amazing love was shown to us all by sending His son in order that we may have a new relationship with Him. We both want to wish you a Merry Christmas. We hope you have a wonderful time and that during this coming week you will be blessed with a new realisation of the true meaning behind why we celebrate Christmas.