roasty toasty humans

Well as expected Christmas was hot, bloody hot but not quite as hot as it was forecasted to be thank goodness! We got told 40 degrees + but luckily it only got to about 34 before a thunderstorm cooled us down and knocked out the power! Luckily we had finished eating by then so we all just sat, talked and drank (not too much though hehe!) by candlelight until we were ready to go. We spent Christmas Dinner at my sisters and a nice time was had by all even with the blackout. Her power didn't come on until about 9.30 pm, yikes! The kids just loved it all- the presents, the eating junk till it almost made them sick, the special dinner, having a chance to play with their cousins etc etc etc!
We stayed at Mums the night before so we wouldn't have the long drive (only an hour but pretty hellish in the daytime heat) on Christmas Day and the two older ones went with her to a Christmas concert which they just adored! Then they went to see the lights and to eat icecream-yep they thought it was all just great! I went with Conor to my sister's house to watch Christmas carols on tv and have a drink and we saw the lights on the way home. Conor was just rapt-made his throat sore yelling "pretty!" so many times!!hehe
At the moment we are at the Gold Coast with the kid's dad and they are pretty rapt about that too. He has taken them for a walk to the beach so I can do this! Pity he can't curtail his excessive drinking...........
Got to go my time is nearly up!