Two more.........

Sammy......

Abby Banana.....and her new 'Daughter' Emma!

Please note: Abigail chose her own outfit today ;)

Samsam enjoying the gift opening....

We opened our gifts around 3pm today and it's always something to look forward to and makes the day last much longer than if we opened them all in the morning...of all our traditions, the children say it is THIS that they hope to continue with their own children!

Gift time.....

The older children get just as much as the younger two, but the boys especially are not so keen on having their picture taken ;)

Christmas dinner.....

The children after enjoying the crackers and starting on their dinner....which is actually lunch lol....Lloyd cooked this year again and it was DELICIOUS!!!! Best yet I think! The parsnips were GORGEOUS!!!!

I was very lucky this year :)

The sewing machine is wonderful and is what I really wanted - but the snowshoes are fantastic and I can't wait to try them tomorrow! Such a surprise - I've wanted some since we moved here so it's brilliant :) Last year the snow was so deep I couldn't walk the dogs up on the field so now I CAN :)

All the gifts I got were lovely - Lloyds parents sent me the Willow Tree Angel to add to my collection - she is called 'Thinking of You'...and the book about the Queen (one of the things my Mom and Dad sent me) made me laugh out loud because, as you all know, I am well aware that the Queen carries a string of sausages in her hand bag!!!!! Funny!!!

Our kids know us so well!

One of the gifts from the children was matching flashing shot glasses!!!! Coz, you know, we do shots every night in the dark....... ;)

Actually I love them - they also got Lloyd a flashing beer glass to match last years pink flashing martini glass!

Merry Christmas from 'the pets'.....

Charlie singing 'Santa Baby'.....Rosie enjoying her dog chew 'candy cane' and Jasper not looking amused at having to dress up 'like those stupid humans and that fat pig'!

Chris's latest sarcastic t-shirt!

Chris loves slogan shirts - the ruder the better so I thought this was perfect for him...although I'm not sure he can wear it to school!

A surprise from Santa!

Abigail found a surprise at the bottom of her stocking this morning.......LAST YEARS mandarin!!!!! Oops!!!

So this is what a year old mandarin looks like ;)

Sam still sleeping...

Abby names her baby - test

I recorded so much this morning and now all my clips are too big to post - so I have to figure how to make them smaller (anyone?????) so here is a test to see if this works....this is one of very few that are small enough to post