Only 361 sleeps till we do it all again.....

Before Santa arrived........

After Santa arrived.....

This is just Santa pressies, i have NO idea where i am going to put all this stuff... We (badly) need a new house just to put the new presents....

This was the 2nd biggest present of the day and a great story to go with it..
All Taylor wanted for Christmas was a guitar, she had told EVERYONE that she wanted one and had wrote a letter to Santa asking for just that...
when all the presents had been opened Christmas morning, from mum & dad & Santa, there was no guitar to be found.. The boys had received the presents they had asked Santa for, but poor heart broken Taylor didn't get her longed for guitar...
THEN, my Grandmother, Barr as they call her, arrived for Christmas breakfast with presents for the kids. There was a great big box, an odd shaped box too with Taylor's name on it.. She opened it up and OH BOY what a HUGE smile was on her face.. There it was, THE guitar 'and a real one too' and it was PINK!!!!!!!! oh gosh it bought tears to my eyes to see the smile on her face.... Now, just to learn how to play it.. OH to get the plaster off first and then learn how to play it... lol

Here's my EXCELLENT new bbq that mum & Stephen bought for Brendan & I, aren't we just the luckiest??!!!!!!!!
it is so excellent, never in my wildest dreams did i ever imagine getting so extravagant for Christmas....
we used it for the first time last night (after a trip into Bunnings to buy a new gas bottle) and had the yummiest dinner.. Chicken kebabs, corn, steak, onion, sausages, potato chips...
Im in the middle of cooking a baked dinner on it now, YUMMOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Brendan gave me $400 (OMG!!) for Christmas. He wanted to buy me PhotoShop for my computer but they had sold out when he went to get it (christmas eve eve mind you!!!)... So he gave me the money to buy it myself... I tell you what, the money is burning a hole in my wallet pretty fast... I don't know what to buy with it really though.. I want a tripod for my camera, i badly want PhotoShop and i really want one of my photos enlarged really big (if i know how to do it??) and framed............
any hints, tips or ideas anyone?????????????

i wish i had the confidence to change this blogger, its boring me with the colours now...

oh well...
so what else was scored here for Christmas....

The kids scored a GREAT present from Mum & Stephen, which they recieved as a gift for the 3 of them............ a dvd player for the car with TWO screens... they go on the back of the seats and they can blissfully watch telly while were driving along........
we soon discovered though, its very annoying for us in the front to have to 'listen' to the telly and not being able to see it & it annoying the radio listening... SO, when we went to Bunnings yesterday, i stopped in at Dick Smith's and bought THREE headphones.... GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylor & Dan both scored mp3 players from Santa, so we had to fill them straight away. Taylor got a stereo to use her mp3 with, an art set, the much wanted Vollies, some dirt LOL & seeds from her vegie garden, a couple of dvd's, hot rollers, a heap of books from Grandad & Maxine oh & a bottle of Brittany Spears perfume, of course the guitar from Barr (my grandma), a toe ring & make up from Aunty Shannon & Uncle Brett, clothes, makeup & lots of little things from Nanna & Pop...

Dan got a big remote control car, an aquarium, lego, tennis thingy (0n a pole) set, lava light, another remote control car from Barr, and another one from Nanna & Pop with an electic (toy) guitar, clothes, from Grandad & Max some 'men's' perfume stuff and deoderant & hair stuff and a skateboard & thongs from Shan & Brett...

Jordan got his much loved Shake & Go Car's Race Track, a etcha sketch thingy, Thomas the Tank train set, the bestest Mini Car, Car's electric toothbrush, mini Semi Trailer, (YEP, he LOVES cars), from Nanna & Pop a remote control Ford, an electric (toy) guitar, clothes, the Car's dvd & a toy car from Grandad & max, a remote control car from Barr, a boogie board from Uma & Poppy, and a mini skateboard & a shirt from Shan & Brett...

Yep, the kids did excellent this year... im pretty sure i have forgotten most of the stuff.. i usually write things down (cause i have a bad memory) but i didn't get time to this year as there was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much toys to get through and went through super quickly!!!!

I scored a Red Door perfume set, a braclet, a diary OF COURSE my excellent bbq & my cash AND a Robbie Williams dvd which is EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH gosh, i had heaps more i wanted to say, but for the life of me i can't remember now...
im finally going to post this now, its time to move on from this day... Count down the days, what's left of them, till the new year and then onto the New Year's Resolutions.... ooopppps, not looking forward to that..... lol

I hope everyone had a great Christmas..............
take care.................xx