Merry Christmas

We returned from our tour of the south island on Christmas Eve. Our tree and home decorations were loaned to us by Jeanette, who has been our guardian angel since the day she met us at our house on the first day. Karen crocheted some nice ornaments and Lily made several beadwork ornaments to help personalize the tree. Check out the photo link to see the festive Christmas decorations.

Days are very long with sunrise at 5:50AM and sunset at 9:15PM. So we went to bed exhausted from our trip at 9:30 under blue skies. Santa arrived and brought a Sylvanian family dollhouse with several animal families and accessories for Abby (see pictures). Abby and Lily had fun furnishing the house and being amazed by the details. For example the vacuum cleaner, which is about 1.5 inches long, has the normal floor sweeper attachment which can be replaced with an upholstery nozzle if needed. Lily got a jade necklace and Cadbury earrings from the chocolate factory. Karen got an Aussie-style hiking hat and I got 3 hiking poles, which I’ll share with Karen and Abby since I can’t figure out a way to look cool and use 3 hiking poles at one time. We miss being close to family this year, but we’re happy to have Lily here and we feel lucky to be on this great adventure. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday back home. Cheers, Bob