Christmas Week 2011

We decorated the tree with our Texas ornaments but it didn't seem quite like Christmas because of the heat..... That and not having Amanda with us! :(

David made the best of it with a few good old German Beers!

We had Christmas lunch at David's sister's house. Jannene went all out - with Prawn (shrimp) cocktails, pork, ham, lamb shanks, roasted veggies and a range of deserts - Lemon meringue pie, pecan pie, Emily's award winning carrot cake and traditional Australian Christmas pudding.

Ashlee, Jannene and David

After so much wonderful food we hooked up the Wii (Santa gave Emily & Allie) and burned off a few calories. Emily, Uncle Mark and Allie had a blast at Just Dance.

The next day we walked 5 minutes down to the jetty for a little fishing.

We got all set up and wouldn't you know it, a storm came in. We didn't catch any fish but I'm sure we will at some point since the water is so close.

All David has talked about since we moved is how much he wants to catch either mud or sand crabs. They are super expensive and are really good eating. So for Christmas I gave David two crab pots. They are the perfect size to take out on the kayak. He and Allie set them out and we went back the next day to check... We weren't expecting to catch anything but we caught seven total - nothing that we could keep as you can't keep females and the males we caught were too small. Oh well, we had a great time and look forward to one day catching some keepers!

Allie caught one that was missing it's claws so she was able to hold it for a few photos.

The following day we headed to Movie World for a few hours of fun. Allie got chosen to be in a 'movie' during the stunt show.

Filming....

On the big screen... Her line was "They're stealing our car!"....

We had a nice surprise in the mail box when we got home... This great Christmas Ornament from Markus, Constanze, Julius and Vivian - Thanks so much guys!!!

Our first Christmas in Australia was definitely different but fun and special in an entirely new way.