Christmas!!

Oh my goodness what a day!! We woke little Jack-Jack up at 5.30am to open some presents and at about 7am Carmen, Nathan, Lachie, Sara, Grandma and Grandad and Nana and Grandpa all arrived for breakfast. The two boys had a ball playing with the presents and poor Jackson didnt know which toy to go for! The little car from Scott and Trisha and the kids was a hit with Lachie pushing Jackson along on it. Jack was exhausted after all the excitment and went straight back to bed at 8.30. After everyone left and Jackson woke up we headed to Mum and Dads for the rest of the day. We had a great lunch (our first cold one ever!) and heaps of fun opening more presents and playing with Jacksons toys all day.
In the evening we all sat around chatting and Jackson was able to appreciate Granpas handy work with the Christmas lights. He insists on calling Jack 'Boof' and only becomes more persistent the more I object!
We are most upset that all the craziness is over for another year but we have a jam-packed schedule in 2007 to keep us all occupied starting with Brodie and Nicoles wedding in Feb......hooray!!

Brent and I recently had a christmas party at our place and we had so much fun that we are thinking of making it an annual event! All the family within reach were there as well as some of our marvellous friends. Thanks to all that came - we had a fantastic night and hope you did to! The last ones standing (of course!) were Brent, Daniel, Prue, Glen and Bruce who embarked upon a poker game at 2.30 when I was calling it quits. Lo and behold, when I woke up with Jackson at 6.30am, Brent and Uncle Dan were both still at it! They both were very quick to tell me that they were definitely not still drunk (slurring a little with beers in hands) so needless to say the next day was a bit of a write off for some...... A special thanks to Brodie, Nicole and Aidan who really got in the spirit and dressed up - it made the night extra special. An honorable mention must also be made for Aidan who was such a pleasure all night even though by then there were no kids left to play with. He didnt even need the chocolate bribes I kept offering him to be content! Jackson had a great time being passed around and stayed up well past bed time lapping up the attention. Brode and Nicole had even bought him a christmas outfit which was adorable and as for Brent - after much persuasion our compromise for him getting in the spirit was tying some tinsel around his akubra! Thanks also to Kim, Kate, Jazzie and Jake who came early so that the kids could play together - Jackson loved it! And last but not least, the unofficial extra member of the Jones clan - Rebecca - helped me (more like I helped her!) with all the food which was fantastic and also took on many an hour of Jackson cuddling! Thanks to all for making the night a success!