Christmas at our house...

Family started arriving at 11 am. The weather was perfect apart from it being a little windy. My guess, about 25C. We had 26 adults and 10kids for lunch then about 19 adults and 5 kids for dinner.
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These are my great-nephews - Brodi, Jed & Jett (cousins)
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This is Saige...
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... and this is Tayla, the eldest of the greats...
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... Mitchell gets ready to send the the ball flying while Jed and Brodi chill out in the shade...
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This was the lunchtime spread of cold meats and salads...
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Everyone was here for lunch or dinner (except one nephew and his family). Kirby said my Mum (79) said quietly to her, while surveying the crowd - "You know, I made this family..."
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Here we are with dear old Santa - he arrived to hand out some gifts and lollies...
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(Back Row - Josh, Mitchell, Tayla, Sapphire
Front row - Jett, Saige, Kobe, Brodi, Jed & Blake)
10 of my 16 nephews and nieces (the girls are out-numbered 4-12). They changed into their swimming gear so they could give the Slip n Slide a whirl...
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Even Santa had a turn on the Slip n Slide - I hope he had an extra suit with him!
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Me and my sisters (L-R) Julie, Leanne, Sue, Mum (Dorothy), Marilyn & Janine
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(L-R) Leanne, Janine, Sue, Julie & Marilyn
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Some of the crowd left to go elsewhere for dinner and more arrived to have dinner with us. We had a baked ham, barbecue chicken plus crayfish and prawns and lots of veggie and pasta bakes. More pudding with custard and cream and mango cheesecake and chocolate ripple cake for dessert. The kids ran around like mad things but they all had a ball.
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I am very lucky to be able to spend my Christmas with all my family - in all my 45 years I have always been with my and sisters (apart from one when Maz was in Perth with her family there).

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I hope your Christmas was just as nice as mine (...probably quieter though!)
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Cheers - Joolz