Merry Christmas!!!

Well, for us it's Christmas afternoon, but for the rest of you it's either Christmas Eve or very early Christmas morning. We landed safely on Saturday morning, but our luggage didn't make it until Sunday afternoon. Uncle Jim took us to the airport after lunch to pick it up and the first thing I did was take a shower with my stuff. Thank God for being able to borrow stuff when we got here. The flights went well. We travelled for about 25 hours. The worse flight was from China to Australia - there was a lot of turbulance. Steve and Allie look great. We were able to do some sightseeing on Saturday afternoon and of course got some STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!! It was delicious.

We went to the Box Hill Corps on Sunday morning. It was a great service. We went to the 930 contemporary service and the 1100 traditional. It was such a blessing to be able to be at an Army corps with a band. Michael and I so needed it. The afternoon we spent relaxing at the house and then went to a program called Carols by Candelight that the city puts on. It rained and was cold but we stayed for about 4 hours. It didn't start until 9pm but it was general admission so we sat on the lawn. We left the program early and was able to watch the rest on tv.

This morning, Uncle Jim and Aunt Carolyn went to church. And when they got home we opened presents. Michael got some great shirts and I got a beautiful blanket, a purse, and some little change purses, among other things. We had steak on the barbie and now we're either napping or watching tv.

The next few days are packed with some travels. We're going away for Tuesday night and staying at a Salvation Army Conference Center with a pool. The weather isn't exactly summer. It's been kinda cold but right now the sun is shining outside and it looks beautiful. Michael and I may go for a walk.

We hope you have a blessed Christmas. Will try to post when we get back on Wednesday with some pics. We're going to see koalas, kangaroos, the Twelve Apostles, and many more things. By the way, the Knaggs's look great!!!!! It's so great to see them. Of course Allie and Steve too!!!!