..but wait...there's more!!

I suddenly realised halfway thru Christmas 'tea' (Christmas 'dinner' was at lunchtime..with half the 'children'...and then the other half came for tea...Emma and Beth were at both of course, because they do not have inlaws to go to!...so this was a 'happy shot' for dad, who is away in the middle east and not home for Christmas! ..sniff..sniff...haha Claire is mid-mouthful so not the best of her...ah well..
And then there's the 'sad' shot cos dad is not here...MISS YOU DADDY!!!!... wish you were here!!..awesome sad faces...don't you think??

Moving on...back to our decorating... hehe...a lovely shot of Beth's FIRST EVER Pavlova...traditional Christmas dessert in NZ and Australia (a much debated topic - whether the Pav (as we all them) was an Australian or New Zealand invention...WE, OF COURSE, SAY THE LATTER!!...

I found a branch blown over the fence from the neighbours! on my deck! (gotta be something good come out of all this dreadful wind!!) so i wired it to the chimney guard and hung my homemade baubles from it, above the willowy cone trees...

Another shot of the same....

Our sideboard with another silver willowy/twig cone tree...and paper star...and I printed the words to a Christmas Carol, Oh Holy Night, and cut it in thin strips and wound around the tree like a garland...can't see in this pic but looks lovely...and adds a Christian note to the display...yay!...

Looking back the other way...

And then there was a little more Christmas food....well...these were meant to be delicious fresh raspberries for our table, but they went off...in the fridge!! I was so disappointed...so had to throw a punnet of them out. Picked up the punnet...and it promptly tipped out of my hand...half of them going all over my feet!! hahaha....yay...a good start to Christmas morning!! ;)

These were the berries previously...delicious local boysenberries on the left and the 'fresh picked' raspberries on the right...

And a last shot of their deliciousness...alongside some fudgebars all wrapped in cello ready to give...mmmmm....LOVE CHRISTMAS FOOD...AND GIVING...how about you??

That's it for now bellas...

have a lovely relaxing day...

Looking forward to a happy new year!!

ciao...jessie xx