A Storey Christmas.............

Despite the 100mls of rain we have had here in the last weeks, and being flooded in a number of times....like today. Santa still managed to get here on Saturday for our Storey Christmas....Alanah seemed to like Santa a lot!!!! Having all Greg's family here for our annual family Christmas was a great night...Having opened the house up by pulling down the walls was a real success, as there was 40 plus people here and it was raining on and of yet there was plenty of room inside.
Jessica got home here from Roma on Wednesday, and on Thursday night we had our Christmas with her.. As you can see below though there are some missing...David ,Karen and Robbie are still in Charters Towers and won't be home until Christmas eve...I must say though that it was quiet with out Robbie....To quiet I am missing him.

The girls set the table in the new dinning room......We are still working on how we are setting this room up...

The table has moved a few times and on Christmas day we have to fit two tables in ...

Just thought I would put this photo in as it is a good one of the three of us..

Now how did this get in here???????hmmmmmm yes this is my much a waited for walk in robe... all fitted out.....and I'm all moved in, and yes it is all mine and No I don't have to share it....I just have to get the shoe racks put in for my (cough cough 50 plus) pairs of shoes...

As you can see I have had a busy week last week and I am sure every-one will have a busy week this week getting ready for Christmas.....

Blessing to all

Mandy

Monday Madness

Cleaning is whats going on around here today..........Lots of it.
I even have the boys helping and they think there throats are cut.
Monday is always house work day.

We had a fantastic party on Saturday night in Toowoomba for a friend, it was his birthday retirement and Christmas party all in one.
We danced the night away till early morning, all the young ones left early, but us oldies kept partying.....Kids don't make them like they used to.........


Now your probably wondering why I have this photo.........Are you a Mother of teenage daughters? Well then you will understand.........

That's all the photos on my camera. What happens to the ones I take for the blog......who knows.
There is only smiling, posing teenagers instead....The one above was in with my photos and it is Chloe at work, now there wasn't just one photo...O no! There's about 20 of the darn things. Must have been a quiet day.............My girls read my blog and will have a fit when they see these photos........

Alanah went to a dinner party on Friday night , it was a formal dinner. I was trying to take some nice photos but they were playing up and doing terrible posses, so this is it........


I got lots of gardening done on Saturday no photos to show you though. There is so much weeding to do, I am getting up early and going out and getting a couple of hours done before it gets hot.........Today isn't hot though as it is pretty windy and alot cooler. Will be going out to the garden as soon as the house work is all finished.
Time to get back to it I suppose, now I've stopped for a break I don't feel like starting again.........


Mandy

Stockyard Stichers Christmas Party...

Meet our lovely Japanese girls they are Mai, Aya, Chisato and Yuri........

They are enjoying a fruit platter for Breakfast........I don't think I told you that Friday night at the Christmas Barby I won the fruit box in the raffle. God is good to me...........There was mango, nectarines, grapes, pineapple and so much more too much too mention .......all Australia's best fruit. The girls loved it as did we....

We had our craft Christmas party up in The Old Dairy.

So of course I had to decorate up there.
Took one of the Christmas Trees from the house up,

put up some tinsel and other decorations

to make it look the part.

I was so thankful that it was cooler for our lunch today,

there was a lovely breeze blowing as well which was a blessing.

I set the table with the gold cloth a it went well with all the white.
Every-one brought lots of Christmas goodies to eat, as we talked about what we would like to learn to do in the new year. Lots of ideas thrown around
so it will be an exciting year I think.




We all had to make our gift this year.
What a great variety we had, from scarves to cushions and even decorated coat hangers.
Every one was pleased with what they received.

I just realized that there is dates on the photos boy they're out by nearly 2 years, I'll have to work out how to change it. Might not be easy as I don't know how I put it on.......







Tomorrow I have to have the Japanese girls in to Gatton by 8 a.m
Then I need to go up to Toowoomba to take Robertson to the orthopaedic surgeon to have a look at his broken arm.
Tomorrow will be a full day I think.

Well time to get the girls to bed as they are leaving early tomorrow.


Blessings to all and thanks for the comments as I read each and every one of them.



Mandy