Christmas day 2008

We had family here from Liverpool to spend Christmas day with us, Tony took us all out to dinner at Gaylord Palms. We had a great night. The kids enjoyed having family here it made this Christmas even more special. Sam complained the whole time cos he hates to wear smart clothes, what happened to my Abercrombie Kid........ as soon as we got home he put on his sloppies. Santa brought Sam a new PSP as he lost his original one at a baseball game earlier this year, he was so happy he also got an itouch which he was happy with. John got an xbox 360 and a ton of games plus they both got soccer stuff and baseball stuff.

Santa is Coming......

The kids were excited and opted for an early night tonight. Sam was really looking forward to getting in bed and falling asleep quickly to make tomorrow come quicker. John was excited too and also went to bed really early. We are looking forward to tomorrow when we are going to Gaylord Palms for Christmas dinner with our family that have arrived today. It feels really weird not to be chopping, peeling and cutting on Christmas eve, we cant wait to go to the Palms, it will be a nice change, although I like the house to smell of a Turkey cooking on Christmas day, so I bought one anyway and we are going to cook it tomorrow morning. We wanted to wish all our family and friends a very merry christmas and a happy new year. we love and miss you all....xxxx

Our First Soccer Tournament 3v3 - 3rd Place

Sam played a tough day of footie today, he played 7 games in all and our team (The Mighty Reds - who picked that name?) came 3rd. It was Sam's first experience of real competitive play he came home battered a bruised but was happy with his 3rd place medal. Keith coached the team this year and you can see his experience and knowledge of the game really helped the kids, he was happy with the way all the kids played but was disappointed in the referees who "sucked" he said. The girls team made it to the final but lost in the last few minutes..... Go Girls........!!!!! What a great achievement for these kids to have got so far with so little experience. The sign of great things to come.......