Happy New Year and Welcome to 2012

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted! I have been so busy with life that I simply have not had time to do my normal usual stuff. I managed to finish my brother's wedding quilt with only a few hours to spare and in my haste forgot to take photos. Other than that, there has been no quilting at ALL!

To start things off, we went on a holiday the first week of December to Caloundra  Queensland and had a fantastic time.

Getting my toes into the sand

The family enjoying the water and sand

The start of a very big castle.

Fun with the water sprouts

Our Hoggs Breath Café dessert

 I managed to do some crocheting while we were away, but that will get put away to finish off on the next holiday - I always find I really need to do something.

We then came home from holidays and relaxed and ready to finish off the last week of school. We said our goodbyes to those leaving the school this year and see you later to the ones coming back next year. 

We trimmed our tree very late this year, but it got done and that is the main thing. I love this picture of DD on daddy's shoulder to put on the star!

My handsome baby brother got married to a gorgeous girl and they will live happily ever after. It was a very beautiful ceremony - very private and intimate. It was a perfect day.

And more big news! We got a new puppy! After 5 years of putting it off we had to give in. After looking at many breeds of dog we (as in I) chose a spoodle. We picked a spoodle for a few reasons: they don't shed (almost at all), they are small, very loyal and love children. So it was perfect for us.

 Hubby and I promised DS when he turned 10 he could get one. Well, he turned 10 this year (how did that happen so fast!) so we just had to get a dog and he arrived from Melbourne a few days before Christmas. The excitement the kids felt on the way to the airport to pick him up was simply amazing. They just couldn’t wait. So here he is - our beautiful black spoodle called Monty.

We celebrated Christmas first thing Sunday morning and it was so much fun even for me! We unwrapped many, many presents but we had already received the most exciting one so it was like having two Christmas'.

Basically since Christmas we have been busy with puppy and have done nothing exciting. Even New Years Eve was spent at home watching the fireworks on TV. We are just enjoying our time at home while hubby is on holidays too and relaxing and getting to know our new puppy.