Christmas Eve at the Bach and catching up with my cousins!

We spent another four glorious sun-filled days at the bach in Urenui in the lead up to Christmas - this was made even more enjoyable by the visit from Kate, Damian, Bonnie and Lewis and also Louisa, Andy and Ruairidh who were visiting from Scotland and stayed over in Urenui on their way down to Wellington for Christmas.

Andy had been up that morning and caught some fish so the date for the BBQ was set for 3pm later that day.
The morning coffee ritual was obligatory and after our caffiene injection, we were ready to hit the beach - kayak and boogie boards in tow! Fresh BBQ'd fish and chilli 'n' orange chicken with salad and fresh bread is hard to beat, not to mention the gin and tonics and beer.

We had a great laugh with all and the kids had a lovely time getting to know each other - they were zonked by all the fresh air, sun and exercise and were just about asleep at 6pm watching Tinkerbell!

Christmas morning hot chocolate at the bach - 5.30am!

Letter for Santa and the proud girls who wrote this (with Mum scribing!)

Maddy really got to grips with the black sand - I think she'd make a good seal pup!

Some of the Johnston lassies

A group photo - self-timer!

A smile from Bonnie with her Mummy!

The kids at the end of the day parked in front of Tinkerbell!