Christmas and New Year Sunshine

Nat here.  A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! I hope you had as much fun as we did.  Here's a little snapshot of our last couple of weeks!

We headed to BrisVegas, or the Gold Coast first up for a little family friend Christmas action.  Husband's Mum is certainly is a good styler when it comes to Christmas tables..

Christmas morning came around quickly..there were lots of pressie's!! 

The husband and I went our separate ways for Christmas lunch, I went to Brissie for lunch with the fams..isn't little GJ the cutest with her little headphones...this was after I put together her Barbie play pool, complete with cocktails, not sure about the message in that for little girls!

After Boxing Day we headed to Noosa to catch up with friends, the first stop was with Shaanie and CSD (!!) for a Bistro C food extravaganza....

We had lunch with M&M at the surf club over a Pimms.   

M&M have added another to their growing brood...meet Rafferty, a brother for Hamish...gorgeous!

It was back to the Coast after our big day in Noosa..I don't have photos of the other catch-ups!  We had a delicious meal at the Sandbar at Paradise Point..which was finished with deep fried mars bar...oh yes it was..

P&W came to stay for New Years! We took them on some Sydney adventures, including our favourite Balmoral Beach for breakfast..

We took them to the Skiff Club at the end of our street for a sneaky entree, and then had some drinks and dinner at the Botanist...

For NYE we cooked up a storm - prawns, crab cakes, delicious little prawn, mayo and chorizo bites and we finished with a hazelnut bundt...all with champas, of course!

Will be posting the recipe for the bites - they were amazing!  We walked up the road for the family friendly 9pm fireworks which was a great buzz at Kirribilli, so many people!!

For the big fireworks we decided to head into town to my office - the 41st floor had a great view of the harbour and all the boats...the boys (twins) were most impressed...

Here's a pic of our view of the harbour. 10/10!

Today, after a big sleep-in, we feasted again, this time with lamb and garlic prawns thrown in for good measure..

What are your New Year's resolutions? I don't really have one this year - just for the good health and sunshine to continue!