We started Christmas weekend off by heading to Southbank near the Brisbane Central Business District to attend their sausage sizzle and watch the fireworks. Evan rode a ferris wheel for the first time with me and we were lucky enough to time our ride just right and watched the fireworks from the top of the ferris wheel.
My mom and dad arrived on Christmas Eve morning from Nebraska but all four of their suitcases did not! Evan still had plenty of presents to open on Christmas morning - as you can tell. Suitcases began trickling in throughout the week and Grandma had packed presents in each suitcase, so Evan now thinks that Christmas is actually a week long instead of just one day!
We also decided to attempt a not-so-typical (for Americans)Christmas dinner by making shrimp on the BBQ ("Shrimp on the Baarbie") for our main meal. Actually, the shrimp and the grilled stuffed mushrooms were supposed to be appetizers but we ended up being stuffed after eating all of them.
Oh yeah, and somehow Bryan was volunteered to be the office Christmas Santa for their annual party this year. Not sure if it was because he was on "holiday" and wasn't given the choice or if it was due to others wanting to hear Santa with an American accent this year!
Hope you had a very Merry Christmas in America, we are excited that we will be back next year to experience the snow and a traditional Christmas!!
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