Every second year we have Christmas Day with my mum and her partner. In the alternate years we a catch up prior to Xmas with my family and then go away, just the five of us. This year we went to the Gramipans. Â Instead of staying in a hotel we decided to take Audrey the caravan, I mean she is part of our family. We weren’t sure how it would go as, despite having been to the Grampians many times, we’d never stayed at the Halls Gap Caravan Park. We shouldn’t have worried as it was one of the best caravan parks we’ve stayed in – the site, the views, the personalised service, the facilities – everything about it was awesome. And we’d also never attempted Christmas in a caravan either. Logistically speaking, letting Santa know how to deliver the presents and cooking a yummy meal can be tricky, but we did it. Four days away was exactly what we all needed and it all went perfectly to plan.
Here’s some pics of our day.
Last week’s post was about giving (in more ways than one as for some extra lucky people my post redirected them to a porn site – I’m still working on that problem unfortunately). This week’s post was about getting. Getting time to recharge. Getting the quiet we all needed. Getting extra snuggles and laughs. Getting the chance to create memories together and have adventures.
I hope your Christmas was a happy time for you. And if it wasn’t, I really hope you find the peace you need. And if you don’t celebrate Xmas, I hope you got to enjoy a lovely day off to relax.
What did you get up to?
Bianca x
Hi, I'm Bianca Wordley, I write about life.
We don’t celebrate Christmas – we’re Jewish. My son had us over for dinner on Wednesday night for dinner and then came over Thursday morning to collect my partner to go back and get out car – son’s cellar is always apt to wreck the ‘I’ll only have a couple of drinks plan! So, we had a bonus breakfast with him before he girded his loins and went off to spend the day with his girlfriend’s Greek family… My stepson is working his first full time job and doing horrendous hours, so it was a rare – at the moment – opportunity for us to have some time with him. We had some yummy bits and pieces for lunch, lay about doing nothing much, played some Yahtzee, and generally relaxed. Was nice.
Your time away sounds just perfect – and kudos for the board games and other old school family activity pressies đŸ™‚
That My Little Pony Monopoly would have been a HUGE hit at my joint. Your Xmas looks lovely. All the best for 2014 x
I love the decorating of your van, I’ve been meaning to do ours forever!! Have you done a post on decorating yours that I can look at??
Love the decorating of your van, did you do it? I’ve been meaning to do ours, you’ve given me inspiration!! Have you done a post on your decorating that I can look at for some ideas??