The final stop on the Christmas 2007 Friend Catch Up Express was at my childhood best friend Nic’s house at Springfield Lakes. And didn’t she turn it on. She even managed to turn the wet and cooler weather into something resembling summer at last – I couldn’t believe it – blue sky, sun, drier weather, warmth and humidity (though admittedly we could have all done without this last thing!) It was the most amazing day though later I found out that the weather back on the Gold Coast still hadn’t cleared up. This is the view out of her house. Nice right?

Not only did Paul (Nic’s husband) and Nic put on a very nice barbecue lunch they even opened up their home to a couple of our other friends from school Rod and Andrew, and their partners and in the case of Andrew his cute little daughter Tia, so we could have a proper catch up. Whilst the boys did the whole boys and their barbecues things outside and the kids did the running back and forth thing inside and out, the girls stayed inside in the blessed air-conditioning doing the prepping the rest the meal thing (salads, breads etc.) but also the gossip thing.

Its been a couple of years since I saw these guys and its really nice to see everyone with their partners and families. Nic has a truly gorgeous family with Megan, her oldest child, now in grade 3 but seemingly more mature and a very good help around the house (apparently takes after her Dad) and little Alex who, despite being a boy, is exactly as Nic was when she was younger – all bouncing energy, all hyper active and all happy happy happy. New to the family as well this Christmas was Charlie the Wonder Dog who was adorable. I was trying to sneak him into my bag to take back to London with me but Megan and Alex were a little too sharp for me. 🙂