. . . A Christmas Blessing


Getting fat on bottle AND boob! ๐ผ ๐

. . . with eyes wide open ๐๏ธ ๐๏ธ

A Summertime Christmas Down Under ๐ โฑ๏ธ

… with an abundance of cupcakes ๐ง

“All Hail The Backboard!” ๐ ๐

“And please get Auntie Kรกra out
of jail in time for Christmas.”๐๐

“Amen.” ~ Levi, the Highchair Priest โ๏ธ
A lovely somertime Christmas down under. Congratulations on the new addition to the family. That’s a great tree. We have never had a traditional Christmas tree in over 40 years of marriage. Looks like auntie Kรกra went over to the wild side. Excellent songs for the post.
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Thanks, Timothy ๐ Young Finn
is following a family tradition of
tipping the scales as a heavyweight
championship baby ๐ถ๐๐
Auntie Kรกra is also sticking to a
long cherished family tradition by
spending some hard time in the
county jail ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
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It all seems very Australian. Champion babies and babes in the clink to be humbled for 30 days. I just hope your jails are more civilized than ours. I was in the super max high-security prison a few weeks ago. Had you heard of the prison riots in 1980 at the NM State Penitentiary? The worst prison riots in US history. I was in one of the replacement facilities. Not a nice place to end up in for long-term incarceration.
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Johnny Cash should’ve written a song
about that! Perhaps even ‘Ten Years In
A Syrian Prison’ ๐ถ Or ‘Alcatraz And All
That Jazz ~ The Musical’ ? ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
The British did colonize Australia as a
convict day care centre, since all their
prisons were full to the brim. Little
did they realise that Australia is a
Gangsta Paradise ๐
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We are a paradise for gangs out here as law enforcement does little to stop them.
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Merry Christmas and blessings to your wonderful family, David. Peace to you. Lovely share.
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Thank you, Suzette ๐
All the season’s best to you & yours ๐๐
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Thank you David! Cheers.
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Great song choices, and a lovely Christmas to you and yours, and all the “Billy Lids” … ๐๐๐
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Thanks, Ivor ๐
From me, Linda,, and all the Tin Lids,
have a very merry one … or two โ๏ธ๐
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Cheers … they’ll many more than ‘two’ ๐๐
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๐๐ป๐ฅด๐ถ๏ธ
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So beautiful…congratulations:)
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Thank you, Janet ๐
Yes, young Finn is a living,
breathing, work of art ๐ผ๏ธ ๐
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Indeed….the very best:)X
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Big congrats to you and your family. What a beautiful little blessing! โฅ
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Appreciated, Niki ๐๐
I don’t like to hear the word ‘Grandfather’
in reference to myself (as I’m much too
young, of course ๐), but I’m having to
get used to it the twelfth time around
(12 ร ๐ถโผ๏ธ) ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
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Twice for me. I requested “Grammy” (I dreamed of winning one as a young songwriter) but they’ve shortened it to Gram Gram. ^^ Lovely pics, too, I meant to say. You have a beautiful family.
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Muchos gracias, Niki.
Since I’m both halfway down the road, and
halfway up the creek, I guess being known
as ‘The Old Man’ is kinda sweet ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
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Baby Finn is adorable…Happy pictures all around..I would put up the bail for Aunty Kรกra..and Happy Holidays down under David:)
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Thanks Karima, but a little too late.
Aunty Kรกra made a break for it and
is on the run. Sadly, her only crime
is having too much fun.
Hoping you too have a Yuletide high
on joyful exuberance ๐
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I wish her lots more fun and you too David:)
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Thank you for sharing your holiday season family pics with us! Finn looks like a very sweet little fella. And thanks, too, for the tunes!
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My famiglia pleasure, Liz.
Buon Natale to you and your family.
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Thank you, David.
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Angel-like baby ๐ฅฐ๐๐๏ธ Have a blessed Christmas ahead ๐
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Yes ๐ … Thank you, Krishna.
You too ๐๐
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Baby Finn is a delight to behold! Blessings to all of you and a very Merry Christmas! ๐
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You too ๐ and thank you merrily
from on a Christmas high, Dora ๐๐
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Congratulations on your new baby! Such a wonderful gift ๐ for Xmas ๐
Photos are all fabulous, David! Enjoy the moments!
Happy Holidays!
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Thank you, Anita ๐ You too ๐๐
A Scottish (patriarchal) proverb …
“You can never have too many
sons to carry on the family name.
Whereas daughters will send you
broke and drive you insane.”๐ตโ๐ซ๐ถ๏ธ
But only a politically incorrect
misogynist would bother to say that ๐
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Thank you,David ๐๐
I have four sons, no daughter.
An old local sayingโฆ
โ A son is a son until he gets a wife
A daughter is a daughter for life.โ
But whoever quoted that saying is right.
Like autumn ๐ leaves sons detach and fly far away ๐
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There is a lovely family with a cute newcomer and good wishes; it is a beautiful and heart-touching post. I wish you all a wonderful holiday season.๐ค๐๐น
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Greatly appreciated, Aladin ๐
Any season, you are most welcome
here at the Familia Rojo-Camino
(not to be mistaken for La Sagrada
Famรญlia, which is on the opposite
side of the road ๐).
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๐ Okay, thanks a lot!๐๐ค
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Congratulations. What a beautiful family ๐ You are blessed indeed.
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An affirmative โ Thank You ๐๐
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Definitely get Auntie out in time for Christmas! Congrats on the early Christmas present – looks like a healthy baby!
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Auntie Kรกra stole the key to my liquor
cabinet, but unfortunately she doesn’t
have a key to those handcuffs, JTT๐๏ธ
Hopefully she’ll be back in time for
New Year’s Eve ๐๐ฅ๐พ๐
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That was fun. Congrats one the new wee on and have fun. Hope she’s out of jail soon.
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Thank you, Gigi ๐๐
I’ll let you in on a family secret,
Auntie Kara was adopted ๐คซ๐ถ๏ธ
So fortunately she shares none
of her wild child genetics ๐งฌ with
baby Finn. Hopefully he’ll turn out
to be a relatively mild child ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
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Fingers crossed ๐ค๐ป LIfe’s hard enough without a wild child. I know my mother would have agreed. LOL
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Georgiann, a hit and run wild child โ๏ธ
Neverโผ๏ธ ๐๐
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Welcome to da ‘hood Finn!
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T Y Garry ๐ถ๐
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I spent a fair few Christmas’s in Oz in the past. I used to quite like it there as it’s not done to death like it is here. Also nice to wear shorts, tee shirt and flip-flops in December (thongs being something else to a Pom!)
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It’s hitting 40ยฐ Celcius outside today, so
I’m now dreaming of a white Christmasโ๏ธ
Remembering my trip to Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ in
the summertime, and people complaining
that the temperature had got to 20ยฐ+ โฌ๏ธ ๐ฅต
I guess a heatwave, like a thong, is in the
eye of the beholder ๐๏ธ๐ก๏ธ๐๏ธ ๐
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I remember one trip to Auckland where I arrived on a ‘a hot day’ @ 21 degrees and the airport transfer bus driver had the AC on full blast. In the UK I just open the friggin’ window if I’m hot ffs! FYI I did 8 years in Kuwait, one of the hottest places on Earth with midsummer temps high 40’s / low 50’s. I spent more than half my 70+ years in hot places. My ideal UK temp is about 28 degrees – no AC required with shorts, tee shirt and flip-flops / thongs mandatory.
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I did my time in the south of the South
Island … but as a freeman. Invercargill,
in New Zealand, is the place where sea
monsters go to die and backpackers
surrender all hope of a warm salvation ๐ฅถ๐ถ๏ธ
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These photos of children are priceless. Finn will be a ladykiller, no doubt. ๐
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I’m not sure if the world is prepared
for another Aussie Errol Flynn ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
. . . but thanks for the thought, Anna.
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Merry Christmas and congratulations David! I hope this holiday season brings you much peace and joy ๐.
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Thanks for the seasonal felicitations ๐
Hoping you have an extraordinarily ๐
blessed Christmas ๐ and year ahead ๐๏ธ
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Love the name Finn. Congrats! You’re a lucky man, #12? Am still waiting. Merry Christmas David.
Pat
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Thank you, Pat ๐
I’ve been reliably informed that #13 is
on the drawing board ๐ถ A baker’s dozen
in the oven . . . Only I’m no baker ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
Wishing you plenty of Christmas power
to you of the Jazzy Tower ๐ช๐
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A tiny bundle of joy.
Happy holidays, David!
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Thanks Bojana ๐ You too ๐๐
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Thank you. Hugs.
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You look so young, David, you just don’t age, my friend. The baby is so precious, what a wonderful Christmas with a new baby, and I love the music. We were jamming out with the “The Old Man Down The Road”. I haven’t heard that song in years, and we both knew it. Great tree and it looked like a wonderful gathering of family. Big hugs to you and the family my friend, many blessings. Joni
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Like the old lady who lived in a shoe ๐
Linda and I are blessed with so many
grandchildren we just don’t know what
to do ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
But we wouldn’t be without them ๐ฅฒ๐ถ๏ธ
That much is true ๐
Big hugs back, Joni … with interest โพ๏ธ
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I am so happy for you two, as children are a wonderful blessing indeed. You are such a talent indeed my friend. I am glad you are filled with the love of grand-babies. My heart is open and my mind is grateful. ๐คโค๏ธ๐ค
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May God bless and keep you always ๐โจ๐
“May He grant you out of the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened and spiritually energized
with power through His Spirit in your inner self,
[indwelling your innermost being and
personality], so that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through your faith. And may you, having
been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in
love, be fully capable of comprehending with
all the saints (Godโs people) the width and
length and height and depth of His love [fully
experiencing that amazing, endless love];
and [that you may come] to know [practically,
through personal experience] the love of Christ
which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without
experience], that you may be filled up
[throughout your being] to all the fullness of
God [so that you may have the richest
experience of Godโs presence in your lives,
completely filled and flooded with God
Himself]”.~ Ephesians 3:16-19 Amplified
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Beautiful photos ๐ hope you had a merry Christmas and will have a very happy 2025!
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Thank you, Laura ๐ You too ๐โจโญ
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Love the spectrumโฆ from placid young Finn to fiery Aunt Kรกra ๐ looks like a bloody good Christmas! Weโre just not used to celebrating in Ts and shorts ๐๐
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We’ve just survived a Yuletide heatwave,
Daryl. It got hot enough Down Under to
melt the baubles off a plastic Christmas
tree! ๐ฒ๐ฅต๐ถ๏ธ Fortunately Auntie Kรกra
has turned over a new leaf for the New
Year, after turning over my liquor cabinet ๐
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๐๐ Every fam has one โค๏ธ
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