Christmas Eve 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve with the Cheney Family! Dawn & Mark roasted a great turkey with all the trimmings and served a scrumptious cheesecake for dessert. The girls were so much fun and were very excited about opening their gifts!

Austin was a very happy boy on his 1st Christmas Eve!

Aussie Critters

Sorry, no Roos.
























Brahman cattle seem to be the popular breed.

Random photos from our visit in Australia

Sydney

Another view of Sydney's The Rocks.......




It was rainy in Sydney, so John & I bought Aussie hats.















Sights of Sydney's Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour and views from the Bridge, including the famous Sydney Opera House.





More of The Rocks.






We enjoyed staying in the Historic Sebel Pier One Hotel in The Rocks.

Lowline Cattle Stud

We had a wonderful visit at the Vitulus Lowline Stud, near Brisbane. Margo Hayes was very gracious and gave us a wealth of information about growing our Lowline business.

Australia

Sherree & John had a really marvelous time in Australia!
We spent a week sailing in the Whitsunday Islands and snorkeling in the Great barrier Reef.



Riding horses on Wonga beach was great fun and we loved our walks in the Daintree Rainforest. We went on a river cruise on the Daintree River and saw crocodile. The North-East Coast of AU is absolutely beautiful!

A Pictorial Gallery to show what we've been up to since July...

This is a photo of 'Our Herd' that will appear on our website once its completed! While John works outside Sherree is most often on the phone or at the computer with Relief Society, the Lowline business or working on our Clementine Ranch website. We want it to be up & running by the end of the year, since we'll be in Australia for the greater part of December, I'm on a deadline!

Sugar & Hope are actually quite good friends. Sugar is now 11 months old and still growing! We did a "Show n' Tell" with our Lowlines at the Small Farm Progress Day in October. It was in Auburn this year, so an easy gig.

A reunion with Sherree's 'Thorsfeldt cousins' - A girl's weekend get-away in Scottsdale, in October.

On a cruiser in Santa Barbara- a fun day!





Watching the girls so Dawn can get some alone time with Austin.


Terri, Laura & Sherree after Laura's Bridal Shower.

These photos are from way back in July when we had a family camping trip to Lake Berryessa in Napa Valley. We had a fun time boating and camping!