Merry Christmas from the Beaudry's!

It's officially Christmas season, and the weather has finally turned from rainy spring to sunny summer here in Australia...and we could not be more happy about it! We finally got to experience Newcastle in all of its glory this past weekend.

We spent Saturday evening watching the sunset over the harbour at the "breakwall" and were treated to a little dolphin sighting!

On Sunday, we headed down to Morisset to play with hundreds of wild kangaroos. Just another day in the life, aye?

And to top it all off, we frolicked in the ocean and basked in the warm sunshine while listening to Christmas music at the beach on Monday. What a weekend!

We are also heaps excited that we bought plane tickets this week to go home for the holidays! We will be leaving Australia on December 17 (getting picked up in Chicago on December 18). For many reasons, we thought that going home for the holidays was impossible and not the right next step for us until last week when we found out that Lance's childhood home is sold and will have new residents by the beginning of the new year. Lance was devastated at the thought of never being able to see his house again, and that encouraged us to think and pray about the possibility of heading home before Christmas. God opened doors and spoke into the situation in many different ways, and long story short - we'll be home in a couple weeks time to enjoy the magical snowy homey comfort of Christmas in Michigan! We are still sorting out what 2014 will bring, so don't start asking what's next just yet! We have accepted that God is only offering us one stepping stone at a time these days. So, to the next stepping stone, it is!

Merry Christmas!

We're coming home this Christmas day!