christmas pixies

this was the most lovely surprise... some christmas elves attacked our house tonight leaving coloured lights around our raised lawn area

and twinkle lights wrapped around our frangipani trees. they must have quickly done it all and then done a knock and run, as we didn't hear a thing until then. there was a box of chocolates and a card on the doorstep with nothing other than "merry christmas" written in it. 

it certainly hasn't been the best year, losing doug's dad at the beginning and then doug's mum having spent a lot of time in hospital over recent months. it's little gestures like this that have helped us get through the hard times.

see how pretty?! i really felt so loved when we came outside to see them.

and i will definitely leave these up all year round, i love them!

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edited to add october 2021 - we finally found out who the pixies were, the lovely newman family. as we packed up their house to move them to nz after they accidentally got stuck there, we noticed their backyard fairy lights were the same as our pixie dropped lights. hmmmmmm. i hit julia up and found out it was indeed them and that made me even happier. we truly have the sweetest friends. it was definitely my favourite part of that christmas. ❤