We headed over to Rosie and Garry’s house for a catch up and for Olivia to draw The Olivia Lambert Appeal raffle that Garry had organised.  Rosie and Garry have been wonderfully supportive friends and have been there for us on so many levels.  Every time we’re in Sydney, they open their home to us and just try to make our lives easier.  Thanks, guys.

Olivia drew out the winning tickets and it just so happened that every prize winner was from Canberra!  Congratulations to those of you who won a prize and thanks to everyone who supported this great cause by buying a ticket.  Also, thanks to those of you who kindly sold tickets for us.  We don’t have the final figures as yet but it’s looking as though the raffle raised almost $15,000 for neuroblastoma research.  We would like to pass on our heartfelt thanks to Garry for a wonderful effort in organising the raffle and to the various businesses who generously donated the prizes.  A fantastic effort!!

After drawing the raffle, we met Fairy Sparkle in a park.  We gave her a little fairy for Christmas to either put in the hospital’s fairy garden or in her own.  She has been so wonderful to Olivia the whole year and has brought her so much happiness.  When we met Fairy, we also had the opportunity to look inside her lovely little fluffy pink (on the inside) mobile home.  Olivia loved it.

We then had to head back to Canberra.  It was good to be home and back with Sarah again.  We really missed her but at the same time, we realise that it’s better for her to stay with Mum and Dad as Sydney is a very stressful experience for us and not the best place for her.  Sarah had a great time staying with Mum and Dad.