Christmas was a blast in Dumfries. Whole family, presents, glorious food, the good banter, couldn ask for more... well maybe nicer weather though but who's complaining hee.. (:
* Christmas eve *Christmas eve saw both mom and myself stuffing this ginormous bird, being 'virgin stuffers' haha we got right into it... new experience, wouldn know how to explain the feeling haha but the end result was.. slurps* couldn ask for a better stuffed bird... (:
Grandpa Peacock was over on christmas eve and stayed over... christmas eve dinner was already so yummy and so much! pate and crackers, gammon and chips, pavlova and all.. by jinxs... thats to warm up the tummy for whats to come next...!!
Candle lit service it was after dinner... every year without fail, if I am in scotland, we would go to that service.. and this year I couldn have asked for more... attended the service with mom and dad and the brother.... of course auntie and uncle were both there (:
After service, Auntie, Uncle, brother and myself were over to keira's house for the christmas party.. went last year, had a blast and got invited to it again this year so thought why not, go for a laugh and I had a ball.. (: got a bit carried away with the wine though haha but managed to walk home (not in a straight line) but managed, with a tipsy brother, auntie and uncle in tow...
Oh and how sweet were they.. they found a candle, stuck it in a cake and sang me happy birthday when it was midnight... awww....
* Christmas Day *
♥ birthday ♥
didn even get a chance to get showered and dolled up and was presented with this beautiful cake that my mom and dad had bought for me (:
opened my cards and presents from the family which were all lovely.. cant thank them enough for them.. ♥
Christmas dinner (lunch).. well pictures says it all I guess.. prawn cocktail for starters, soup next, turkey with ALL the trimmings for most, I passed on the brussel sprouts and mashed carrots and parsnips (not a fan)... dessert had to be put on hold till a couple of hours later.. just could not stomach it after wolfing down that whole lot of food....
Mom trying oh so very hard to read the trivia cards without her glasses, trivia cards were being passed around while waiting for the next course... good idea isnt it.. (: a bit of trivia, using the brain while the tummy works away.. haha Poor mom was down with my cold though...
This was taken just a few minutes before my parents had to leave for the airport.... not everyday we get to be a family like this... one of those rare moments...
Good-byes are never easy for us.. so today was no different... had to say good bye with tears in our eyes.. But I think mom and dad enjoyed their visit even though it was a rather short one... ♥After wiping away the tears, which took a while I might add, it was back into the kitchen preparing for dinner.. it has become an annual event for me.. doing the boxing day dinner.. no pictures Im afraid haha.. that brother of mine was more excited abt eating than pictures.. But I can tell you what I made.. (quite impressed hee..) I made... 2 vege dishes (D&A inspired), steamed egg with mince pork and prawns, ginger pork, bak ku teh (uncle's fav so I had to make that), cereal prawns (which Ive yet to master, cos it didn turn out right) and mom's lemon chicken which Laura loved...
so that's it.. christmas has come and gone.. a year older.. maybe slightly wiser?? haha one can only hope... heading back to Glasgow tmr morning with my cousin..
Hope everyone had a brilliant christmas.. its always the holidays that make me miss you sepcial ppl at home so much more... ♥
