“EARLY CHRISTMAS”

WE GAVE OURSELVES AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TODAY : A FLIGHT OVER TO VANCOUVER TO SEE OUR FAMILY. 

OUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER IN LAW, SERVANE,  WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FLY AT CHRISTMAS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS SO WE DECIDED TO COME TO THEM BEFORE WE GET TOO BUSY BACK HOME.

WHAT A WONDERFUL START TO OUR WEEK (BUT NOT THE BEST START TO THE EVENING).  UNFORTUNATELY , I HAD TO GIVE A GIFT TO THE BOYS THAT WAS LITERALLY ‘A BUST’ .  I FOUND THESE NEAT GLOWING , BOUNCY BALLS FOR THE BOYS.  WITHIN MINUTES OUR YOUNGEST , 2 YEAR OLD BOY BOUNCED HIS BALL RIGHT INTO THE LOVELY ‘BANKERS’ LAMP IN THEIR BEDROOM AND SMASHED IT TO BITS.  SHEESH…HOW TO ENDEAR YOURSELF TO YOUR FAMILY !  NOT ! 

THEY WERE OF COURSE EXTREMELY GRACIOUS ( EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND LAMP THAT BROKE) AND ALL WAS SOON CLEANED UP . 

DINNER WAS INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS . SERVANE PLANNED A WONDERFUL VEGETARIAN MEAL WITH OUR OTHER SON’S FAMILY IN MIND AND THEY ALL SOON JOINED US FOR THE MOST YUMMY DINNER OF ” MUSHROOM WELLINGTON ” , SALADS, DELICIOUS, COLOURFUL ROOT VEGGIES ,AND PUFF PASTRIES DECORATED WITH SHAPED PEPPERS. DESSERT WAS FRESH FRUIT WITH WHIPPED CREAM .  ( AFTER 2 MONTHS OF RESTAURANT FARE I AM STILL THRILLED WITH HOME COOKING…AND THIS WAS ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL ).

 I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE NEAR OUR WONDERFUL FAMILY , TO LAUGH TOGETHER, DINE TOGETHER, AND WATCH THE LITTLE ONES PLAY SO WELL TOGETHER. 

WE HAVE A FULL CALENDAR NOW WITH THESE 2 FAMILIES AND EVEN MORE FAMILY HERE TO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING NEAR . I AM ALREADY SOAKING UP THE LOVE.