Christmas...Been and Gone!

Well, Xmas was fantastic! We all had a raving good time and plenty of food and drinks were consumed by all!
Tom and Pat arrived on the 24th which was nice, just in time to see Naomi for a few hours before I had to take her back to her mother's. That was good timing. I was worried they were not going to get to see her.
We did Xmas on Xmas Eve for Nimmer which was fun. I am pretty much a traditionalist when it comes to when the pressies get opened, but obviously in this case it was okay to do them a day early. She made out like a bandit, which when you are a kid that is really all Christmas is about right? At her age (5), she is so into the Santa thing and everything that goes along with it. Very cute. Heartbreaking to have to take her back, but next year we will get her on Christmas Eve through until the next year.
The actual day went well with everyone enjoying themselves. It was nice because Eric and Jo came around and so we had everyone at our house again for Christmas. Steph out-did herself once again with the turkey. She cooks that thing so well that she is almost a pro at it. I was worried that the turkey wasn't going to be enough as it was only 12lbs, but we had a whole other ham aswell which I didn't notice until it was time to eat. The meal was topped off with bread sauce which Steph made from scratch, and for the first time since I have lived in the States I had a proper Christmas pudding, WITH Brandy Butter for desert! How cool is that. It bought back so many memories while I was eating. It was really cool.
Anyway, Santa also got us a new Nikon D50 digital camera. He spent some extra money and got the two lens kit and some other accessories, which mean that you will be seeing some much better quality photos on this blog from now on...starting right now!