I truly hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you are still enjoying the festivities as the New Year celebrations begin this weekend.
Nathan and I always spend Christmas Day with his parents at their home and this year my beautiful sister and her boyfriend joined us for the lovely food and gift giving, which we all enjoyed. It is tradition that we all start the day together with a delicious, but light-ish breakfast with a glass of prosecco and fresh pomegranate seeds and juice.
Then we separate at lunchtime as Nathan and his Father open the family pub from 12pm-2pm. I drive down to the In-Laws with the car loaded with presents and homemade nibbles for the evening. This year I had Brooke and Jamie with me which was truly wonderful to have their company and also to have their help, they were the elves to my Santa! Nathan’s mum always likes to finish cooking the lunch in peace and quiet, so after dropping off the gifts, I always take the pooches for a walk, stopping off at the pub for a mulled wine.
There are now three little dogs in our family; Monty the Shih-Tzu, Bella the Maltese belong to my In-Laws and of course Poppy the Cavalier is ours. Even though they are teeny tiny, they are a handful all together so it was fantastic to have Brooke and Jamie helping to walk a pooch each. At 2.30pm everyone dashed home for the splendid lunch that was awaiting us. Afterwards we collapse onto the sofas and open our gifts.
Then we play Trivial Pursuit, Cranium or Pictionary and have lots of fun into the wee hours.
Our Christmas was superb, we spent quality time with loved ones, copious amounts of good food were consumed, beautiful and thoughtful gifts were given and received and we drank lots of bubbly too.
I took these photos of our tree when we arrived home on Christmas day. It all seemed so peaceful and pretty after the happy hustle and bustle of the day.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last post, you really made my heart sing and my smile beam from ear to ear. I am so happy that you like the change in name and the small design and layout changes that I have made so far. I am looking forward to making some more over the coming weeks and I hope you will like them too.
Love Morwenna xoxo
Oh Morwenna….everything looks just lovely sweetheart!!! Your Christmas sounds so peaceful—I love being with my family the very, very best. It IS Christmas to me. Everyone came over here and it all just worked out this year. I was so concerned as we don't have the log house to celebrate in and this one is quite a bit smaller, but somehow, it was wonderful. It's all about the people and not about the house. Together, it was so much fun!!! I just did a post about visiting my mom but soon I'll do a post of our Christmas, too….and you'll see the smiles! I'm really missing you on Twitter, so hopefully, you'll do some catching up and we can see how the bakery's been doing and catch up on all your furry friends!!
Love and Hugs and Happy New Year Morwenna!!
xoxo
Joann
oh your home looks beautiful and cosy. Just gorgeous Morwenna.
I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas. I forgot that there was a pub to run in your family! I love going to a good pub over Christmas (and we did!), but I always think how hard and busy it is for those having to do the work. Shows like Eastenders gloss over the work and like to make out running a pub is easy, but it's not.
Thank you for your lovely comment.
Much love to you and your hubs, and wishing you all th very best for a truly wonderful 2012.
xx
p.s, yes, you would LOVE both Jimmy's Farm and the Suffolk Food Hall. I can spend hours and £££££'s in both! SFH is my favourite, it really is the most brilliant place for any foodie to visit.
if you are ever in my part of the world, let me know, I'd gladly take you – or get Bill to take us as I don't drive. Which is probably just as well as I'd spend most days out at the SFH!
xx
Your Christmas sounds and looks beautiful. Your place is so pretty and spacious and the tree is really lovely, but best of all is the gorgeous girl in the mirror. Looks like there's much less of you to love. How much weight have you lost? You look thin! ♥
How lovely, sweet friend! I really enjoyed hearing the details and traditions of your Christmas. Your blog looks beautiful. I hope you'll blog more in the new year! It's always so nice to see your pictures and hear about your charmed life.
xoxoxo
Your Christmas sounds just perfect! I love your tree! What a lovely way to spend the day-with the ones you love. And that love you back! Your ornaments are so beautiful. Blessings of the season, Morwenna!
Sounds like you had a perfect Christmas, sweet Morwenna!! I just love your home and your delicate tree with its special ornaments!!! Your blog looks fabulous and I adore all the changes you have made!! Wishing you a fantastic 2012 filled with lots of magical blessings!! With all my love, Sherry xxxx
Glad you had such a lovely time Morweena! I still haven't had the chance to post photos, but your tree styling is so similar to mine!You'll see, when I do!
Thanks for dropping by my blog!
Have a wonderful New Year's celebration, too!
It all souinds perfect sweetie – so happy that you had a wonderful time with family (including the waggy ones!!) Love your gorgeous tree and all the tradition…you're so right, it's really what makes Christmas special isn't it? We're in London for NYE, no fireworks just dinner & quiet-ish! Hoping that 2012 brings even more happiness, love & good luck to you, Nathan, Poppy & all those you love xoxo Rachel
Dear Morwenna,
What a beautiful post! I loved reading all about your Christmas day. Your Christmas tree is so pretty…I even recognize a couple of the ornaments! I hope you are enjoying your holidays to the fullest. Wishing you, Nathan, Poppy and the rest of the family (pooches and kitties too) a very Happy New Year filled with love, health and laughter!
Rosinda xoxo