We've been in London now for over seven years and are so lucky to have made some amazing and dear friends along the way. This year, since we stayed here for Christmas, and we are all having a break from the usual hectic lives we lead, we've had lots of opportunities to spend time together. The other night we had a delicious dinner with some of our favorite friends...and SIX little girls between the ages of 3 and 5 (who all adore each other). High energy fun!
Always the ladies' man: Jim with our friends Asra and Kay.
Craig: man of the house and sommelier.
Dinner all together! We had some yummy fish pie, which is something we never had experienced before moving to England. It's creamy, potato, fishy goodness.
Delicious and beautiful cupcakes by Kay (who also happens to run her own cake baking business: https://www.facebook.com/LiliandOliCakes). The core of the Christmas trees were made with strawberries. The snowballs were balls of cake rolled in coconut. VERY exciting and delicious (as evidenced by little hands reaching in excitement and by smiling faces all around). She also made some exquisite profiteroles. We sort of rolled home after all the food.
This has been a fun year and, with only a couple of more days to go, I'm hoping for an equally fun 2014, full of special times with family and friends, both old and new.
