joyeux noël

vee's first
christmas
was
a quiet one.

. . . . .

on christmas eve
morning
we went downtown.
it was packed
with people.
we had
some cake & coffee
at suchard cafe
and
went
grocery shopping.

in the afternoon
i set up
the christmas tree
and
suddenly
it seemed
more
like christmas.



in the evening
we went
to
midnight mass



and opened
one present
each.



in the morning
we opened
the rest
of the presents.


{handknit bird from fpea}

vee opened
her presents.







thank you
tante oma ella
aunt lisa
& aunt fawn!

and
everyone
was absorbed
in examining
their presents.


{like father like daughter}

i attempted
to make
the grub family
traditional
coffee cake.


{not pretty, but delicious!}

vee passed
out
from exhaustion
after all
the present
opening.



it was an
amazing
clear alpen day.
so we decided
to take a walk.

we bundled up
vee
in her
new
fuzzy bear suit
from
grandma...



and
headed
down
to the lake.







we headed home
to make
christmas dinner.



our friend jess
came over
for dinner.
we had
a
bûche de noël.



we were sad
to be so far
from family
but we
managed
to have
a lovely
holiday.

hope you
did too.



xo