The great big Xmas post...

Hello people of the internet! How have you been? I hope you had and are having a nice Xmas vacation. Its been rather nice here in DK for the Groves household. Relaxing, eating, drinking and just having a nice time...... and it all began with Brunch!

We popped out on the 23th for Brunch with our friend Christine before she headed off to see her family. We went to a cute local place and had this nice but very filling plate of goodness.

After Brunch we headed off to get our Xmas tree. Fee was very excited and had lots of fun decorating it AND the rest of the apartment.

On the night of the 24th we were invited over to spend the evening with our German friends Sven, Lizzy and their cute little girl Amelie. Just like the Danes the Germans do their gift giving on the 24th (Crazy people!) so we got to winess and take part in some fun german Xmas traditions.

Amelie very much liked the tree and spent a lot of time with Fee pointing and naming all the things that were on the tree.

She could see herself in the decorations.... this resulted in hours of fun.

Sven cooked up some home made schnitzel with potato salad. 

It was very good!

It was a great night but we made sure not to over do it as we needed to be up early for our Xmas morning gift giving and dinner preparations as the Germans and one Romanian were joining us for dinner that night.

 I got a whole box of Bow ties from the in laws which was nice. 

So i'm excited to wear those in the new year.

Fee got me a super, super nice new leather bag for work.

Fee made the table look great for Xmas dinner by hand making some decorations.

I didn't take many photos on the day as we were busy cooking and having fun, but I did get a good shot of my home made mince pie snails. :)

Well, i'm off to relax in front of the open fire. 

MERRY XMAS!

Xmas cookies and a baby sitting job..

Xmas is very much upon us, only two weeks to go now! To help get everyone in the mood our American friends Tara & Jason hosted a little cookie decoration party. They had every thing baked and ready when we got there, we just had to make them pretty.

There was many shapes to choose from as Tara has a big collection of cutters.

Here are some of my 'in progress' cookies.

Fee put her steady hands to good work on the cookies.

Matthew, being the tallest was given the task to take a pic of all the cookies.

We all likes his pose.

Just a small selection of the sugary treats that were made that night.

As Tara & Jason are expecting their first baby I made this 'mummy' themed cookie.

Speaking of babies, our German friends Sven & Lizzy are expecting their second baby in the new year and we are on 'the list' for baby sitting when the time comes. So we popped over to see them to get details sorted. It's always fun seeing those guys as we get to hangout with Amelie....

She enjoys seeing herself on the iPhone screen.

Pose 1

Pose 2

Pose 3

Pose 4..... and her foot.

Pose 5.... and a bit of my forehead.

Fish, Chairs, Family & Cupcakes...

What a whirlwind the past week has been for the Groves house. Great food, great friends and visits from loved ones have made it a great week. Here's the rundown....

 Tuesday was 'Fishy Tuesday' and we went over to our friends Christine's place where we drank some wine and she cooked some great tasting fish.

Crunchy topped fish with new potatoes and root vegetables all with a butter source.... Mmmm

This is a first for me, turns out you can now buy a Tie & Beer box set for Xmas.

GO DENMARK!

In the 'bargain of the year' Fee managed to pick up a Wegner rocking chair for a great price!

Miffy seems to like it.

LOOK! IT'S PAPA GROVES!

My Dad and sister came over for a swift visit which was so nice..... he still had to watch the football tho.

My Little Sister (The Elf), My Dad and my Wife.

The Groves Family.

We went out for a nice dinner at 'The Lodge' and had some good food... the desert was also rocking!

The cocktails in the bar after were rather strong and we did not last too long.. Haha

Fee picked up some great cupcakes from the little bakery in Vegle.

Amazing!

 Today marked the first 'open fire' of the winter..... Cosy.

Cupcakes & Friends...

Last weekend was a nice and rather productive one for the Groves household. On Friday night we drove down to Billund to catch up with our friends Lizzy & Sven. We will actually be spending Xmas with them so it's a good job we actually like them. Then on Saturday we got ALL of our xmas shopping done which is great, so now we can just chill out until Xmas.

 Lizzy showing off her very round baby bump, no2 is due in January so it's not long now.

Fee, Sven and Mr Mustache waiting for the very yummy main dish to arrive.

We picked up some Chocolate and VERY tasty cupcakes for desert. We made sure there was one for Amelie their little girl, but we wanted proof that it was not eaten by Sven.....

... so there is the proof, now THATS how you eat a cupcake!

In other news I was in the Local Vejle magazine, I figured it was only going to be half a page.... turned out to be a 4 page spread!

 We also received our bumper box of "We do not plan to do anything over Xmas" DVD's.

Cant wait for a nice Xmas break.

Super Mega Dupa Update....

Ok, so the posts have been piling up and it's time to get up to date with the bloggings around here. 

Last week me and a buddy went to see Machine head over in Copenhagen, it was a great line up with Bring Me Horizon and Devil Driver as support. Sadly the crowed was a little thin and subdued for these bands which was a real shame as the rock. However Machine Head DESTROYED the venue and my hearing!! So it was a great night all in all.

Tickets just seem to be getting bigger and bigger these days.

This was a map showing the route from our hotel to the venue. We figured it was a 15min walk..... after 40min of walking we got a train. I'll never trust a map again.

I'm don't really take photos at show as I am fed up seeing a sea of iPhones but I had to capture this.

Long story short 'Casper' was invited up on stage to flash is man boobs then stage dive..... he was a big guy and it did not end well for him.  :/

Last Sunday was very 'nice' and by that I mean it was all very grown up and polite as we went to Church. We were there for little Naya's christening and it was a fun little day out. 

Proud Daddy Will with his fast growing bundle of joy. 

She was very well behaved on the day.

Apparently she is a thumb sucker.... still cute.

It gave me and Fee an excuse to 'scrub up' and look nice.

Ok now comes all the random bits that are fun to know but don't really justify a full post of their own. Sorry random photos, its sad but true.....

 Movember is in full swing and me and the guys are hoping to raise lots of cash for charity. So get involved or give me lots of cash!

http://dk.movember.com/mospace/2329694/

We had a fancy home cooked dinner the other night. Duck leg with mashed sweet potato, fried Scollop on pesto and Mushrooms with Spinach and cream..... YUM!

 Fee has become the 'bringer of warmth' and got me an early Xmas gift in the form of a Canada Goose Jacket. Its getting cold her in DK so this is much needed.... TAK BABE!

Mr Fullers birthday....

Last Saturday (after the big Pumpkin carving party) we drove deep into the dark and scary words of Denmark for Mr Mike Fuller's birthday party. He is the ripe old age of 25....apparently thats old to all the young people at LEGO. His friend Craig offered his house out in the woods for the party. It was a great night and we all had an awesome time out in the woods.

Mr Fuller got a set of Congas from all of us. He was rather happy with that.

Craig and Christine having a chat next to the camp fire.

I say camp fire.... it was more of a raging inferno of death!

It almost melted by face at one point.

To say goodbye to his youth, Mike burn an effigy of himself..... 

.... complete with a balloon penis.

Some of the gang staying warm by the fire.

Fee and Christine enjoying some Danish Xmas beer.

We even toasted some marsh-mellows over a fire, sooooooo much sugar! :/