Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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!


Monday, December 12, 2011

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.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

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.