we hosted a christmas party on sunday afternoon at our house. it was a great opportunity to get our turkish and american friends together (and the crowd also included a brit, a greek, and of course an aussie!), including lots of old and some very new friends. i love entertaining- but on monday morning i found myself needing a second weekend to recover from what felt like a whirlwind of baking and preparing! it was well worth the effort though, i think everyone enjoyed themselves, and ben is certainly enjoying the leftovers...
raspberry thumb-prints, french sables, mince pies & buck-eye balls
agatha & her adorable alex
new & old friends mingling
j & a admiring their beautiful girl
alex kept busy inspecting the house and being a puppy
kathryn wouldn't sit still long enough for a clear shot
now we begin a full work week (no holiday vacations here, we'd rather save the time for out-of-town adventures) leading up to christmas. we're very much looking forward to spending christmas eve & day with our ankara family, the prices, which will include fondue on christmas eve, watching kathryn open her presents on christmas morning, and cooking up a feast together for christmas dinner.
what are your plans this christmas?
2 comments:
great pics! looks & sounds like a lovely day. wish we were going to see you at the end of the week. looking forward to talking/skyping.
love xo
Miss you, girlfriend! Enjoy the fondue and have a great Christmas.
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