christmas day

so Christmas (yes it's all just a big chronological mess, but it's almost the end of the year so it's all got to go before it's out!)

it was awesome!

i thought i might feel a bit homesick but i really didn't.
the reason: i was with people that i really love anyway.

it started with a big english breakfast (with food brought from england by roger's sister) and was a bit of a food frenzy for the next 48hours.

after breakfast we opened presents (i was totally surprised by the generosity of people)

jace was there (he's eight) so it was awesome. he got so excited, dancing around while the presents were being opened, and it meant that we played with his presents pretty much till lunch. (yay for wii fit snowboarding! i might spend most of my time on my ass when boarding in snow, but with the wii i kinda kicked it! so much fun!)

the main meal was lovely, totally cooked by roger (he wouldnt let the rest of us near the kitchen) we just chilled out and did the whole cracker, christmas hat thing before evening games.

it was a very good day.

all but one thing. it rained all night so i woke up to the most non-white day we'd had in days! the snow was gone!