New Year's Eve party

New Year's Eve party

New Year's, 12 o'clock is fast approaching

I was smart and bought the non-tooting blowouts for the guys to play with at the table...

New Year's Eve dessert

For dessert, Anders and Lena brought a delicious homemade ice cream cake with passion fruit on top

New Year's Eve dinner

For the main course, chef Fredrik served gourmet pork with truffle sauce lying on a bed of lightly sauteed green beans with onions and cherry tomatoes. Assistant Faith prepared a delightful mashed potato dish and bearnaise sauce but it was sitting on the table.

New Year's Eve dinner

The appetizer that chef Fredrik prepared was a tasty cheese wrapped in ham on a leafy bed, drizzled with olive oil and garnished with capers

Getting the table set...

Glögg (spiced wine) at Ingela and Anders' house

Train and church

After this one, Fredrik got carried away with the whole village, notice there has appeared a goat in front of the train... later he adds ET reading a book in front of my church and an alien cow. Oh there is also an entire herd of marzipan pigs who have joined the village.

Frontal view of the gingerbread train

Faith's masterpiece

Ok, I did not know this was a contest between me and Fredrik, next year I'll be prepared! Notice the politically correct angelic choir singing in front of the church (one of them is black)

Fredrik's masterpiece

Fredrik on Christmas Day

Harley and Alison all dressed up

Fredrik and Inge

Ingela, Alison, and Harley after opening gifts

Christmas Eve

Before we tore into them....

Harley ate lots of eggs

Claudia, 23 December 2008

Claudia with my Christmas tree - the bottom half of the tree isn't so bad....

Alexandra and Madeleine

At work - we got Glögg (spiced wine), pepparkakor (gingerbread cookies), and 'luciekattor' (sweet bread made with saffron)

2008 Christmas Tree

I will have to take a better picture, my tree isn't the prettiest I have ever had but it certainly doesn't look as bad as it appears here

Colin's got Talent!

Our work associate Colin (on the right) turned 50 today and treated us all to cake and a special musical presentation

Christmas Cards

I only created two cards and a gift tag at the meeting, I am especially proud of the black one, I think it turned out wonderfully - it's hard to see the detail in the picture though

Christmas Cards

Anna and Alexandra working hard at making Christmas cards at our last meeting of the year

Alison's dance recital

My camera is messing up this night, I didn't get many good pictures but the show was great