We met with friends, E & P (the couple whose house we went to for the boys to go dirt biking and ATVing), at the Ancaster Old Mill in, amazingly enough, Ancaster, ON. This is a renovated old mill, thus the name, from the early 1800's and it is gorgeous. The main building houses an inn of a half dozen rooms. They connect that building with another, over the river, where the restaurant is.
All of the holiday decorations were still up and the place looked like a set out of a movie. Even with the snow covering the grounds you can see why many, many people choose to get married and take their wedding pictures at this location. And the food . . .
The Sunday Brunch was out of this world. Unbelievable. Quinn barely got past the chocolate fountain. Fergus wasn't sure if the fresh, chocolate and berry-filled crepes were better or if the Belgian waffles won. Doug dug on all the fresh meat. I wanted some of everything. The seafood spread was pretty good. So were the antipasta selections. TOO MUCH FOOD!!! Too much GOOD food too! How can a person decide???
The boys were gifted with some cash from these friends, as a holiday present, and they combined that money with the money they got from Grandma G and Aunt Jen as well as gift cards from AD & UD and managed to have enough $$$ to buy themselves the coveted PS3 system. Yikes!! Too many electronic things in this house. Jeepers. They are in their GLORY!!!
We were blessed with a HUGE gift basket. I tell you this thing was almost as tall as Quinn. There was more sweet stuff in the basket than I will ever be able to eat. I might even have to share the contents with friends and family members.
All in all it has been an extremely wonderful holiday season. That said, I can't wait for the normal of the coming week to set in and for status quo to return.
I hope your holidays were as blessed with the company of good friends and lovely family members as ours were. Happy 2009 to you all!!
3 comments:
Wow, you sure have gotten to do a lot of fun stuff this holiday season.
It's true we have. While I am grateful for all of our experiences, I am SO looking for life to slow down a little bit.
I'm thinking the shot of Fergus at the top of this post should be on his first album or book jacket or whatever stepping stone to fame he might choose. He looks so mature and handsome and omniscient. Wowza. And of course, I loved scrolling through the rest of your latest pics to see how adorable both Ferg and Quinn are these days and to get a glimpse of their joyful and attractive parents. Happy New Year!
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