Xmas in Fernie

Well this year was really good to be able to go to Fernie and spend xmas. My friend Nathan came with me. We debated for quite some time where to spend xmas as all we wanted was a white xmas and we were invited to go and stay with John and Julie O'Shannessy. Their house was really nice and we were greeted when we got there by Julie's parents. They were so welcoming they were offering us drinks and food as soon as we walked in the door. We got comfortable very quickly and soon met up with John and Julie. They had to work nearly the whole time we were there but all is good Nathan and I entertained ourselves. We spent time walking around the town and then on xmas day we went up to the Ski hill with John and Julie and skiied while they worked. John is a ski instructor and Julie works in guest services. It actually snowed on xmas day and i had my first real go and skiing. So it was a great day. We spent all day on the hill and then came back to the house to get ready for dinner. We did presents at 7 o'clock and dinner at 8. Dinner was great. I made everyone a prawn cocktail and we had turkey and potato's and plum pudding. Of course i made sure that there was lots of chocolates and we had good wine.

After xmas day poor Nathan got sick and spent time in bed and so i spent time wandering around the town and cooking dinner for everyone. Boxing day we had left overs and on the 27th i cooked Gnocci with chicken in my garlic cream sauce. It went down well. I was lucky that i had it ready when i did as we had a power black out and had to eat dinner by candlelight which was actually really nice.

John and Julie have the most gorgeous dog. It is an Alaskan Mallamute called Nooksie. He was so friendly he didn't even bark.

These are some of the photo's i took on xmas day: