Come Dine With Me

Months ago at work, we joked about hosting a 'Come Dine With Me' evening, having everyone over for a lovely little dinner party. Well of course, I was nominated to be the host so when Dan and the Bee took themselves off to the North West for the weekend, it was (almost) the perfect time to host our little soiree!

The Menu

Pomegranate Mojito Cocktails

To Start

Mahon Mushrooms

The Main Event

Beef and Proscuitto Lasagne with Garlic Baguettes

To Finish

Coffee Gelato with a Chocoalte and Caramel Crumb

I think the girls enjoyed their meal, it was such fun making it and having a good old girly gossip with yummy cocktails and strawberry wine!!

Snow Day

This morning we woke up to a blanket of thick, white snow! Though we were all super excited, we were quickly put off about needing to get to school and work. Whilst waiting for the verdict as to whether school would actually be open, Louie and I took a little walk to the edge of the village with our cameras. The snow was about ankle deep, so a fair amount compared to the dusting over the city.

The roads were a nightmare, it took an hour to drive 1 mile, and it took me 2 whole hours to get across the town to the office! Louie was nearly an hour late for school due to two stuck lorries but we got there in the end, 10 out of 10 for effort ;)

Our Week

Another little instagram dump from our very, very busy week. After getting the keys to our home last week, we have been frantically moving our belongings in to our new house. What with work and school now, it has been incredibly stressful! I can't wait for it to be Saturday already so that we can get moved and settled in for good.

Kedleston Hall

Today Louie and I made a return visit to Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. We have visited once before in the cold of winter, but it was freezing so we didn't stay for very long at all! Knowing the forecast was going to be fair today, I packed us a bag and drove us up the motorway. Louie had a grand time doing the wildlife trail, finding animal tracks, leaves, looking inside trees and making rubbings of various leaves and barks.
After a fantastic lunch (cheese toastie with homemade boozy chutney), we ventured in to the house which was just phenomenal. Breathtaking.

Whilst we were in the area (sort of), we dropped into Nottingham to visit Papa at work for the first time. We took him some goodies and joined him on his tea break. Louie made friends with the secretary and played table football and drew some pictures for Papa before we started off for home for a well earned rest!

Dan Graduates

Today Dan graduated with First Class Honours as a Bachelor of Engineering. 

We are incredibly proud of him and all he has achieved out of the past four years of hard work. 

{this week}

Has been so busy...

Helping Grandad in the garden...

 Big shopping at Ikea...

 Starting work as a real life, proper, clever cloggs Design Engineer...!

 Visiting the farm...

 

 Making friends with the sheep...

Not to mention fitting in time for work, camping, shopping and maybe a little bit of sleep!