We moved just a couple of days before Christmas to Bath, England and we able to celebrate the holidays with Nonna (my mum +Teresa Nystrom ) and Zia Zoë (my younger sister +Zoe Nystrom ) at our new place. It had been a little stressful, but nothing could make our Christmas better than having our family here for the Holidays. I have not spent a holiday back in Europe with my mum and sister yet, and it was an amazing sense of ‘home’ to break in our life in Bath. Although my dad could not be here with us in person, he was definitely felt here with us in spirit. What great memories +Ryan Aherin and I to share to end our 2012.
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| My family (from L to R): Bonnie, Ryan, Zoë , Teresa, Ronan, and Maddox) |
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| Making snowflakes on Christmas Eve with roasted chestnuts and mulled cider prepared by my husband. |
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| After getting their new Arsenal christmas pyjamas, the boys opened the stockings on Christmas morning that Nonna brought for us from the USA. |
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| Maddox asked Father Christmas for a spy kit and looks like he listened! |
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| Nonna brought the boys full Science kits including lab coats! |
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| Ronan ‘trying’ to look sad because it was not a metal detector. But really he was and is still very excited about his Meccano kit. |
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| My husband and I brought back these Roman gladiator sets from our trip to Italy for Father Christmas to bring on Christmas day. Looks like they can both play ‘Rory’ now. |
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| We took my mum and sister, Zoë, to the Abbey in Bath on December 27th. |
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| Zia Zoë and my sons lit a candle for my dad on his birthday, who would have been 59 on December 27th. |
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| The view of Bath at night time is equally as beautiful and I loved seeing the water lit up by the lights and bridge under the moonlight. There were a group of swans that you cannot see in the photo but that added to the ambience of the moment. |
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