Christmas Day Overload!

As we do every year on Christmas Day, we spend it with family.  This year was no exception!

One thing, however, that has changed is that we now have a child.  Well, we had one last year (just 3 weeks old in fact), but this year was different.  She is 1 and LOVES exploring and investigating, AND eating!

We headed up North of Auckland for Christmas lunch, and Phil made a simple, yet delicious pasta salad.

We have made this salad before and loved it.  The recipe (Food in a Minute) is for Spiced Hoki, but as the salad was so good by itself, we obviously ignore the Hoki part.

After lunch we headed back to Auckland to my parents house for dinner.  This time Phil had prepared (the night before) a yummy Apple Pie.  Actually the exact pie that is in our other post (Apple Pie & Home Made Pastry).

I'd love to say I had some input in what was made, but alas I didn't.

Surprisingly I do know how to cook, but things like that have taken a back seat now that we have a baby.  In saying that, Phil LOVES to cook, so I wouldn't deny him that pleasure!

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas ... here's to next year!