Christmas and New Year 2019-2020

We had originally thought we would have a quiet Christmas a deux but things turned out much differently and we were not disappointed.
A week before Christmas Day Annie had a phone call offering her knee surgery two days later! She accepted and had the surgery on the Friday. All went well and she was released from hospital on the Sunday. Although in much pain and with very restricted mobility, Annie set out to enjoy a busy few days over Christmas.
On Christmas Eve we drove to Caversham for lunch with Jenny, Mark, Bethany, Callum and Elsie. A Bonus was that Martin, Louise and Archie were staying with Jenny. On Christmas Day we went to Lucy, James and Emma’s home in Bath for traditional Christmas Lunch with them and James’s parents, Liz and John. On Boxing Day, James, Hannah, Rosie and Ptolemy together with Jon, Jess, Oscar and Felix came to stay for a couple of days. Despite the pain and restricted mobility, Annie coped amazingly well and a great time was had by all.

New Year’s Eve was spent quietly a deux and it was not until the 8th of January that we enjoyed our special “Christmas Meal” that we had planned to have before Annie’s surgery caused a change in plan!. We started with sparkling wine and then indulged ourselves with a delicious sea food banquet! we both thoroughly enjoyed the evening!

We had a really lovely Christmas seeing all of our UK based family and Annie getting her surgery was a real Christmas present as it means we can now plan trips and holidays for the 2020!