A Love Audrey Christmas from loveaudrey on Vimeo.
I left present buying to the last minute. Corners of our home remained unfinished. We stashed unopened packing boxes in the garage and hid chaos beneath blankets in the attic. Jesse was initially unimpressed by his new balance bike. At one point I missed my Dad so much it was hard to breathe.
I parboiled the potatoes for 30 minutes instead of 4 and did my best not to weep over ruined roasties as I hid in the utility room. My father-in-law drove my husband to a nearby shop, inexplicably open on Christmas Day and well stocked with spuds. I swore at the unfamiliar oven in my swanky new kitchen as smoke poured from its open door.
Dinner was served an hour and a half later than planned. The Gingerbread Stuffing was a culinary masterpiece, but my Prodigious Pavlova looked like road kill. I was filled with guilt as I inwardly longed for the children’s bedtime. We drank too much, ate more than we should and stayed up far too late.
We made some perfectly imperfect memories in our new home and I went to bed happy and content.
Merry Christmas!
Love Audrey xxx
That was wonderful !! Merry Christmas xx
And the same to you Marlene! xxx
What a beautiful memento to have. And your words so perfectly put. Here’s to many more perfectly imperfect festive seasons to come xx
Thank you Emma xxx
Merry Christmas, I so wish you would adopt me Frankie despite the fact I’m 31 yo & a complete stranger 😀
What a beautiful family, god bless you all xxx
Haha Rasha! Afraid I’ve got my hands full with the two I’ve got! 😉
Merry Christmas!
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What a lovely little film! Christmas tends to be a slightly stressful time no matter what the situation is! Mine was more stressful than usual this year due to my mother mainlining on caffeine and my husband working from 8-8, ce la vie!
Oh! and that did NOT look like road kill!
You’re right, it’s hard work, and yours sounds particularly difficult! We had a wonderful Christmas though, I think it’s hard not to once you have little ones!
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This was wonderful 🙂 Such a lovely video x