Its been a Bermuda-ful December!

Once again I know I have fallen behind on the blog updates, but as I am sure it is for everyone reading this, December is a crazy month!  In order not to bore you to tears I will break up the updates.  This one is going to be from where the previous update left off at Philips Birthday through until we leave the Rock to head home for Christmas. 

On Saturday, December 9th we took the ice cream truck and went to the Boat Parade.  The boat Parade is a Bermudian tradition that I have never been able to attend due to the fact that it is held on a Saturday night in December and I have always had to work.  I was once again working, but this time it was on the truck and I had a front row seat!  This year there were about 40 boats in the Harbor all decked out with lights and music.  Some even had Santa waving to us!   



Prime location to watch the boats go by



The sun was just setting as the boats started circling



this boat was simple, but I really liked it



its hard to tell, but that is the Bacardi boat





The night ended with fireworks which I am still convinced Philip arranged as a kick off to my birthday the next day ;)

Speaking of which!.... Philip had to go to work at Cafe Cairo after the parade but he waited until midnight to go so I could open my birthday presents and he could sing to me! He did a wonderful job on my gifts....



me wearing my jersey....



 

The only problem is the jersey is big enough to fit Philip!  So it looks like he now has his own Brady jersey to wear for when we go watch the games in town!

Philip making a pouty face wearing MY jersey

The next day.....my actual birthday!!!!!! was so amazing!  It started with bunch at the lighthouse.  We sipped Mimosa and I got to have Eggs Benedict, one of my all time favs (btw Kel...still not as good as Warren tavern!)



Philip and I at Gibbs Lighthouse on my Birthday



After brunch we went home to install my other gift, a box for my bike (that's the red thing on the back) so that I have somewhere safe to put my bag and stuff while I am riding.  Knowing that red is my favorite color...I got a fun red one!

This was the first year in a long time that I did not have to work on my  birthday because even though it is MY birthday, people still insist upon having Holiday parties on December 11th! I made a list of all the things I wanted to do and it kept us very busy.  The next thing on the agenda was baking Christmas cookies.  My intention was to make a whole bunch and give them to friends and family...good in theory.  They only lasted until Monday and then we were all out!  I did make more dough, again with good intentions of making more, but that is now in the freezer waiting for Valentines Day cookies I guess. 

As if my day was not already over the top, Philip planned a dinner with our friends to Harbourfront! So for the second time in 2 weeks we got all gussied up and went out to a lovely dinner!  Everyone had fun and it was the prefect way to end my day!

Things slowed down a bit that week giving us time to get our stuff together to go to to Va. for Xmas with the family.  We flew off island on the 22nd.  Prior to that we were able to have Xmas dinner with friends.  On Monday the 21st we went over to our friends Kim and Chis who are both chefs....always a wonderful evening when we get to go over there!  Their place was all decked out for Xmas, complete with fireplace and Santa hats!

 Wednesday night we went over to Lynn and Davids and had another amazing dinner!  Lynn lived in Japan for a few years and learned the art of hand rolling sushi.  Philip and I are both huge sushi lovers so this was such a great opportunity.  Lynn and David taught me how to make my own tuna roll and for a first time I think I did a pretty good job!




table set for hand rolled sushi dinner



So there you have it.....December 9-22....we are almost up-to-date!