Happy New Year!

3 lions on your shirt!
Originally uploaded by Groovy Biscuits.

Well we're back in Norway after our week long holiday to Scotland for New Year (Hogmannay). It was so packed I'll give you a brief overview of what we did.

We arrived on the 28th after catching the 07:30 flight from Bergen to Aberdeen then catching the train to Glasgow. It was a good journey if a bit long! Not easy with the luggage either.

Alan and I spent Thursday shopping after a blip with our car (wouldn't start but that's another story). We went to Braehead and bought LOADS of clothes and stuff in the sales for us and the kids.

I had my hair and nails done on Friday morning then did a bit of shopping in Glasgow before heading back to my mum's for dinner.

Saturday was hogmannay (new year's eve) so we spent much of the morning waiting for the AA man to come and collect our car then me, Alan, Douglas and Lindsey took Heather, Hamish and Abby (my niece) to the carnival at the SECC. For those of you who don't know, the carnival is an annual indoor funfair that comes to Glasgow every Christmas. It's been going since I was a kid and is a must for any family. So we headed there in the early evening to tire out the kids before the party at night.

After the carnival, we all went to Douglas and Lindsey's for a new year party. It was quite quiet but good all the same. Still managed to drink until 4.30 am. It was a memorable new year as I spent the bells (midnight) in the bathroom mopping up Heather's nosebleed! It started at 11.55 and stopped at 12.10!!!!!

Sunday was a bit of a washout as we'd only had 4 hours sleep the previous night. We all went to Alan's mum for a family new year dinner of lentil soup followed by the traditional steak pie. Yum! Then we sat down and played a game of Who wants to be a millionaire on DVD with Douglas, Lindsey and Alan's parents. I was knackered but still managed to consume a bottle of red wine to myself!

On Monday we were invited round to my friend Kirsten's as she and her husband Andy were up from London with their new baby Ellie (10 weeks and soooo cute). We had a meal (more steak pie) and some wine and my mum came over to take the kids to her house for the night.

Tuesday was our last day so we packed during the day (masses of toys and clothes) then headed over to my sister's for a takeaway curry (Macdonalds for the kids). She'd been in Bristol for new year so hadn't seen her until she got back that afternoon.

Early start on Wednesday as we had to catch the 08:42 train to Aberdeen then on a flight at 14:05 back to Bergen.

It was a great trip and I was sad to leave but looking forward to spending the whole summer there with the kids.

Here's some photos taken over the week (mainly at the carnival)!