Christmas – It’s All About Family

That about sums up Christmas for us! We were so fortunate this year to have both our boys and their significant others and grand-kids all home for Christmas. Every time we’re together as a family we consider ourselves very lucky as we know that it cannot happen every year. A couple big events from this Christmas were Kevin and Tamara announcing their engagement. The wedding date will be 09-18-09 (September 18, 2009)………… you guessed it; that way it’s easier for Kevin to remember, the first and last numbers add up to the day. The second big surprise was that our nephew Blake made it home for Christmas from Fernie B.C. Now Fernie is far enough of a drive at this time of the year with those roads and mountain passes by itself; however Blake dropped off his girlfriend at her parents home in Valemont. So they drove from Fernie to Calgary to Edmonton, over to Hinton and down to Valemont, then Blake continued on to Kamloops on Christmas morning. Take a look at the link to the B.C. Alberta Map. He reverses the trip a few days after Christmas. So, with all the family here we were able to get a great family picture. This was accompanied by the usual complaining about taking too long to get set up, Grampa Paparazzi, etc. etc. This was also such a special Christmas as we were also able to experience Christmas through the eyes of a 3 year old, this time as grandparents. When we were parents we were too busy trying to keep the situation under control and we know that we missed a lot. Both grand-kids had a great Christmas and were a delight to have. Jeff and Lindsay are the grand-kids new BFF (Best Friends Forever) and they were real troopers when Sage insisted on getting them up at before 8:00 a.m. to “go play toys”, painting Lindsay’s fingers and toes or playing on their computers. Anyway, attached are a few pictures, so enjoy; Brenda and I certainly did. MERRY CHRISTMAS!