With the hustle and bustle of December, Christmas vacation arrived quickly!! I always like to do a lot of Christmas baking and this year was no different! Once the kids were off school, the bake fest began ;) We enjoyed a few 'home' days off leading up to Christmas Eve. Cal took the remainder of his vacation time and was off the same time the kids were off school.
I love Christmas time but always find it hard to not see everyone we
love during the holidays. I wish we could travel long distances, in a
short period of time so we could transport to Tisdale and then to Grande
Prairie and back home to Edmonton and get a visit in with all our
family.
Christmas Eve was our family pj service at Church.
Cal and I were asked to participate in the service. We enjoyed doing the candle lighting and prayers. The kids had fun participating in the service, each making a beautiful ornament for our Christmas tree! Afterwards cookies and milk were served. It's a wonderful service for families and super fun and nice to wear our Christmas pj's ;) After the service we picked up supper and drove around St. Albert, looking at Christmas lights. When we got home, reindeer food was spread and cookies and egg nogg set out for Santa Claus! Then off to bed for the Cameron kids!!
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| Ready for Christmas Eve PJ service at Church! |
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| Egg Nogg and our homemade cookies and cherry tart, all set out for Santa and carrots for the reindeer! |
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| Gorgeous craft from Christmas Eve PJ Service. |
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| Santa has landed!! |
Christmas morning we had our traditional Christmas Wife Saver breakfast (my favorite!!) My parents and Grandma Kelley dropped in for coffee mid-morning! The kids enjoyed showing off their new Christmas gifts!! After lunch, we packed up and headed to Stony Plain for Christmas at the Cameron's. Cal's Mom, niece Katie and nephew Greyson flew in from Grande Prairie on the 24th and it was great to spend Christmas with them and with Gerry, Lesley, Colby and Jenna. We had a great day, thank you so much to Gerry & Lesley for hosting our 'Cameron' Christmas :) The kids played so unbelievably well together - for almost 7 hrs straight!! The girls put on a little concert, complete with princess dresses and microphones!! The boys played and played and learned some new Minecraft tricks!! It was a wonderful Christmas Day!
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| Cousins, rocking out on Christmas Day!! |
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| Jenna, Colby, Blake, Emerson, Reese, Katie and Greyson on Christmas Day :) |
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| Blake and Colby playing Minecraft |
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| The girls in their matching pj's from Grandma Bev! |
Boxing Day was Christmas at the Smith's! We woke up and had a hard time getting ourselves together to get out the door, but we made it before noon and in time for round 2 of Christmas wife saver breakfast ;) We had a great day!! The kids had fun with their cousins, playing with their new Christmas gifts and we all had fun skating at the Forest Green Outdoor rink! The weather wasn't quite as nice as last year but we still got some skating in! Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting our Christmas, it was another great day :)
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| My family on Boxing Day at Mom and Dad's :) |
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| Our adorable kids! |
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| Reese and Connor, catching a ride to Forest Green Outdoor Rink! |
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| Em and Connor |
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| Uncle Jeremy playing hockey with Blake and Em |
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| Reese and Cal playing ringette |
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| Ready to open our stockings!! |
We hope you enjoyed your Christmas celebrations!
xoxo
Tracy
