Merry Christmas - The Big Day is Here! (Dec.25, 2020)

Merry Christmas - the big day has arrived. 

Looks like Santa found us.

Jason and I were up early, before everyone else so I made myself a coffee and finished watching It's a Wonderful Life.

We have a couple of excited boys here this morning.

They wasted no time tearing into their stockings.

My beautiful sister.

The hat is a perfect match which was a total fluke.

She is rocking it!

This is just the start - wait until everyone else gets here.

Declan wrapped this present himself - did a great job!

They did their own tags too - love it.

Mom was happy to just watch everyone open gifts.

Paddington was happy to just nap - like always.

I don't think he cared about the gift opening at all.

I was stoked to finally have a slice of the meat pie I made.

It is a Christmas morning tradition.

I add molasses to mine and it was sooo worth the wait.

I had two slices!

Freya got up a little later than the boys and she was excited to get to opening presents.

Her current favorite - Kinder Eggs!

We called Kody and Haylee to let them know that Freya was awake and they came right over.

Freya got tired of opening presents pretty quickly so Haylee took over for her.

And I got to have lots of cuddles.

Check her out, two bubbas at once, a milk one and a water one.

My brother and his family showed up next - the kids opened up their gifts from Pepe (my dad).

Dad sent everyone money and Hunter was just in awe of that 100 dollar bill.

Alivia was pretty happy with hers too!

Adrien & Mel watching while the kids open gifts.

Hunter wasn't that excited about getting clothing, what 5 year old boy is?

Mom got Haylee this nice star.

She got each of us a new Christmas decoration - mine was actually a Christmas blanket that is so soft - I love it.

The boys were happy to have more gifts to open.

Jason spent a lot of the morning talking to his mom and brother getting updates on his dad.

It turns out that there is no internal damage - he did fracture his pelvic bone but they are going to release him and he will heal at home.

He does need a walker though and you can't get one today seeing as it is Christmas so Jason is thinking he will drive into the city tomorrow and pick him up from the hospital then drive him home.

Freya as you can see wanted to just be with him all morning.

They were heading over to Haylee's moms place though to spend time with Haylee's family so she did eventually have to go.

It gave Jason a chance to open a few gifts.

His big gift I ordered didn't arrive which I was kind of bummed about but I gave him a picture of it at least so he knows that it is coming.

Morgan and I went in together and bought Adrien a Yoda lego set (wow lego is so expensive).

I think he liked it!

Morgan and Tanner arrived a bit later but we waited to open some presents with them.

She bought me this little jackelope and I love it.

She made everyone in the family these ornaments too - I think they turned out great.

She is really turning into quite the little crafter.

We had a lovely dinner - Jason cooked a turkey and a ham.

Mel, Adrien and Hunter.

Ethan, Alivia and Declan.

Jennifer.

Jason and I.

I tried to get one of everyone at the table together but Hunter would not look.

Oh well - got everyone else!

Kody, Haylee and Freya came back in the evening and she was so happy to see all the kids, especially Hunter.

We were super happy to have them back.

We got to have some more cuddle time which is our favorite.

Kody and Haylee were able to have some supper too.

They said that had a lot of fun with the hoverboard at her mom's.

Everyone gave it a try, even her grandma.

She said Zepplyn took to it like a duck to water, she was a little pro.

Singing Christmas carols.

She is really good at remembering lyrics to songs.

Haylee posted a picture of her and Freya that I thought was pretty cute.

Morgan posted some pictures too.

Her and Tanner.

Her and mom when they went to check out the Christmas tree house.

This was Freya visiting her at work.

Frank in his Christmas outfit.

Doesn't he look thrilled?

The gnomes I made for she and Tanner.

All in all it was a wonderful Christmas - I love having the family all together, that was my favorite part.

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas as well.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Christmas Eve Shenanigans! (Dec.24, 2020)

 Here it is, Christmas eve.

Normally I still have gifts to wrap and things to pick up but I'm feeling very prepared this year.

When the kids got up, we got them to pose in front of the tree for a picture.

They have all really enjoyed hanging out together so we've been letting Alivia and Hunter stay over.

They don't get to see each other often so I am glad they are having this opportunity.

It's so hard to get them to all look and smile at the same time - these were the best of all the shots I took.

Jason is off this year for Christmas, he started days off today which is nice.

So he and I went for a walk.

I wanted to pick up a few things at the store.

It was a gorgeous day out.

Jen took the boys over to the hill to go sledding and we met them over there.

They were having a great time out there - they have been spending most of their time indoors so it was nice to see them get some fresh air.

It was a lovely day for it.

My sister and I, all bundled up.

My sister and her boys.

Eventually we all did get cold so we headed back home.

Everyone was coming over so I wanted to get some snacks and stuff put out.

Kody's household were the first to arrive.

The kids were decorating gingerbread cookies they'd given me at the hardware so we took Freya's shirt off so she wouldn't get it all dirty.

Rob was doing the cookie decorating supervising I guess!

Everyone gets to open one gift on Christmas Eve so the kids were all about that.

Declan was just waiting for the ok.

As soon as he got it, he tore into his gift.

Declan got a flying spinner toy and Ethan got a new controller for his Switch.

They were both pretty happy.

They hooked their Nintendo Switch up to our main tv to show Uncle Rob how to play a couple of their games.

Jen opened a gift too - looks like she got a bunch of scratch tickets.

Hopefully one of more of them is a big winner.

Haylee and Kody.

Freya was having a bath and when she saw the kids opening presents, she didn't want to take the time to get dressed before opening one herself.

So she tore right into the one that Uncle Rob got for her.

It was a little dolly that crawls - I think she likes it.

She kept a close eye while Nanny opened her Christmas Eve gift.

(It was a new pair of Skechers from Jason & I).

Then she assisted Papa in opening his gift.

What a great little helper.

Mom just rocking the Christmas shades!

Wasn't long before the rest of the family showed up.

Alivia and Mel even came in their pj's.

Morgan came solo - she and Tanner have lots of family to split their time between on Christmas so he stayed at his mom's but will come over tomorrow. 

Freya assisting with the gift opening again.

Haylee opening her gift from Kody.

I love how she says Ethan.

He left for a minute and she couldn't find him.

Ha ha - her little looks.

Think she is giving him heck for her not being able to find him.

My cutie pie little nephews.

Watching Christmas movies.

Kody trying out the new gift he bought for Haylee, a hoverboard.

She was so happy and said she never would have dreamed it would have been that.

He did have a bit of a spill but thankfully he wasn't hurt.

Freya wanted to try it out.

All the kids ended up having a turn - Alivia was cautious but she did it.

Ethan having a go.

He almost tumbled but saved himself.

Hunter was the only one that wasn't interested in trying it out.

He was busy playing Minecraft.

We all just hung out and chatted and had snacks.

There was A LOT of chocolate being eaten this evening.

Haylee was like an old pro on the hoverboard after just a few tries.

Everyone stayed until around 10 pm then headed home.

Freya wanted to stay and Kody and Haylee still had some stuff to get done at home so they let her stay the night which Jason and I were thrilled about.

Jason got a call from his mom this evening with a bit of bad news.

His dad was cleaning snow off the roof tonight and fell off.

They aren't sure exactly the extent of his injuries but he is being flown to Edmonton tonight and we should know more soon.

He hasn't seen his parents in more than a year due to Covid so the silver lining is that he will at least be able to see them now.

I watched some of It's a Wonderful Life which is my Christmas Eve tradition but was too tired to finish it so I'll watch the end in the morning.

That is all for today, until next time, be happy.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Busy Last Day of Work (Dec.23, 2020)

Today was my last day of work before I was off for Christmas.

I thought I didn't have that much left to do but it ended up being a very busy day and I worked until almost 5 pm.

I did take a break at lunch time and get out for a walk with My Honey. 

Baby F had stayed the night and didn't want to go home when her Mom & Dad came to pick her up so we walked her home.

She fell asleep before we got to the end of our driveway.

My Honey made this awesome looking chocolate pie today.

I can't wait to try a bite of it.

I've been doing ok with my eating - I haven't been tracking but I haven't gone too crazy yet.

Miss H saw this for sale on Facebook and I said I would try to make it for her - she wants to give it to her dad, RP.

We spent the evening hanging out and watching movies.

That is all for today, until next time, be happy!