The many Christmas celebrations over this last month are finally all done. We celbrated Christmas 4 times which was nice in some ways - spreading out the gifts and spending time with family not trying to fit in time with everyone all on the same weekend. Too many late nights and not enough sleep yet so much to be thankful for and so blessed by everyone. 
1. With Grandma Joan and Auntie Marianne.* sleding
*picked out our tree
* decorated the house and built the gingerbread train.
* skate board and vacuum were definate hits. There was no comparison to any gift that gave the reaction Mark had when he opened the vacuum.
A week later we celebrated again with Grandpa Dyck and went to the living Nativity production at our chruch. The animals and actors are always amazing. The "Little tikes" Castle and hotwheels were the hit of this weekend as well as the game "Blockus" which I think we have played over a dozen times since. Mark plays it like Tetrus so it's an all-around family game.
The following weekend we went sleding with friends and had a big bond fire up the mountian. The best part of that day is the once a year chance to ride the snow mobile.
Our family Christmas was simple, Christmas eve service, sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and opened gifts then went to sleep over at Grandpa and Grandma Peters' place and play games with the family. Stayed there for Turkey the next day and more family time and our 4th Christmas was Boxing day with the Peters.
Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year.
Hope your season was fun and filled like ours!!
Our family letter is always a New Years Letter so don't worry you didn't miss it - it just hasn't been sent yet!!
