First Mass, and then a nice dinner of cheese, meets, bread, and sparking apple juice!
Then onto opening the gifts that arrived during Mass...
Max takes a break to build his lego
Charlie and Boris get into the spirit
Max looks surpised!
Bruno was a really good boy this year...Santa was very generous! Merry Christmas everyone!
This year has been quite the crazy one...so I wanted to get into the spirit of Christmas....and do some Christmas activities. Here are the gingerbread houses on display at the Hyatt
Can I live in this house?
Or this village?
Onto VanDusen Gardens for the light displays...Bruno finds it hard to smile for the camera!
A spectacular show of lights!
Thanks boys...the trip was fun, but we were done after about half an hour!
We have Christmas Concerts...
Tree Decorating...
Reading books...to prepare for the movie (ie Hugo Cabret)
Hockey games to get us set for the break!
House before the annual Christmas Bash chez the Wiesinger's
Opening gifts...
Trading gifts...here we are ready to steal!
The boys looking on...thanks the Robertson, Smith, Wry camps for making the party lots of fun!
What a fall.....during this term ....we felt locked up
On guard....
We had time with friends...
Walks with the Poodle...
Time to ponder......
Pose with our friends....
Think about life.....
Prepare for events....
And overall....RUN to keep up with our lives. Now, we need to relax and take a break from the craziness of it all...we need Christmas Vacation!
We're making a list....
And checking it twice....
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice.....
The boys check out the toy stores and make wish lists for:
1. Santa 2. Mom and Dad
Put out the boots on the stoop, and wait for St. Nicholas to fill them up!
Chocolate in our boots...thank you St. Nicholas, our first Santa Claus!
The ski season begins in November....here we are going to ski camp with Maximilian as he is starting to train with the Kstars at Sun Peaks - one of our favourite mountains made famous by Nancy Greene!
Snuggly Max already sorted in his ski jacket.
Mom warm in her down jacket...a must for any winter days on the slopes
Good picture ....Bruno....waiting for Dad to buy coffees for the long ride ahead
Avoiding the Number 5 highway and the awful conditions, we went the Number 1, and enjoyed the view and the clear roadways
Our new car with our new sun roof...able to see the skis
Bruno playing video games on the long drive
Finally arrived, Max in the hotel....
Geared up and ready to go....thanks Skiis and Bikes for the gear
View from the restaurant...the slopes; sorry no pictures of us skiing.....left the camera in the hotel room!
