New Years December 31,2011

The Field family once again opened their doors to us to ring in the New Year. Everyone had a lovely time    both the adults and kids. Sam was up till 2:30am, that kid can party. We actually only three kids asleep by that time it was Hugo and the twins. The rest of the kids were up, AWESOME!
Of coarse that was a ton of food, nothing like making sure you start your diet on January 1st! HA! We had a chance to catch up with almost everyone, we had a couple of sickies that didn't make it. BOO. It was lovely to see everyone and continue to realize that we are truly blessed.

Taking the New Bike for a spin December 28,2011

So eventually the rain let up and Sam was able to take his new bike for a spin. Looks like Santa really knew his stuff the bike is a bit big but also something to grow into. Perfect

Our Christmas December 24,2011

Well when we did finally confess to Sam that Darren wasn't going to be home on Christmas he took it well. Mostly due to the fact we had done many activities building up to the day. We spoke of seeing each other on ichat and all would be well and it was. We exchanged a few gifts before Darren left and the he was off. On Christmas morning I was actually up before Sam, as I headed downstairs I notice we had been visited by Santa and Sam would be pleased. I had just barely managed to get a few things organized in the kitchen when I heard Sam's feet hit the ground. He headed down the stairs noticed his filled stocking and then after a few moments he noticed his shiny new bike from Santa. I convinced him to come to the kitchen and I would dial Darren up on the computer, make coffee and he could open his stocking. Once we managed to do the afore mentioned Sam opened gifts in front of the computer so Darren could see too. After many gifts we bid fare well to Darren and told him to have a good day flying. Sam and I had french toast with snow on it of coarse. We spent the remainder of the day lounging around reading and then we got ready to go to dinner at Auntie Karen's house.
Hope you too had a Merry Christmas.

Burnaby Heritage Museum December 22,2011

In honour of it's 40 years the Burnaby Village Museum had opened it doors free of charge for the Christmas Season. Auntie Karen & Sarah suggested we head down and the is exactly what we did. We picked them up and spent the afternoon doing the scavenger hunt, learning about the printing press, watching the blacksmith make hooks and seeing some Christmas carollers. There was a extremely long line at the carousel so we opted out(That thing goes way to fast anyway). After a full tour of the village we headed out for a treat at good old McD's.