Boxing Day

Edward, Jacqueline and family came for lunch on boxing day.  They went out to Taber in the afternoon and returned in the evening.  After super we did our Christmas puzzle.

 Today they all left to go to visit Jacqueline's family in Mountain View.

Christmas in Taber

Christmas Morning

Christmas Dinner

Christmas Breaks

All the grandchildren are on Christmas break.  We are having a break from routine.

On Monday evening Bob watched the Nativity Pageant at the church,  I didn't want to go out on the icy streets.

Tuesday we drove drove to Taber to spend Christmas with the Mosers.

The afternoon started with the "Clash of the Blades".  Two couples withdrew but the other three were very entertaining.  Grandad was disappointed that he couldn't find a partner so couldn't enter.  However, he did put on his skates for the hockey shootout and managed to fall and break two ribs.  He spent  two hours at emergency.

Today the temperature is warming up and the rink will not be in use for several days until the temperature drops again.

Thems the breaks.

The Winning Pair

Visitors in Lethbridge

Nathan, Tara and boys arrived on Friday evening.  Jeremy, Julie and family came on Saturday as did Sue-anne, Darryl and all.  Joan and Earl came on Saturday evening hoping to see the group, but they had all gone home.

Darn, I forgot to get a picture of Joan and Earl.

Earlier in the week we attended the Lethbridge Symphony's production of Les Mis.  The orchestra was wonderful and the whole production went well.  We did enjoy it.

We attended our first basketball game of the season on Friday afternoon.  We went out to Coaldale to watch Taylor and her team play against Okotoks.  It was a close game but Taber won.

O Christmas Tree

We have our Christmas Tree - not yet decorated.  The trees were pretty sparse at the lot where Bob purchased ours.  The lot owner expected to be out of trees by tonight.

Menorah on Top?

Last night we attended our Christmas Family Home evening - a dinner at Shirleys.

Old Grandad on Skates (skates that are old)

Taber - Friday the 13th

Last night after our institute class we drove to Taber.  As soon as we got here Darryl and Sue-anne left for Edmonton.  Taylor is playing basketball in a tournament in Edmonton.  They won their first game this morning.

Sue-anne kindly left us a puzzle to do and it has been keeping us busy!

Although I had planned on indexing while the grandchildren were at school, I couldn't keep away from the puzzle.  (The chairman of the indexing committee in our ward has asked me to do at least one batch a week and I never get around to it, so when I am with the grandchildren I do several batches to catch up.  The last time I did any was when we stayed with Jackson and Mickey in Calgary.)

It hasn't been a great two weeks.  We had over two feet of snow and I have gotten stuck twice.  Luckily there are good samaritans around and I was pushed out both times.  After the snow we had several days of -30 degree weather and then we had wind to blow the snow into drifts.

I had to go to the dentist.  Bob went to the Dr. and is on antibiotics.

One good thing was that I got my visiting teaching done.  We also got our Christmas cards done and gifts sent away.

What more can I say?