MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas to all our Friends and Family! We hope that you have had a wonderful day full of food, friends and family.

We have had a great day here. One that is very memorable. We started our day with the "Santa" gift. As you will see the girls were very excited about what they got ( see photos and videos ). Next we had a breakfast of pancakes and eggs. Then it was time for presents. We all gathered around the tree and took turns opening our gifts. It was such a wonderful time of just savoring each gift and enjoying the moment. We all got some wonderful gifts that we each will enjoy very much. Once we were done Matt hooked up the Wii for the girls and off they were playing. Matt and I even had a bit of fun.

By noon we needed to leave and head into town to the Dunhams. We all gathered at their house for a wonderful Christmas meal. Everyone pitched in with something special and OH BOY did we eat!!!

After dinner the kids all opened their gifts from each other and then headed across the street with the dad's to the ice pond the neighbors made. The kids all played a round of hockey. As you can see in the photos Dunham's brought Matt a cheese head back from Green Bay, they are from there. ( see video and pictures )

Now that the day is coming to an end it is so fun to look back on this Christmas. Even though we were miles away from our family it is so great to have such good friends right here with us that are becoming our extended family. I really appreciate that God has provided them for us. We each were missing our "usual" holiday traditions but this day was truly special to us.

From the Halsted camp up here in Canada we wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and send all our love to you!!!