Friday, 7 January, 2011

Christmas Vacation

We went to visit my sister and her family in Ontario for 10 days. It was so fun to see their new house, and for the kids to spend a lot of time with their cousins.

Kepler spent most of the plane ride like this, he was so excited to be on an airplane!

Jesse and Jayna

Gibb and Samantha playing bop it

Eating the pomegranate faster than I can peel it

Playing Hullabaloo

Playing Wii

Samantha had to do homework, boo

Cassandra being her amazing self and making fresh cinnamon buns

Cassandra had her Primary class over for a class party. Jayna just heard the word party and went and put on her fanciest skirt and shoes. Then she was wondering where all the Sunbeams were. But she was still excited for the "party", even though it was eight 12 year old boys eating pizza, haha! She told them "My mom's not sure yet if we're coming back for Easter and Halloween." I told her I was sure that we weren't coming back, but I wish we could too!


Tobogganing!



Brett, Jenny and Milo came to visit for a couple days, and I barely got any pictures.
Milo was so cute on the sled!





Playing at an indoor playground

Poor Jayna was kind of miserable, but being a trooper. She had some really bad luck while we were gone with being sick, getting an ear infection, and breaking out in hives all over her body for 4 days.

I was lucky enough to be able to meet up with a bunch of old friends while we were there. I had lunch with Cindy and Jill (but no picture yet).

Dinner with Aleccia, Charissa, Kayley, Janeth (and Alison)

Aleccia and me

Jayna with Aleccia's nephew and baby Ethan, he's such a cute, happy boy, and him and Kepler have the same birthday!

Me, Cassandra and Sami the night before Sami left. I think this was around 1 am and Sami still had to pack and leave for the airport at 6 am.

I still don't have all the pictures yet, but I figured if I didn't post this now, it might never happen. We're so glad we went, it was definitely worth it. But so sad to have the party end!

7 comments:

Alysha said...

looks like so much fun!!! how fun to get to see jenny too! :)

The Pratts said...

Good job on the catch up posts! Looks like a great trip and cousin HEAVEN! I love picture of Kepler looking out the airplane window, and the one of baby Zara under the Christmas tree! So adorable. Why didn't I ever think of doing that with my December babies? :) I am also dying because I want your sister's backsplash, wooden shutters, and backyard!! So, how are you going to add all the other pictures from your sister's camera now? ;)

Sarah said...

So fun! Too bad Jayna wasn't feeling well, but I'm glad you still had fun! When I saw that pic of Jenny, I was like, what the? That is so good you got to see them...jealous!

Maren said...

That's so sad that Jayna was sick for part of the trip! But glad you had a fun time! Keep posting more! I love reading up on your blog and I miss you! Coming to Edmonton any time soon?

Kathy said...

Great to read about your trip. I laughed so hard when I read what Jayna said about going for Easter and Halloween. I love the picture of Kepler looking out the window, too. Can't wait to see everyone.

krystyn said...

so fun! i'm glad you got to go out east for the holidays, even if it was still snowy and cold! i cant believe how big samantha is, i remember when she was born. Looks like your kids had a ball, it wouldnt be christmas though if someone wasnt on their death bed with sickness. poor jayna. what did santa bring you?

Cassandra said...

Good times!! Miss you guys! I need to get these pictures from you and all of your pictures from the trip!