Christmas Day!

What a blessing it is to have our whole family together in Ottawa. It was a wonderful gift for MacLean to wake up and see her Santa gifts with all the cousins. It was so much fun. The kids got all they asked for and more. We had a lovely breakfast prepared by yours truly. It was a french toast with cranberries and a hash brown casserole. Yummy if I do say so myself! Then we spent the day drinking coffee, opening gifts, chatting and enjoying each others company. Then It was time to prepare the bird and the meal. My sister Alison did an amazing job. It was a lovely dinner, the kids sat in the dining room and we sat in the kitchen. It was lots of fun. Great food, good company and great conversation. After dinner we decided to play a game my sister got from our good friends Jan and Bill. It was called Mental Floss. Well I will tell you that I haven't laughed so hard in years. I could hardly catch my breath at times. We had a blast and at about 11:30 we called it a day. We also have a tradition of taking a picture of the moms and the kids so those pics are included. Enjoy!

On Boxing day we hung out at home, then took the kids to see Bedtime Stories, which is a tradition on Boxing day we always take the kids to see a movie. Then back home to grab the kids suits and take them to my parents hotel for a quick swim. After we returned Matt, Joel, my dad, Ainslee and I headed out to the Civic Centre to catch a game of the Junior World Hockey Championships. We saw Sweden play Finland. It was a great game and we had lots of fun.

Sat. morning we got organized to leave at 10:30am to catch the train home with my parents. We got home around 8:30 last night. What a wonderful Christmas we had.

Enjoy the rest of the holidays and we will be back soon.

love and peace.
Shauna and MacLean xo