I Love Life.

Another great weekend. I only got stuck in the snow 6 times yesterday and had to get shovelled out. Photographed a highly entertaining wedding. Made 4 trips to Wendy's/Tim Hortons in a matter of 3 days. Celebrated Bonnie's U-turn with a bottle of Martenellis. Butterdome craft sale. Caroling and hot apple cider. Bonding with the new roomies.

AND...

Ribbon Sunday.

A New/Old Favorite

Okay, I don't know what it is, but movies that I liked as a kid are WAY funnier to me now. Everyone NEEDS to go watch this movie again...especially if its been a while. I sat here tonight, alone in Canmore, and laughed my face off while I watched this movie again. Its a classic.

Christmas Holidays

Were fantastic! They always are! They started off with the Christmas Sweater Party (don't be too jealous of that beauty...I had to dig through the racks at Thrift Village for it!)

Then was the Dahl Christmas party (no pictures apparently...), which is always a treat. This year was especially eventful with Braden as a wiseman, hobbling in on his cane, then breaking his gift on Mary's lap.

Next on the agenda was the dinner party at Maya's. LOVE these parties. Great food, fantastic company, the best memories, and just an overall good time.

Oh, and did I mention, SEVERAL great games of Stack 'Em? Cuz we love that game, especially Tyler.

We ended off the night with a classic family photo in front of the tree.

Up next...Christmas Eve with the Dudleys! I LOVE the pajamas this year...

All the chillins in a row...minus a few. (21 to be exact)Christmas morning stair picture! Its a classic. Hil's first Christmas with the fam jam. It was so much fun! We played Guitar Hero pretty much all Christmas long.

The rest of Christmas holidays were filled with trips to Westcastle, sledding, cross country skiing in Waterton then crashing the truck into the guardrail (oops...sorry mom and dad! Good thing it was on the side that was already dented...)

Well there ya have it! My life for the past few weeks. Now I'm back in Edmonton, and back to the reality of school, paying bills, realizing I'm a student and making a budget to go along with it, having to be responsible, NOT eating everything in sight, getting back to running (its been too long...) you know, all that routine, New Year's Resolution stuff.

Tis the Season

Okay, so 10 days until Christmas Eve. I'm beyond excited. Pumped. Thrilled. Ecstatic. Whatever you want to call it. I just love love love Christmas! Here is the beginning of my list of reasons why:

1. The tree. Who doesn't love coming home from a long day of work/studying/being out in the freezing cold and seeing the beautifully decorated tree? I'm pretty sure ours is plugged in at least 18 hours a day...

2. Treats. Mint M&Ms - they're back. And I can't wait to indulge in my mom's chocolates - vanilla rolled in coconut - delish! Not to mention the peppermint ones, and dipped pretzels, and the snack mix, and...

3. Movies. Top of the list has to be Muppet Christmas Carol. Its my favorite and always will be. Rizzo. He kills me!

4. Carols! I went with a group of friends to the old folk's home tonight and went caroling and LOVED IT. Seriously, I forgot how much fun it was.





AND...check this beauty out. I was cleaning up my pictures on my computer and stumbled across this one from Christmas morning a couple years ago. Good morning sunshine...? I'm sure I'll regret posting this, but I'm doing it anyway. Enjoy.