Lots to catch up on

Ok, well maybe not THAT much. It has been a while.

Obviously one of the main events since my last post was Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas and, with our families, the affair tends to be stretched out over days.

We celebrated Christmas eve at Scott and Andrea's (Kurt's brother and his wife) place. There was a small crowd and amazing food! Kurt's twin brother (Kevin) and his wife (Connie) came into town with their little guy, and Kurt's parents flew in from Windsor.

On Christmas day we had the pleasure of hosting, for the first time, the day-long festivities. There is nothing like having the so many of the people that you love around you in your own home. I also love having my three nephews in the house. As we long for children of our own, it's nice to have a taste of the dream when they are around.

We have a smaller home, but people seemed to fit cosily. My parents dropped by during the afternoon, and we all had a great chance to visit and catch up.

The next event was celebrating Kurt and Kevin's birthdays a couple of days later (their birthdays were on the 23rd). I was surprised to have my birthday celebrated as well. I received a new-to-me set of golf clubs along with all the paraphenalia a girl could want. Thank you Mom T!!! (Now the pressure's on- I'm learning to golf.)

One of the highlights of the week was watching my oldest nephew play hockey. This is his first year playing competitively and he is fabulous. I had no idea that I was such a yeller, but I left every game horse. I love it!

My family celebtrated our Christmas on New Year's day. Grant and Brenna drove in from Red Deer. Erin and Johnny and Katie and Allan drove all the way from (gulp) Calgary, and we were pleased to have Auntie Heather and Kate join the crowd. I think that I speak for everyone when I say that we all had a blast.

So, new fantastic things for this season:

Games:

-Family Feud (the DVD version)

-Ticket to Ride (European version)

Food:

-Cheeses of the world (drool)

-I made dinner roles using the frozen stuff over by the pre-made pastry- and they were good!

-Homemade stuffing (yes, by me!!)

Hobbies:

-I have re-taken up knitting. I highly recommend it.

As it has been for a while now, our prayer is that next Christmas a third will be added to our duo. We desperately long for our own child. Every day brings us another day closer, right? And for now, God has graciously blessed with so many people to love. Thank you to all of you for making our journey a little bit lighter.