Happy New Year!

It's been a busy but good Christmas vacation for us. We were able to go to my parents again for Christmas. We left the 22nd and made the 13 hr drive. The roads were good but we did hit a snow storm across the border and had to drive pretty slow because of the heavy ground drifting and the darkness. The 23rd we made it to my dad's family for a gathering surprising many of them. The 24th we did the presents with my family. When we were little, we would do the gifts the 25th but because my sister had to be on call and had to go back to work, we did it the 24th so she could be there. The 25th we went to my Grandparents and spent the day with them. We got to meet my cousin stephanie's husband Russ. They got married the 15th of December. We weren't able to make the wedding and decided instead to go up for Christmas. What's funny is Russ and I went to high school together.
The 26th we made the trip to Winnipeg with my parents and braved the malls for the boxing day sales. The rest of the days we went to Winkler and shopped or saw family and friends.
A highlight for me was something I had wanted to do but wasn't sure how I was going to do it. I had really wanted to go snowmobiling and to my surprise and delight, my girlfriend Connie's parents had just bought one. So Sunday she drove to my parents and picked me up.
Together we hit the trail that runs right past my parents place. We probably went about 15 miles and turned around. It was pretty cold but it was so much fun, a great calm day to do it. We even got Jason out of the chair and outside to enjoy a little fun in the snow.




Our dog Tucker sure enjoyed running along the sled. I sure do miss the snow considering it's January and we have NO snow.
















We left the 31st to go to Brandon to see my aunt Susan who was suddenly hospitalized on Christmas. So we visited and stayed the night and kept Uncle Pete company. We left the 1st to head home and it's sure good to be home again.