Wow, December has flown by and I cannot believe that Christmas is just a few days away . Conor had his first drum recital and Mackensey and Conor both had their school Christmas musical. Church and small group Christmas and cookie exchanges kept us busy. We actually did not get our tree up December 1st like we do every year. We went to a new tree farm this year and found our biggest tree yet. At this tree farm you have to cut your own tree down but they also had a few that were already cut. Of course Shane wanted to check them out first. Conor was not happy because he wanted to freeze and walk through the endless rows and probably miles of trees. Shane and Mackensey stayed with the second tree that we picked up while I allowed Conor his need for the full tree searching experience.
This Christmas will be very different since we are "alone" in Canada, but it will be one that we make new traditions as a family. Our plan is to go to Butchart Gardens and enjoy the spectacular light display, iceskate on the outside pond and let the kids enjoy the carousel. We are also going to go tubing at Mt. Washington, and Christmas Day afternoon we are going to go feed the homeless a Christmas dinner.
