Christmas Break Shananigans

We have definitely got back into the swing of things after our break and it very busy but our break was a pretty good one. Before our break we enjoyed a night of games with our girls/guys night people. Trevor and Rebekah introduced us to a very simple yet entertaining game where a team hides a ring in one person's hand and the other team has to guess whose hand it's in. The Friday our break started we headed up to Whistler with Ryan and Cheryl for a three night stay on the hillside for some snowboarding and cross-country skiing. Although the weather was very warm and snow was melting at ground level, we still had a good time. The boys snowboarded for two days while us girls ended up going to the tube park one day and just wandered the village the other. We planned on going cross-country skiing but it was too melty for it to be worth it. The rest of the time we all spent relaxing in the hot tub, watching movies, playing games and strolling around the village.

Winter Fun
Chris and I had almost a week before Christmas and heading to Herbert so we just took it easy for most of the days. Christmas Eve we had our little present opening time with just the two of us and Molly. Then my brother and mom came over in the evening and we had a turkey supper and opened a few presents. The next day we flew to Regina and were in Herbert by supper time. That night we opened some presents, tried the impossible puzzle and just enjoyed each other's company. The next couple of days we spent with everyone at the farm, we tried tubing one day but the snow was not satisfactory so Ryan tried rolling down the hill which worked but didn't make his head feel very well after. We also had lots of fun playing with our nephew Cole and got to see him start crawling. It did end up snowing one of the days and so we headed out on the old school cross-country skis and starting skiing around the farm. There were only a few spots that actually worked well so we made a track in a field and started a game of tag. We also had the chance of visiting our friends Mark and Erynn for a little while and got to meet their brand new baby boy Toby. New Years Eve we went to Chris' aunt and uncles where we had supper and then rang in the new year with me kicking all the  boys butts in poker. The last two days we were up in Saskatoon. We spent the 1st with all the Braun's and played some intense bowling and then enjoyed an evening of games, puzzles and catching up. The last day we spent with Ryan and Randi, starting off the day with eating at Kelly's Kafe which was rated very good under breakfast restaurants. When we got there Randi and Chris were ready to turn around and go somewhere else because it was located at this old factory-like building but we sucked it up and went in. It was a very eccentric place with very random decorations but the food ended up being pretty good and we didn't get food poisoning so it's all good. In the afternoon we were all pretty tired so we watched Tangled (the boys even voted for this one) and then we very briefly met up with the Willms' (who just got back from Hawaii) at Tim Hortons before we headed to the airport. It was a great trip and we were back to work the next day (I didn't end up getting called so that was kind of nice to have that day to recuperate).



Christmas Break
These first two weeks back have been very busy and I think it will continue this way until Spring Break. The next big event in our lives, my 30th Birthday! Saying 30 feels old but I guess it's good that I don't feel that old. Looking forward to having fun with our friends and eating some cake.