Christmas

This year we celebrated Christmas at our home in Okotoks. It was great, although it seemed to come and go so fast as we were packing and moving before and after Christmas. All in all everything went well. William woke up about 5:30, then the rest followed at about 6. Way too early! Their collective noise then woke up Kate at 6:30 and that was it. Christmas morning began. After much present opening and gleeful surprised faces, my living room looked like it exploded and the kids were busy playing. I liked going to church later in the morning as it made Christmas day feel more special. It was our last day in our ward in Okotoks, we will all miss it there. I am grateful for the blessings of the gospel, and grateful for my knowledge and testimony of the Savior's life and atoning sacrifice. Merry Christmas to all....

Our Christmas Eve nativity with the kids

more building fun

So Nathan became the candidate for the Wildrose Party in the next provincial election...a candidate for Red Deer that is! So that meant we were going to be relocating. After looking for rentals in Red Deer we decided to buy instead. The house we found is great but is a little smaller in the dining area and so Nathan and I figured we needed to use a bench for one side of our table to provide seating without using up as much space as the chairs (and it seats more kids). So I spent an afternoon building this bench for my table, and a couple nights to paint and stain. Did I mention I love building.