Ice Skating

Mitch and I took Brett, Emma, and her friend Bella to the Ice Center to go skating. The girls hugged the side of the rink for awhile and then got more confident and ventured out into the flow of things. At first Brett was only going to sit and watch, but after a bit he decided to get skates on and give it a try. After his first lap, he declared that he was a "natural born ice skater" and he never held onto the wall again.

I took a few photos, but since I didn't skate, they are taken through the plexiglass and aren't very good.


Next time Mitch and I will skate also, and I will take along a better camera. This one was my Christmas present (since returned) A Fujimax waterproof camera and as you can see - it took shite photos.

Merry Christmas!

Ah, another Christmas has wrapped. *snort*

 So nice to have all the kids here and Mitch home this year. We are very blessed.

A Christmas Day  wind storm blew through while we were cooking dinner.  The power flickered several times and prompted Mitch to get the generator out, fill it up and make sure it would run if needed.  Thankfully, it wasn't needed.  Wish it had been a snow storm instead :)

 Enjoying some quiet time, while the kids are off enjoying their gifts. Hope you and yours are enjoying the blessings of the season.

A Christmas Tradition

Christmas Day 2009, we tried something a bit different and went to see

We decided to make that a yearly Christmas tradition - finish Christmas dinner and head to the Firehouse Theater, our local movie house, and watch a movie.

 Come Christmas Day 2010 - Mitch was in Africa, so we didn't do a traditional Christmas - as we celebrated over Thanksgiving when he was home on leave.

 Now, Christmas Day 2011, Mitch is home and we ended up going to the movies on Christmas Eve to see

They left the latest Sherlock Holmes open for a third, so we will see - maybe Christmas Day 2013 we can go see the third installment!