We had a good Christmas this year. The company I work for had a nice Christmas Party, we go tot see a magician - I have never seen a magician before so that was interesting. Dave was selected to go up on stage for a card trick, so that added fun to the evening. Dave's Christmas party was very nice as well. Dave was the emcee for the event and it went fairly well, one small hitch - his partner was supposed to make the annual address to the staff as he has done every year for the past 5 years however for some reason this year he seemed to "forget" this and claimed he wasn't informed. Dave seamlessly covered for his Principal, who must have been in a mood because his usually funny sarcastic sense of humour was rather cutting this fine evening. We didn't let it ruin a lovely evening. We got to visit with many friends who we don't see that often anymore, since the firm has grown so big and everyone has been very busy with their families.
We decided to host a gathering at our place on the 23rd for a number of the people Dave works closely with and some people we have not seen in a while. It was lovely to host a Christmas party again - it has been a while. It was lovely to see everyone and have time to really visit with the people who could make it. A few people we have not seen in a very long time, and this is not meant in a negative way but it was interesting to remember why we don't see each other much anymore. Our lives have changed so much over the 15 years Dave has been with the firm and some people just take different routes and we enjoy these opportunities to visit and catch up.
Christmas Eve!
Each year we get together with my sister and her family and this year was our turn to host. My nephew and his dad are very much out door people - and really we all enjoy being outside so we worked hard to think of something fun to do. We settled on tobogganing. The weather was wonderful, a lovely -12 degrees C and almost no windchill. Off we went to Gallagher Park down in the river valley so we could see the Christmas lights and regular lights down town. Edmonton has an absolutely beautiful river valley. I don`t know of any other city that has a ski hill across the river from its down town core.
Everyone arrived - My sister and her family and Uncle Dave and I. They brought the toboggans and a GT cruiser for Nigel, and off we go all suited up.
First run was funny because Nigel and his dad went 2/3 the way up and Nigel led us off by heading down first. Jeanne was closest to the bottom of the hill and when Nigel when whizzing by she started to run down the hill after him! Such a protective mother goose. it was cute and funny, and well I don`t blame her, those GT Cruisers have horrible safety ratings. We all got a few runs in and our nerves were calmed and we were having so much fun. There were quite a few people on the hill and we thought we would go across the hill to an area that wasn`t as busy. we found out rather quickly why! Wipe Out! Nigel, our fearless one went down the bumpy snowy route and took a face plant at the bottom. We could almost hear him screaming from the top of the hill. Poor guy, face plants are not good. We were able to convince him to try again, however back over on the side of the hill where it was much smoother. Up we went and started 1/2 way up and then up further we went with each run. Some people showed up with Tubes...well, tubes are scary. After us and the tubers had a few runs, there was a woman with a tube at the bottom of the hill taking time to come back up. Nigel headed down and as it goes he steered directly towards her - across the hill - yelling at her to move. Unfortunately she did not and so he ended up in another wipe out to avoid hitting her. Well that was enough for poor Nigel, he said through tears I am so done with this! We put him in one of the toboggans and walked around for a while, and then headed home for food and gifts.
Nigel received a very lovely stuffy dog from Grandma for Christmas. And I finally finished his Monster quilt and we gave that to him and the dogs gave him a fabulous book on rhyming words. Perfect for a 5 year old in kindergarten. Soon after the quilt was opened he was up on his moms lap, thumb in mouth and nodding off. The two wipe outs sure wiped this little guy out.
A wonderful Christmas eve! Lots of fun tobogganing, good food, and gifts.
Sweet Dreams Nigel!
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