Christmas

I know this is a little late, but better late than never! We had a fantastic time in Austria for Christmas. We were in a small village called Oberndorf and it was beautifully placed in the mountains. We stayed at a nice little hotel where we had a little apartment so there was a kitchen and a washing machine, very important! We were joined there (in order of appearance) by Jordyn, my Mum and Dad (LeAnn and Bill), Kellie and Dennis, Jamie, Gregs Mom and Dad (Sharon and Bob), and Gregs Aunt Pamela. Also joining us was Kevin and his wife. We were very lucky to be able to surround ourselves with this much family so far from everyones homes.

Greg got in a bit of skiing, even though the conditions weren't always the greatest! Greg, Dad and Jordyn went up in a white out one day. Lily helped Dad and I build a snowman, she also got to go sledding with her Dad one day. We think she really enjoyed the sledding. We all took a horse and carriage ride one day, drinking beer for the boys and hot wine for the girls. Beautiful sites, we are so blessed! We took advantage of the baby sitters and I went skiing with Greg and Dad one day, we also went out a few nights. Lily and Oliver road on a gondola to the top of the mountain to meet us for lunch when we were skiing, I guess Lily liked looking out the windows. We visited a pool a couple of times, Oliver went swimming for the first time, and Lily went down a water slide!

We had a fantastic Christmas, on Christmas Eve Day I went with Oliver, Mum and Dad and Jordyn to pick out a live tree, we got an okay deal as it was last minute, but it was great having a live tree over Christmas. We found decorations in paper snowflakes, a few ornaments people brought as gifts, stringing popcorn, and some colorful coasters from the restaurants! It was a great tree. Everyone had stockings, so leading up to Christmas they were hanging around the living room. We got so much stuff (the kids! I won't have to go clothes shopping for a while) We went to Austria with 3 full suitcases and came home with 4! Thanks for the bag Mum.

I hope that everyone had as good of a time as we did, and Thanks for coming with us.