BC Christmas

Friesen Gathering

Christmas with my siblings

The Loewen Gathering

our christmas

It's a crappy picture, but it shows off our new 'when we go home for Christmas' Christmas tree (I don't bother setting up all our decorations the year we head to BC).

Our new stockings:

I made these, and I was so eager to get them done that I completely overlooked sewing any kind of loop on them so we could hang them. That's why they're sandwiched under a book. haha.

I wish we had more pics (and ones where my hair didn't look so awful), but we don't. Michael's gifts to me this year left me speechless. That box is a personal cutter thing that can do many cool things! The shelves are ones that I've wanted since visiting my cousin Debbie back in 2010 over Easter. In November Michael and I were at Ikea in Minneapolis and I wanted to get them, and he said we couldn't. It was almost a really terrible fight, but I finally accepted the fact that I wasn't getting them this time around either. Meanwhile, he'd been sneaky and had our friends buy them for us (do you know how bummed I was when they bought the exact shelves that I had been wanting?), and then he wrapped them up and gave them to me for Christmas. Well done, Michael, well done!

Schultz Christmas

Happy New Year!

Schultz Christmas

We had a wonderful time with Michael's family. It was short, but oh so sweet. We spent the day together on the 25th. One the 26th most of us had places to be, so we all headed out first thing in the morning. Michael on a trip to Arizona, his parents on a trip to Ontario, and me to Winnipeg for work.

Winnipeg Family Christmas

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of this, but on the 24th we had supper with Henry & Shirley, and went to a carol service with them at their church. We enjoyed a wonderful prime rib roast, and cheesecake for dessert.

Our Little Christmas

Michael and I did our Christmas on the 23 this year. Between work, and other family events it was the only way to fit it in.
We enjoyed a nice Supper Central meal and then headed off to go ice skating for the first time of the season.



I enjoyed the community centre, it was snowing lightly and the weather was mild.
When we got back, we made hot chocolate. Yum!



I was still working on Christmas presents that I was sewing, so our upstairs was a total disaster. We also didn't put up a tree this year, I just didn't have the time or inclination to do it. So, we borrowed the tree downstairs!

Presents under the tree.

Unwrapping the gifts.

Gifts from my parents:

I had a really wonderful Christmas this year!

Christmas Party - appetizers & open house

This has become somewhat of a tradition...

christmas in MB...

We had Christmas in Austin with Michael's family a little late, but it was still a lot of fun! Here's the pictures...

this is Cate opening the box with the hat that I knit her in it...I actually added ear flaps after the fact, I'll have to try and get a picture of the revised hat.

Cate of course was the star of the whole weekend...especially watching her chew on her toes...

Here's some more pictures from the festivities:

christmas in BC...

Well, we spent 11 days in BC. I think this was the hardest time we've every had with the weather...it felt so dark and rainy the whole time we were there. Of course it didn't help that there was fresh snow on the ground the day we left Winnipeg.



Anyway, we had a good time visiting with family, going to family gatherings and seeing some friends. My apologies, I really don't have pictures...perhaps I can get some from my family and update this, but here's what I've got:



This at Uncle Bud & Aunt Sherry's, who invited us to join them in one of their family traditions...making gingerbread houses! We had a great time!

merry christmas from us to you!

christmas in austin

Michael and I were in Austin, MB from the afternoon of the 24th till the afternoon of the 26th, staying with his parents. We had a good time, it's always relaxing to spend time there. This year we tried something new: making a gingerbread house! I brought the already baked pieces along and put them together on the 24th in the evening.

On the 25th we had all the festivities: going to church, turkey dinner, and gifts. Here's the whole family hanging around, well exept for Mom is who taking the picture. (Stuart is anxiously waiting for the picture to be done to do you know what!)

We also decorated the gingerbread house. Here's a question for all of you out there: do you enjoy eating gingerbread houses? I don't personally like eating them, they're just fun to make. We actually ended up giving this one away. I thought was quite a masterpiece for a bunch of people who have never decorated a gingerbread house before!

And last, but not least we had a bit of fun with the quads in the snow...

merry christmas!

Hello all of you! Merry Christmas! For those of you whom I have lost track of and no longer have an address...here's our Christmas card, the electronic version. If you want the real thing next year, send a comment or an email with your mailing address in it! thanks!

our own little christmas

Well, this year we had our own little Christmas on December 23. It was very nice. I can hardly believe how much I enjoy just being at home without anything pressing to do. We're so busy, it's such a treat, well, more like a cause for celebration, when we get to sit on our own couch!

here's our tree:

and here's how our tree stayed standing:

If you look closely you will see the cord from the blinds is attached to our tree. Why you ask? Well, on December 14th we had our life group over for a Christmas potlcuk. Just as the first bunch of people was arriving, the tree fell over. I abandoned my door opening duties, and went to pick up the tree before water spilled everywhere (it didn't really work, but I tried). Michael had run out to get something and wasn't home, so I had to call "come in" and the first thing they saw was a living room floor strewn with ornaments. We all had a good laugh, they helped us figure out a way to get the tree to stay up (that where the blind cord comes in), and put the decorations back on.

I had a lot of fun wrapping Michael's gifts this year, he apparently likes big packages, so I obliged. Particularly with one gift he got, which was a memory card for his GPS, it's barely and inch square, but it was in a box that was 2 cubic feet big. It was full of crumpled up newspaper, felt like there was nothing in it, and Michael had to dig through it to find his treasure. After opening all our presents we had quite a mess but it was fun to throw at each other. (ok so that lasted about 30 seconds before Michael felt compelled to clean it up).

christmas with mom

well, I thought I'd just quickly share a few pictures of Christmas with my Mom when she was out (it was a little early, but we got out decorations and played Christmas music to get in the mood). we had a good time. I didn't do turkey for the three of us, so we had a cheese fondue instead, which was very tasty! We also watched Sound of Music, since Michael had never seen it. It was good, and I think he liked it. We watched the first half one night, and Michael was anxious to watch the second half. Thinking of movies, I still haven't had my annual dose of Princess Bride, I might have to do something about that...

this is me with a couple of my gifts. I also got a cookie scoop, flour sifter, and silicon loaf pan (now that I have a convection oven I can bake three loaves at once!) Thanks Mom & Dad!

here's Michael with his handheld GPS unit. (can you tell he likes it?) he takes it to work with him most days...not sure why, I don't think he could possible get lost, but he likes to see which route is shorter! Thanks again Mom & Dad!