Christmaaaas Tiiiime is Heeeeeeeeere...

Meeeeeerrrrry Christmas! Well, Christmas Eve, actually. The presents are somewhat wrapped, the food is almost ordered, the schedule is kind of organized, the house is sort of clean...

Sounds like Christmas time! Nothing too much to report here, but we want to say hi to our friends and family out there all over the world and wish you a Merry Christmas! These are just a few of the friends out there (the ones that sent us pictures) - Happy Ho Ho everyone! I've put some pictures on here today of one of our good friends, Dave Houthuyzen, who served in Afghanistan and thankfully is home now. Another friend, Brian, is attempting to create a second 10th commandments while he chills on the same mountain that Moses got his 10 commandments. Good lads. Brian and Erin are the third pic down, who are currently in Burundi exploring much of Africa and loving it. The fourth is from our table, and the last picture is an amazing picture of a line of heroes from our Canadian military (Dave being one of them).

So today I was sort of bitten by the Christmas bug, and I'm ready for Christmas now! We've spent wrapping presents (on the day before Christmas, which is a record), listening to music, and eating. Sounds like Christmas to me. I know Kaelyn is excited. We spent part of the afternoon looking at the manger scene, and she laughed at the sound the donkey made (hee haw, if you don't know) and she especially loved the camel sound (just hork a big loogy). A girl after my own heart. We also spent some time trying to blow out a candle, which she liked. Hopefully she doesn't grow up to burn the house down.

On a side note, I just wanted everyone to know that the goat has been hit again and again by the freight train (see the 'dominated' blog). Shaun (that's me) is currently on a six-game winning streak in Roughriders' cribbage. I'm almost to the point that I'm looking for ways to give Michelle a pity win. Not yet, but almost.

So things are winding down around here. I know, that sounds a little weird, because I know they'll be picking right back up again soon. But for now, we're content to sit around and hang out. This is a good thing. Definitely.

As I'm typing right now, Kaelyn is walking all over Grandpa Lewis's present and jumping off, falling on her face and say "up a dae dae." (Translation - "oopsy daisy) It's good times. I guess five centimeters is a long way for a person to jump when they're only two feet tall.

So everyone, hope to hear from you over the Christmas holidays! We'll be away from the 25th (in later morning) to th 27th, at which point we'll be hanging out with more family as they arrive at our house. If you haven't seen the trailers for the Nativity yet either, go online and check it out. It looks very much worth seeing. www.thenativitystory.com

That's one film I'm looking forward to seeing. So on that note, everyone have a Merry Christmas, from those of you down in Esquimalt, London, Whitehorse, Barrie, Hamilton, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, Edmonton, Ottawa, Burundi, those of you in the States, and every where else you're celebrating Christmas this year! Hopefully we'll have a chance to blog tomorrow on Christmas day!