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Calgary Christmas

We had a great time back up in Calgary over Christmas.  It was a busy time with family and friends but everyone had a wonderful time.  The one thing the kids were truly disappointed with is that there was no snow.  There was 'ice' left from a previous snowfall but nothing that you could do anything with - no sledding, snowmen or snowballs this year.  However we were still able to get outside and have some fun on Christmas Eve.





That night we headed across the street to the Airdrie Festival of Lights.  Our rookie american kids desperately wanted to skate but as we had no ice skates they made due running around and sliding on the ice in their boots.



On Christmas we enjoyed Christmas morning in Airdrie with Grandma where Santa was kind enough to leave a few more items in our stocking.





We later all went into Grandpa's where we enjoyed Christmas dinner and another round of gift opening.  The Calgary Flames have a goalie this year with the last name of Hiller so Grandpa ensured all the boys had "Hiller' flames jerseys.






The next day we had a rather unconventional Christmas with Grammy!  She had a couple of hours in Calgary so we met for a quick post christmas chinese buffet....and a game of bowling!  A bit of a different type of Christmas than usual but a lot of fun!

We always have a great time hanging out with friends when we are back in town.  We enjoyed an evening with the Hus/ Huber / Okraniec crew as well as time with my dear friend Catherine an her family, my cousin Roberta and her family, our friends the Biermans and the Cheeman's too.  When we visited the Cheesman's after lunch we headed over to Heritage Park where they were having a little Bonhomme D'neige festival.  Our kids had a blast but unfortunately things went south for poor Griffin.  After the Cheesman's went home the poor boy came down with the stomach flu.  We were praying that our kids would avoid it after spending the day with their family!






Eliza really bonded with Uncle Nathan during this trip.  She was full of snuggles for him.  It was pretty cute.





 We were amazed yet again that Granny was able to travel to Calgary as well for Christmas.  The kids were so happy to get to see her again.  Amazing that she is still able to travel at 97!





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