Merry Christmas EVERYONE!!

I hope Christmas brings you happiness, family and friends. Please be safe in your travels wether it be 1 block, 1 km or 200 km.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Quiz

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to Know Your Friends! You
know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my
answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has
time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrapped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored!
4. Do you have mistletoe ? No
5. When do you put up your decorations? Last week in November
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? - Baba's mushrooms in cream sauce, perogies of course
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Being packed in at Baba and Gido's with all my aunts and uncles, cousins, Baba in the kitchen, we all sang xmas carols
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember how I learned the truth but I know I was a long time believer.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We opened gifts at Grandma Grace's Christmas eve. I always remember be able to open one small gift before going to bed with our immediate family.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? All together.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love IT!!
12. Can you ice skate? Yes
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I remember always being excited because me and Amanda always got the same gift. Popples, ponies, care bears, the list goes on...
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family and freinds
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Not crazy for dessert but I love nanimo bars and shortbread
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Taking turns crowning the Christmas tree with the angel.
17. What tops your tree? Angel
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? GIVING...I wouldn't bat an eyelash if there was nothing under the tree for me.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Mary's Boy Child - Boney M.
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? I could take em or leave em.

Some of my answers are duplicates of my cousin Candace...thanks sweetie!!

Finally Home

Well most know that my dear (most times) husband has been working in Fort McMoney since May. It has worked out with a couple of bad days (for him and me) here and there. I am EXTREMELY happy to say that he will be home tomorrow for the holiday season. He will be heading to Red Deer on January 2 for his last period of school before he is a journeyman. Fort McMurray to Red Deer will be a huge difference and we will see him at least 4 days a week.

Now that he will be home we will go and get our tree. We get a live tree and leave it up until January 7 which is Ukrainian Christmas.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Jingle Bell Zoo

Ok I have to admitt I am terrible when it comes to getting out and enjoying our city of Edmonton. We have been to the musuem, the zoo (like 2 years ago), and WEM. Everytime I do decide to go out...I have fun as do the kids. Anyway today we went to Jingle Bell Zoo at the River Valley Zoo. They had crafts, Mr. & Mrs. Claus, face painting, and of course animals. It was quite good and relatively quiet. We did not have to fight at any of the craft tables, the wait for face painting was short, and we caught Santa at the end with no one around. Anyway here are some photos...

Free Hugs Campaign. Inspiring Story! (music by sick puppies)

This video reminds of my great Grandma Knapp.

Picture Problems

I got my Christmas cards finished in October. I book the girls in for Christmas pictures so I could get my cards out by early December. Ok so the girls were sick and I had to reschedule pictures at Sears, TWICE! So we went, the girls were dressed up, and in the end....NO GOOD PICTURES. So we came home, I made up my own portrait studio with a sheet in my hallway. Here are some of the results: