Thursday, December 26th -Good Boxing Day to you all

It's approximately 10:40 pm on Thursday evening. I'm just waiting for James' airplane to arrive at about midnight so thought this might be a good time to do my routine post, just a few hours early. That way I can sleep a few extra minutes in the morning.

We had a lovely Christmas Day. Very relaxing for sure. I spent the morning baking a cake to take to the Van Gaals for dinner and Lloyd played outside on his tractor trying to move some of the snow around.

We arrived at 3:00 at their house and had a very lovely time. Everyone was home and we were so pleased to have been invited to take part in their holiday feast.  Drinks were drank, food was eaten, gifts were exchanged - all in all a really great day. So a big thanks to them for having us.

Boxing Day was quiet as well. I spent the day doing last minute laundry, cleaning, etc in preparation for our family' arrival. This will be another amazing race, and this time, James will be the winner. He's arriving tonight via Air Canada. Greg, the other two kids and the two dogs will be leaving early tomorrow morning. We're hoping for good travel weather for them. Then Patti will arrive sometime on Saturday. Depending on her ability to perhaps leave work a little early, she may be here mid morning. But time will tell.

Brenda, Meghan and Caitlin came over earlier this evening so the girls could get the tour of the craft room. It was a bit chilly up there as the heat has been turned down for quite a few days.  We had a quick tour and they were suitably impressed. Then it was back into the house for a quick glass of wine before calling it a night. They have a busy day of shopping ahead of them tomorrow.

In the meantime, it's time to think about getting ready to head into town. We are meant to get 5 to 10 cms of new snow tonight. The radio said it would start sometime after midnight but it's been snowing pretty good here for a couple of hours now. Best to leave in lots of time.  I expect it will be a late night. I'm sure James will want to have a cup of tea and a chat before he heads off to bed!