Merry Christmas to all!

Another week has passed and we have returned from the shore of the North Saskatchewan River to the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. The weather has been beastly cold most of the week, but has improved a lot for this weekend. We have moved in with Erin and Kristian again, and really appreciate all the care they take of us. We started the week in Prince Albert with Eric and Erica at a special Rotary Christmas brunch and toy distribution. We drove back to Regina on Tuesday, and they followed us yesterday! Now, the family is gathered for a week of Christmas celebrations. We're surely enjoying that—lots of good food, lots of bad sweets, gifts for all, and family time!

with room for 7 stockings!

Kristian and I built a mantel so the stockings could be "hung with care, in hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there!" Wendy and I didn't bring our stockings, so we're borrowing some and going under pseudonyms of E and K with the hope that St Nick might be fooled into giving us something better than the traditional lump of coal. The markets were mixed all week, but overall had a good week, and I made quota for a change. Sports has a special schedule in acknowledgement of the holidays, so we had extra games featuring many of the teams who will now be able to enjoy a holiday themselves. In hockey the Leafs and Pens are doing well, while the Oilers continue to have some good games and some stinkers. The Jayhawks were rewarded for their good season so far with a ranking of #4 in the country. 

Fully Functional

Lovely new Shower/Bath

The Baileys got the bathroom back together and it's looking great! Then, they drove down here to celebrate with the rest of us. 

Erin and helpers prepared a Christmas Eve banquet featuring ham and scalloped potatoes this evening. We hear them planning a breakfast casserole and a complete turkey dinner for tomorrow. I'm sure it'll be yummy. 

Travis & Joanna, Jonas & Gemma, and Andrew are celebrating in heavy snow back in Thunder Bay. 

And that's the abbreviated Christmas edition!