Ah, Christmas

Another wonderful Christmas. Luke and I spent Christmas Eve making a little costume for Jebus and then filming him as he wobbled around. He hated it, but once we took his little coat off, it was like nothing had happened. I think we've been forgiven. Thanks for the laughs Jeeby!


Christmas morning we got up at 8:30 and had a shower. Luke made coffee and we opened our stockings. I got a little tripod for my camera and some other neat little things. I got Luke some bike lights and a compass (I think the compass is cool, Luke, not so much) and some other neat little toys. We only got eachother a couple of other books, because of the camera for me and the monitor for Luke (which should arrive on Wednesday). I got Luke a purple banana tree kit to grow your own tree. You can eat the bananas too! I also got him a couple books that we are planning to read together. He got me a cool little cookbook and an apron! Yay! The other day while I was skinning some salmon, it squished up out of the dish and all over my exposed belly - gross! Now I have an apron to prevent icky situations like that. :)

We left home around 9:30 and headed to the Closs' where we opened more goodies and had eggs benedict for breakfast. Loranda and Orlando were there as well. I got a stocking full of tasty treats and some great other goodies as well (such as a mini daffodil kit, some tasty hot chocolates, a new shirt of my choice and a cool murder mystery game that we're planning on doing on New Year's Eve). Luke also got a stocking full of tasty treats and some nice shirts, a book and a really nice tool bx.

After breakfast we headed to my house where I opened yet another stocking (Mom you are so good at stockings!). I had nice little smelly things, some neat socks, a cool camping cosmetic bag and a funny knitting book, plus some other neat little things. Carrie and Jesse gave us a fantastic microfibre throw, which I am snuggled up under right now and Brad and Pascale gave us a cook game which involves placing magnets on a circular game cloth. Because neither Luke nor I have been to Tofino, mom and dad gave us some money, along with a pamphlet for some cabins so that we can book a couple nights over there sometime soon. What a great idea! We're hoping to go during the winter so we can storm-watch.

Dad arrived from picking up Grandad and we ate some munchies before gorging on a delicious turkey dinner. Nobody had room, but everyone had a piece of pumpkin pie, some only because I made it. Thanks! :)



Luke and I drove Larry and Linda home and then watched The 40-year Old Virgin with them and Loranda and Orlando. Luke and I saw that movie on Molokai while we were staying at the tentalows. I remember walking back from the movie and getting a ride down from the lodge to our tentalow. Normally the bus didn't run that late but we arranged with the driver to meet us after the movie and drive us down. That was such a great trip, I think about it all the time. It's fun to remember all the little things - makes it feel like it was just yesterday. I don't want to forget anything!

When we got home we started putting things away and tidying up from Christmas. We took the ornaments off the tree and moved it outside. Everything Christmas is put away. I love the holiday season, but I really feel that once it's done it's done and time to move on. I've really indulged over the holidays and that in combination with being too busy/exhausted for much exercise has left me feeling a little unhealthy. I bought a detox kit last week and I'm going to start it today. It lasts 12 days and I can eat pretty much anything and only involves taking supplements. Hopefully I can get to the end of it. :)

That's all for now. Happy birthday Linda! :)