Belated Xmas Number Two

The annual gathering of Brad's (dad's side) relatives happened on January 10th. Since there was pretty much a 1:1 camera to person ratio going on, I thought I'd be a little different and shoot in B&W.

Belated Xmas Number One

The annual gathering of Karin's (mom's side) relatives happened in Lacombe on January 9th. Her cuz did a great job hosting, and there was much cheer. Much... much... too much maybe.. cheer. *sigh*

New Years Treats

Call it tradition, but dad made these every year on New Years. It's kinda a little homemade apple fritter, mini-doughnut-thing called an olen bolen -- but only if you're Dutch.

Xmas with Brad's Family

On December 27th and 28th, Brad's side of the family crashed our house for a couple days of gifts, food, and hyper-active little girls running around the house in that way only two and three-year-old girls can.

Boxing Day Snow Play

Our "break" day from company, we opted to bundle up and head into the backyard for a little bit of snow play. Too bad it was something like -20C and the snow was about as sticky as cornstarch. It kinda sucked for making a snowman.

Xmas with Karin's Family

On the 24th and 25th of December, Karin's family invaded for a couple days of gifts, food and wine. Oh, and I think Santa stopped by too.

The Christou's Party

A couple weeks prior to the holidays, Christous hosted a good and proper parent party, full of nibbles and a racuous of noisy offspring. Of course the cameras came out. What did you expect?

Claire and Dad Build a Gingerbread House

One seven dollar Superstore-brand gingerbread house kit is worth at least an hour of fun -- and another hour of clean-up. But I'd say it was worth it.