Christmas in Canada

We spent Sunday (Dec 23) thru Tuesday (Dec 25) in Ontario, celebrating Christmas with Daryl's family.  It was, as it always is, a wonderful time of connecting with family that we don't see near as often as what we would like to!  We left Kalamazoo on Sunday after Church and arrived at Daryl's Mom's house 5 hours later - we made great time!  We were so thankful for dry roads and a quick border crossing.  On Sunday evening we went to Mom and Neil's Church for their Christmas musical.  It was cute and the kids did well sitting through it.  On Monday (Christmas Eve) was when all the family Christmas celebrations took place.  It was a fun day and the best present of all was hearing the great news that Rachel (Daryl's older sister) and her husband Andrew are expecting their first baby in July!  On Christmas Day we had a nice breakfast and spent some time with Kevin and Karin and their kids (everyone else had gone their separate ways) before heading back to Kalamazoo.

Angry Birds.  Need I say more?

Angry Birds and a pile of boy cousins!

Some of the grand kids eating their Christmas Eve dinner together.

Acting out the Christmas Story before opening presents.  My two little angels and my shepherd.

My other shepherd with a cute little sheep

"Glory to God in the Highest!"

A peek inside the stable :)

The whole cast :)  Uncle Rodney was the narrator.

Waiting to open presents!

Love this face!

Just a little excited!!

This little girl was pretty excited too!

Opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa

Aunt Val bought matching pajamas for the three little girls cousins - Wilona, Zahara, and Aliyah. It was getting late and none of the girls were interested in having their picture taken!!

Story time with Aunt Val and Zahara before heading to bed!