Every year, Kristine's extended family gathers to celebrate Christmas. If you got us all together, there would be about 50 of us. That rarely happens, though, because a whole bunch live on the west coast. With just the Manitoba crew, there is still about 35 and so we are much too large a group for someone's house. For the last couple of years, we have been meeting at a hotel in Brandon for the weekend and it is a nice way to celebrate the season, have some fun and stay in touch with everyone. Here are some pictures of some of our activities...
We had a sleigh ride on Saturday. It was a pretty cold wind, but fun.
Matthew enjoyed his first sleigh ride. Rachel slept through it.
Matthew's 2nd birthday also fell on this weekend so we got him a cake to celebrate.
He did pretty good blowing out his own candles, with only a little help from Dad.
He had no problem eating it all by himself!
Rachel hanging out with another Auntie Trisha!
Swimming in the hotel pool. Always a good time.
