Christmas Happenings

Hi!

We had a great Christmas!  We went over to Bedford, NS to spend the holiday with K's aunt and uncle.

The kids had school til Tuesday (!) so K's parents took the kids over on Wednesday morning.  K had to work Wed til noon so we went over after that.  The weather was great for travelling- just a little drizzly.  We had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner of cabbage rolls and perogies.  The kids set out their stockings and went to bed around 9:00

Christmas day we woke around 8:00 to open gifts from Santa.

 The most exciting gift was from K's parents- a WiiU!  Here we are engrossed in Mario Kart.

 Plus, I got a new phone, which should mean my pictures will be a lot better! All the pics in this post were taken with C's camera, except for the one above which was taken by K's phone.

C got some new nail polish from N.  She painted my nails with every color.

K's back had been bothering him since he put heater cords under the front stairs on Sunday, Dec. 14.  The ride over to NS, didn't help, plus sleeping on a different (softer) bed also aggravated it.  He woke Thursday in  a lot of pain.  He spent most of the day in bed, popping pain pills.  K's family eats dinner around 5:00, instead of around 1:00 or 2:00 like we did when I was growing up.  Here's the turkey getting ready to go in the oven.

Finally, right before dinner, K's pain had escalated so much that we had to call 911 and an ambulance came!

They gave him some Toderol (?), which helped almost immediately and took him (and me) to the nearest hospital!  It was quite exciting!  We missed Christmas dinner since we were at the hospital til 8:00.  The doctor diagnosed him with inflammation and prescribed some Tylenol 3's.  But since then, K's back has been better!

On Boxing Day (Dec 26),  N and C had fun playing outside at the park across the street.

We left to come home a little before noon. The kids rode home with the in-laws and K and I followed. We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch- always a treat since there isn't one in PEI.  We were all glad to get home! When we got here, the kids discovered a big sled that Santa had left under the tree.

Happy Holidays! :-)