Xmas Activities

Last night we had dinner at Wayne and Meg's house in Ingersoll which is always a nice experience as they go to so much trouble.  I took a few photos.  We spent the balance of the evening at the theatre seeing The Sound of Music which we enjoyed immensely.  Unfortunately we can't take pictures inside the theatre.  The vonTrapp children were just great.

I call her Princess because she is so very nice

He has the tree done, but there is a huge display that covers the floor and around
the tree.  It takes him hours and hours to prepare it.

Tom and Joanne invited us for lunch on Saturday and we had a good time.  Great food as usual and lots of snow.  Tomorrow we are having Robin, Zoran and Marjorie and Gerry and Karen over for dinner.  Little concerned about the driveway.

Dec. 16  First snowblowing.  We didn't really need to do it, but visitors might have issues if we don't.

Dec. 16.  First snowblowing.  Didn't really need it for us, but visitors might
have an issue with the snow.

Dec. 18  Had lunch with Walter and Diana at Windermere Cafe.  First time meeting Diana; a very nice lady.

Dec. 21  Mike arrived in Toronto yesterday and stayed overnight at Rob's.   With a large ice storm pending we decided to meet Rob and Mike in Cambridge so Rob could get back quickly as he wants to come Monday with Hong.

Dec. 23  Rob arrived with Hong.  Lots of conversation and they went snowshoeing.

Rob, Hong and Mike getting ready to snowshoe

Hong decided to keep up to Mike (who was showing off) and suffered
a glitch.  Nothing serious and off they went!

Dec. 25  Christmas and with it all of the McKercher clan for dinner.  Spent the evening talking to Hong and Rob.  Received some very nice presents.

Doing the turkey

Dec. 26  Visited Mary Jane and Brian and their clan.  Our guys and Hong left early to get back to Toronto.  Mike flies out tomorrow for Calgary.  Rob and Hong are going north next week for dog sledding and other treats at the Ogopogo Inn.  Should be a blast.

Dec. 31  Did our usual visit to Joan's for ollybollies and Wayne's for New Year's Eve.  Very quiet this year.

Working on basement installing more insulation and working on my wine cellar.

Jan. 4.  Heard from Rob and said Ogopogo was 'awesome'.  Just got a call and text from Mike from Invermere, B.C.  He has been skiing at Fernie and places west and is now headed for Banff on Hwy. 95, 93 and then #1 to ski at Lake Louise.  He sent a pic of the Columbia River that I will try and pull off the phone and put on here.  I need to get on the laptop to do that.