Canada trip (part 2)

Been busy.

But you don’t need to hear the excuses.

I’m just going to post some pics from our trip to Canada . . . mostly for the benefit of dear brother who hasn’t seen them yet since it was a pain to email them.

Joel opened the first present of the evening (holding to Scandinavian traditions, we open our presents on Christmas Eve BUT we throw our own spin on it by having stockings Christmas morning).

I LOVE the crocheted angels on the tree. My Grandma Kasper made them years ago. I brought home 2 with me . . . hopefully I can find someone here who can make some for me.

Mattias made this dish for my dad in his wood-working class. He had actually forgotten it at school on the Friday before we left, so I sent an SMS to the high school’s principal and she was happy to meet us at the school and open the door for us. Not too many places where that happens!

Sofia and Joel got some Lego from Moffa to share.

All 3 boys got their own knife from Moffa.

Mattias loves the 2 pairs of Converse runners he got from his Uncle Steve.

Some of the presents were wrapped way cool!

When Mattias saw this chocolate bar in the store, he couldn’t get over the name. So, he thought it was hilarious to get one for Christmas.

I think we found the key to getting Sofia to use lip balm.

Sofia with 2 of her cousins (Kilee and Caitlin).

Family portrait.

My Uncle Gordon took them to the barn to show them the Fresian horses.

I just think it’s funny to see such big guy holding such a small dog.

The lake was frozen at the cabin.

Sofia is carrying in a chunk of ice so we can melt it in a pot on the wood stove to use for washing dishes. Her pants got destroyed when they fell onto said stove for about 2 seconds, max.

Sam was practicing his archery skills.

I forgot about the Christmas crackers at Christmas so we used them at New Years instead . . . I figured they wouldn’t let us take them on the plane (being explosives, ya know).

The traditional group photo, just before leaving the cabin.

Just note, my children don’t really have such red lips (as in the Christmas Eve photos), that was a result of the photoshop presets I used.

Have a great weekend! I’ll probably be doing laundry for a large portion of it!!

Barb