Miscellaneous Christmas photos

Here are some of the things we got up to over the holidays. The construction of the Gingerbread house was quickly followed by Craig's question of whether or not the deconstruction could begin.

Some of us even had Christmas clothes to show off....

I was also able to help Dad put up the tree at home. It had been a number of years since he had put up a tree as 2 previous years had him travelling to the south to board the ship and the year before that both he and Krista came out to have Christmas with me in Vancouver. We dug into the old Christmas decorations but did make a stop to purchase the new LED lights. I don't know about anyone else, and maybe I'm just getting old, but those Blue lights not not kind to the eyes. When I mentioned this to my friend Liz, she said she was glad to hear that it wasn't only her that had problems with the lights. Which I can understand as I recall in University, while volunteering for the CNIB to drive people to appointments, Liz put on goggles that would alter your vision to that of someonen who was legally blind so they would know what it was like for those who were visually impaired. Well in Liz's case, she put on the goggles and remarked that she was able to see better than she could before putting in her contacts every morning. She then looked around and I'm not sure if folks were as keen to get in the car with her. Anyway, the tree was decked out with new lights, even if there were scary blue ones.

I also have a couple pictures of the snowfall. Akis was on the ship during the holidays and has on many occassions said that he wanted to be here while it was snowing. He may change his mind after he discovers that the cold temperatures accompany the white stuff, but for the time being, here is a photo of the snowfall out the back of Dad's.