Christmas 2012

This year we spent Christmas in Canada with our great Canadian friends. We flew from San Antonio to Portland, ME and picked up a 4WD rental.  Just as well as it started to snow and the usual 4 hr drive from Portland to Fredericton, NB took 61/2 hrs.  You have to agree though that the scenery is just fantastic.

All of our friends in Canada have live Christmas trees something we do not see so much in Australia.

We had a very social time with our dear friends.  We enjoyed a great evening with Debbie and George who invited our Beaver Dam friends over for a spectacular dinner of jambalaya, followed by one of Debbie's fantastic desserts.  It was just like we had never left and this was so with all of the friends we have in Fredericton.
Next evening we were invited to dinner at Blair and Barb's home and another great meal with lots to talk and lots to laugh about.
On Christmas Eve we went to church with our friends and afterwards to Cathy and Doug's place for the annual Christmas Eve get together.  We joined Blair, Barb, Cathy and Doug for the group photo.

Andrew, Cathy and Doug's son, Michael, Blair and Barb's son and their good mates added to the joy of the evening.

It was also an opportunity to catch up once again with Diane,  Doug's sister and Angie, Cathy and Doug's daughter.

Angie, Laura and Andrew pose for the family shot.

We also caught up for brunch with Suzanne,James, Evan and Ryan.  Suzanne and James were our next door neighbours when we lived at Beaver Dam and now own the home we used to live in.  You will note the snow through the window.

Christmas day started off with opening Christmas presents at the home of Blair, Barb and Michael.

Then back to Jacqueline and John's.  Here the day started off with a huge brunch.   Jacqueline and Ross in the kitchen preparing the food which we really enjoyed.

That evening we had a fun time sampling the great turkey, Jacqueline had prepared, and the Australian lamb roast, Ross had cooked.  John and I were very appreciative of the chefs who had prepared this great feast.

Meagan and Bryn also enjoyed their day.

We also took the opportunity to get our lobster fix.  The lobster was CA$7 a lb and we really enjoyed this.

It was great to be back in the snow once again and to spend time with our dear friends.  If all goes to plan we will be spending next year with them again.

More to follow.

Bev and Ross