Winter at the Lake

I have gotten SO far behind in my blogging, this second semester of school was a bit of a struggle mentally/motivationally speaking. Now that I'm back at home before I head back to work for the summer, I thought I'd throw up some of the pictures I've collected over the last few months (and get back to writing once I'm all caught up again).  

These are from ice fishing, when I came back to the lake at the end of February for Reading Break.

Christmas at Eagle View

It seems like Christmas was such a blur! Only a few more days until I'll be making the trek back to Prince George to slave away at school for another semester. So here's the Christmas activities summed up in one post.

Squirrel!

Brighty, Granny, Mom, Rivey and I. 

Usually we do a big Mexican gift exchange but this year we decided to switch it up and get fireworks and Chinese lanterns, which worked out for the best anyways as the flu hit a bunch of the family and they ended up staying home.

Christmas morning meant a Skype date with J from Belgium. We all opened our stockings and gifts from Santa while she watched on.

Dad has a habit of buying himself a bunch of presents and then just getting mom or me to wrap them up for him, so this year I made the label match who truly was giving the gift!

Mieka was in kitty heaven with all the bows and ribbons and paper scattered around the room, and we all settled into a Christmas coma on the couches. So thankful and happy to have been able to spend time with my amazing family!

Rummoli

I've learned two things from last night. One, my family is weirdly obsessed with bodily functions. I've never heard so much talk about how to remove earwax properly (????) in my entire life. Two, if your grandma says she doesn't know how to play a card game involving money, she's probably lying - Grandma insisted that she would be no good at Rummoli (also, if you've never played, try it. It's addicting), yet she kicked Mom's butt.

Beginner's luck, I say.

It wouldn't have been possible to wipe that smile off her face if you tried!

 

On a completely unrelated note...it's Christmas Eve morning already. Say whaaaaat?!