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I am hoping everybody had a great Christmas, as well as New Years. I have decided to make this particular blog a little more personal and let you know what I did for Christmas this year.

Our Christmas Holiday started on the evening of December 22, when I loaded the roof rack on the car, loaded up two children, the wife, and two dogs and headed west.  My partners family is all in Airdrie, Alberta so that is where we were headed for the Holidays. I would have to say that for the most part the dogs do travel better than the children (they seem to be easier to train).LOL

On the road by 4:30 we were in Brandon by about 7 after discovering in Portage that we had no running tail lights on the vehicle we were driving. Unable to repair it we continued on our way with our hazards flashing so that people could see us on the highway at night. 

We pulled into Regina for a short overnight visit about 11pm, and after visiting with a friend till about 3am and getting up at 6am the next morning, hit the road again to finish the drive.  That felt like a long day running on 3 hours of sleep, and driving.  Everybody was getting anxious to get to our destination.

After several daunting hours on the road we finally reached our destination by 3pm Alberta time of course, and started the Hello's at my wife's brothers house.  After making the round that day to try and get in quick visits with everybody, it was early to bed that day to try and recoup some of our lost hours of sleep.

Just to catch you up to speed, my wife's entire family lives in Airdrie. She has two brothers, two sisters, Mom, Dad, step Mom, Uncle and Aunt.

Christmas day consisted of an early morning.  Kids could not wait to open presents, and then carrying on to the Dad's house for a Christmas dinner, and present opening there as well.  Not sure how we fit everything in the vehicle to make it home. Boxing day followed with the family venturing to brave the crowd and try their hand at boxing day shopping.  I was wise and stayed at home and had a day of R&R.  We did enjoy a ham supper that night to celebrate boxing day, and that side of the family at her brothers house.

The rest of the week consisted of visiting, shopping, a night out for sushi, and catching up with old friends that we have not seen in a very long time.  We headed home on New Years day with a pit stop in Regina for a night at a hotel, and then arrived safely home on Monday to start back to work on Tuesday.  It was a great vacation, although of course could have been longer, with beautiful weather being above zero everyday.

What did you do on your Christmas vacation this year?