Christmas, 2014
After all the fun I had in the summer, I decided to take a couple weeks and head home to Canada for the holidays. I did not have a lot of time (only 10 days....more vacations to come in 2015) so had to choose wisely. Milton was the obvious stop so I could spend Christmas with Olivia (and Steve and Heather too). This trip would not be all fun and games however because I was in the middle of a course, and with the way my courses are set-up there is no way to take a break....not even for Christmas. That meant homework had to be done while I was there. I tried to get a lot of the work done before I left but there was more than a lot that could not (and simply did not) get done.
It had been a long time since we had a little one for Christmas.....we all probably went a little overboard with presents for Olivia but it was most certainly worth it to be there and see how excited she was Christmas morning. I am sure by now we have all seen (better pictures) but here are a few anyway.
The tree looked beautiful as usual.....lots of room for all of Olivia's presents.
Stockings for everyone as well.
Even my stocking made its way from Vernon to Milton in time for Christmas Morning.
Santa brought lots of presents.
Olivia's new kitchen from Santa. She was very, very excited.
Looks just like the real thing. So much more real than anything I had as a kid.
Opening more presents from Santa. Pretty sure there were so many presents that we had to take a break.
Not gonna lie....spent some time on the couch looking like this. Between the jet-lag and trying to do homework at night, I was pretty tired.
Olivia enjoying some turkey.....just a little leg.
Of course it's a Police Car.
More Boxing Day shopping. Steve was looking for something specific so Olivia and I just hung out in the store.
Olivia playing in her tent.....also a Christmas gift. Not sure this is how a tent works....but she seems happy so it's OK.
Playing with a few more Christmas gifts. She certainly did have a pretty good haul. So much to play with.
Did make some time to head outside too.
And back to the kitchen. The new kitchen location. Got a lot of sunshine and a lot of use.
More time outside to play. No snow but a little bit cold. I was not enjoying this cold.
Eventually I had to leave Milton and I headed to Calgary for a few days. I had the opportunity to catch up with a few friends but mostly it was a quiet and relaxing couple of days. Apparently so relaxing that I did not take many pictures until I was at the airport heading back to Riyadh.
The view of my friend's backyard. Just a little bit of snow in Calgary. But super cold so mostly enjoyed the view from here.
More snow at the airport as I was getting ready to leave. Probably picked a good time to head back to the warm(er) weather in Saudi.
So that one green not delayed or on-time flight.......my flight......actually early.
So a really quick trip back and as always I did not get to see too many people and I spent much of the trip doing homework and feeling jet-lagged......but totally worth it to spend Christmas morning with Olivia.
And that brings 2014 to an end. Bring on 2015......which turned out to be a very interesting year.
Julie
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