Julen 2010/Christmas 2010:-)

Saa er julen 2010 vel overstaaet - de fleste juleting er pakket vaek, og vi er efterhaanden ved at komme til haegterne igen efter 3 rigtig gode og hyggelige, men sene dage sammen med familien. Juleaftensdag startede med at vi aabnede gaverne fra Danmark og til hinanden, hvorefter vi oenskede god jul til familien derhjemme via skype - og saa afsted til den danske kirke til dansk gudstjeneste. Naar jeg nu ikke kan holde dansk jul, saa er det dejligt at jeg trods alt kan komme til dansk julegudstjeneste:-) Emma kunne rigtig godt lide sangene m.m. for hun var vaeldig snaksaglig - vi syntes hun var LIDT for hoejlydt, men heldigvis saa kunne forsamligen kun se det soede i det. Efter kirken var det hjem og lave flaeskesteg foer vi atter skulle afsted for at hygge og aabne gaver sammen med Aarons familie. Emma var allerede faldet i soev da de andre kom, saa hun fik lov at sove i fred, mens vi andre hyggede.

Juledag var vi igen hjemme ved Aarons mor og far til den store julemiddag - Kalkun, kartoffelmos, boenner, "stuffing", broed m.m - og aftenen blev afsluttet med et spil Mexican Train.

2. juledag tog vi afsted til Smoky Lake for at nyde endnu en dag i familiens skoed i Aarons foraeldres hytte. Det var rigtig hyggeligt at vaere samlet hele familien ved kaminen, laese lidt, se lidt fjernsyn, og spille lidt spil. Aaron og jeg var ogsaa en tur i skoven med ATV'en og det var bare saa helt fantastisk smukt at koere rundt i skoven som de foerste efter den nye sne - vi kunne se masser af dyrespor i sneen og det var sjovt at koere under grene daekket af sne. Nogle af grenene kom vi ikke helt saa heldigt under, saa vi var temmelig vaade da vi kom tilbage, men det var oplevelsen vaerd. Vi havde ogsaa Emma ude paa en lille kaelketur, men det var dog hurtigt overstaaet, da det var lidt koldt for hende.

Jeg ville gerne have vist et billede af Emma i den julekjole jeg har lavet, men af en eller anden grund har jeg ikke lige faaet taget et ordentlig billede af det, saa jeg maa ha' hende i den igen paa et senere tidspunkt - men her kan i da faa en collage af nogle af julens begivenheder(yep, jeg er blevet helt vild med at lave collage):-)
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Christmas 2010 is done - most of the decorations are put away, and we are almost back to normal after 3 cozy, but long days with the family. Christmas Eve's day started off with opening presents from Denmark, then we skyped with the family overseas before we were off to the Danish Church for the Christmas sermon - when I cannot have a Danish Christmas celebration, it is nice that I can still get a Christmas sermon in Danish. It makes me feel a bit more like home. Emma seemed to like the sermon, because she was VERY vocal - Aaron and I were pretty embarrassed, but the congregation seemed to think she was cute. After church we went home to make Danish pork roast before meeting up with the family at Aaron's parents house for gift opening. Emma was sleeping by the time the others arrived, so she slept in peace in the basement, while the rest of us enjoyed a cozy evening.

Christmas day we were once more gathered at Aaron's parents house for the Christmas dinner - turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, beans, bread, cranberry sauce etc - and the evening was rounded off with a game of Mexican train:-)      

2. Christmas day we went to Smoky Lake to once more spend some time with the family. It was really cozy to be gathered in front of the fireplace, reading a bit, watching TV and playing games. Aaron and I took a quad ride into the forest, which was absolutely beautiful. We were the first humans to enter after the snow fall, so we could see fresh animal tracks and all the branches were covered in snow. Aaron and I did not manage to avoid all the branches, so we were pretty wet when we came back, but it was totally worth it. We also took Emma for a sled ride, but it did not last too long, as it was a bit too cold for Emma. 

I would have loved to show a picture of Emma in the Christmas dress I made for her, but somehow I have not managed to get a good picture of that, so I will have to dress her in it again at some point - but here is a collage of some of the events of Christmas 2010 (yep, I am a big collage fan now):-)