Santa came early in Ontario!

Hello and Merry early Christmas! Since I am leaving in just a short few days, Carl and I decided to have our Christmas a little early! We spoke to Santa a few days back and he agreed that he would stop by our place and fill up or stockings on the 11th! So yesterday, we awoke to our stockings full of goodies!

Carl made us a yummy french toast breakfast and then we opened our presents!

Before heading out for the day, Carl decided to make use of one of his gifts!

And then we saw an Ontario squirrel outside our window - We think it was albino maybe???

During the past week it has been snowing off and on and it's been cold enough for one of the three outdoor rinks (that we know about) to open! So we headed out to a couple second hand stores and bought each of us our first pair of skates! Before heading to the rink, we rented three Christmas movies and watched one...Well, Carl watched it, I fell asleep! Then it was time to get ready to go downtown!

We dressed up, grabbed our skates and headed to the town square! We tried to get several pictures to give you guys an idea of what it looks like down there - it's pretty neat!

After about an hour of skating, it was time to head to dinner! We had made dinner reservations at a well known restaurant called "Chez Piggy" where we each had a three course meal and a glass of wine! To top off the night, we watched the original "Miracle on 34th Street" which was really good (at least the parts I was awake for...Oooops!). Overall, we had a nice "Christmas" and are looking forward to spending the next one with our families!

As I mentioned, I am heading home on Thursday! I am taking a bus at 2am from Kingston to the Toronto airport where my flight leaves at 7am and I should be in Vancouver by 9am! Prayers for good weather and safe travels are appreciated! Carl writes his only exam tomorrow so I am sure he would appreciate prayers for that as well! Looking forward to seeing you at all home very soon!