An Okotoks Christmas.

We packed up and left Boxing Day and headed to Okotoks to celebrate with the Malacko family. It was a long drive being squished together in the truck. I was itching to get out by the time we got there. We also hit some bad roads so it took a little longer to get there. We opened gifts from Dad and Penny. The boys got nice new basketball runners (they start basketball in January) and a new shirt. McKenna got a bed and a ton of clothes for her American girl, and Hayley got an Our Generation doll which is a cheaper version of the American girl. And she got some clothes for her doll too. The kids were very happy with their gifts. Ryan and I got a really nice pair of mittens with some spending money hidden inside. Dad and Penny were very generous and we were both excited to buy ourselves something. We had a delicious turkey and ham dinner, then played games and got into the hot tub later. They had rented one for the weekend. The next day we went shopping and the kids did some sledding. I bought some clothes, some yoga clothes (I start a beginners class in a couple of weeks). Ryan got a new nice winter coat. We spent the rest of the weekend playing games and hot tubbing. It was a really fun weekend. I was anxious and ready to go home on Sunday. We had been away for 10 days. Again, like every year, I took tons of pictures before and at Christmas but for our Malacko gathering I only took one picture. I really need to work on that. It is so nice to be home.