Christmas with the Mantels

As many of you know, this year we spent Christmas with Jason's family in Ontario. We were fortunate to fly out before the airports were closed due to snow. I have finally put together a slideshow of some of the Christmas Day highlights.

Playing with Cousins

While we were out visiting Jason's family over Christmas, Megan and Ethan had many opportunities to play with their cousins Jeremy and Jorja. Here are a few of the best pictures.

Hiding in the tub Grandma uses as a toy box.

Megan "riding" Jeremy the lion.

Megan and Jeremy playing "Tackle".

Ethan and Jorja playing.

Megan and Jeremy "racing" on their hands and knees.

Olfert Christmas

This year, we did something different for Christmas with my family. As we couldn't get together at my parents, we had my parents over to open gifts with the kids at our house. Here are some shots of the kids with their gifts.

Megan and her new Read-A-Story system.

Grandma O admiring her new pictures of our family.

Ethan and his John Deere toys.

Megan and her toddler Cinderella doll (aka "Cindy")

Megan showing off the tiara and earrings that came with Cindy.

Updates

Dear Friends and blog readers,

I'm sorry I haven't updated in the last month, but as December was a busy month for us as we have been spending about the last 3 weeks with Jason's family, I haven't been able to blog about Christmas yet. I promise that I will be updating our blog soon after we get home and resettled. We've enjoyed our visit out in Ontario and have had some interesting times that I'll try to blog about once we're home.

Jocelyn