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I missed the old blue template, so we're back to that ...

It is cold in Cold Lake today ... -40 with the windchill ... good day to stay indoors with a baby who has a cough. Except, we had to go OUT doors this morning at 5:40 am to drive Peter to the base, so he could catch a bus at 6 am to drive to the airport in Edmonton. Not good ... at least Ainsley & I were able to come back home and go back to sleep until 9:00! She's such a good girl letting Mommy sleep in ; )

Peter is on his way to Germany for the week, he'll be back on Friday afternoon. Then, he is off until the second week of January! Oh, and did I mention that when he goes back to work he will be starting off the new year with surgery?! Yes, he has a hernia ... which apparently he's had since he was a teenager. He can remember feeling the bump inside his tummy, but it was never an issue. Last weekend though, he played road hockey and took a few too many hits to the stomach I guess. He was in pain all weekend after that, and finally saw the doctor and base surgeon on Monday ... they were a little surprised that it had gone unnoticed, especially since he is aircrew - technically it would be okay if something happened to him mid-flight because someone else is responsible for flying the plane! Anyway, the hernia will be repaired soon and hopefully we won't have to worry about it again.

In the meantime we are planning on enjoying a nice fluffy, white Christmas here in the west. We got quite a bit of snow last weekend so the ATV's are put away and the snowmobiles abound! Snowmobile parking at Tim Hortons' now open .. seriously. The roads have been pretty slick lately and I've been passed by several skidoos while cautiously driving into town!



We wish so much that we could be closer to our family this Christmas, but we're pretty excited to begin our own family traditions with Ainsley and watch her tear open her presents (and then eat the wrapping paper!)