Burnaby Village

We decided that this year we would check out the Burnaby Village Museum Christmas Display. So we invited my parents, headed to White Spot in Langley, and then drove to Burnaby. We had another great time, I have wanted to go for years, but we never seem to find the time in the busy Christmas Season. Burnaby Village does a great job, decorating for Christmas.

Here is Madeline with her papa and grammy, posing with the reindeer. I love this picture, such a great memory!

Papa and Madeline enjoying the village together. She just loves her papa.

In the old train. We were so close to closing time, we only wish we had gone earlier. There was so much to enjoy!

The Caroseul ride, Madeline absolutley loved it. I have never seen a caroseul go so fast. It was great!

Checking out Father Christmas. This is as close to ho ho that she would get. He just thought she was great. She kept saying it's ho ho, over and over again. She only got this close because he had a candy stick for her!!! It was cute!
This will be another tradition that we will be sure to add to our many Christmas outings!

Christmas Tea Party

For the past two years, my mom, sister, daughters and I all head to Tracey Cakes for a Christmas Tea Party. The girls love tea parties! This year was different again, the girls had more patience waiting for the lunch and their cupcake. I am sure every year will get better and I look forward to watching them grow up and enjoy the tradition more and more.

Here are the girls with my mom, also known as grammy. Looking fabulous for our tea party!

Here are the girls sitting outside of a fabulous store in Abbotsford, where the got the cutest jackets. Grammy loves spoiling them.

Enjoying the cupcake, they were so excited as I am sure you can tell.

Addysen checking out her lunch. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Apple Juice and Veggies. Yummy!

Madeline and Mommy having another great time at our Christmas Tea Party. Oh how I enjoy having a little girl. Thanks Grammy for taking us on a Christmas Tea Party to Tracey Cakes in Abbotsford. Another great Christmas Tradition!

Gingerbread House

Every year, we enjoy making a Gingerbread house. This is the first year that Madeline got invovled in the Christmas Tradion and she loved it. I have to admit I am a wee bit Particular about how it is decorated, but this year I decided to just let Madeline go for it and put my ideas to the wayside.

Here she is enjoying decorating the house. She put a lot of the candy on the house, but also ate her fair share of candy. We are on a little bit of a sugar detox since Christmas is over.

I have to admit she is very particular in her own way as well. It is so neat to see how much she is like Ed and myself. I just thank God daily for the wonderful gift that she is to us.

This is definitley another Christmas Tradition that we will keep for the upcoming years.

Santa Claus Parade

We decided that the weekend we visit the Stanley Park Christmas Train, we would also go to the Rogers Santa Claus Parade. So we packed up our suitcase and headed to my parents condo in Vancouver. It was a full house there, my sister and her family came and also my parents. We had a wonderful time together.
Now being the first Santa Claus parade we had ever attended as a family, we had heard that people line up hours in advance to get a good seat. So we decided to join in the crowds and wait a couple of hours for the parade to start. It was a really chilly day in Vancouver, so we bundled up, expecially Madeline as you will see in one of the pictures below and wait with the many crowds.

Here are Madeline and Ed enjoying the parade. In fact, they were so cute, that they made it in the Province for one of there pictures of the Santa Claus Parade. We were thrilled when we found out!
Here is Madeline all bundled up, waiting for Santa Claus to come. We had another great day adding to our many Christmas Traditions. Thanks Mom and Dad for having a great condo for us to use when we come to Vancouver.

Stanley Park Christmas Train

We headed out to the Stanley Park Christmas Train. It was a wonderful evening with my sister and family & my mom and dad, eventhough it was extremely cold. The girls absolutley loved everything, it's funny what a difference a year makes.

Here Madeline and I are waiting for our turn on the Christmas Train. I just can't believe that she is mine, she is so cute!

Our little family getting a picture, a little far away, but we tried!

My sister and her family posing for a picture.

My dad or otherwise known as Papa, getting a picture with his girlies. I love this picture, you can see how much he enjoys these little ladies!

Madeline giving a donation to the firefighter and in return she got a candy cane, she was so excited. For the rest of the weekend she talked about firefighters, it was so cute!

We finally made it onto the train, and the girls were thrilled.

Here is Madeline checking some of the scences during the train ride. She didn't stop looking all around.

Here is everyone, except me and Ed, waiting for the train to go. As you can see it was super cold, we are so glad we brought a few blankets with us.

My niece Addysen and her daddy Dave. Another great year at the Stanley Park Christmas Train, we will definitley be making this a family tradion. After we were done at the train we headed to the nearest White Spot too warm up and have a great family meal. Thanks to my mom and dad and sister's family for joining us in a fantastic weekend of Christmas memories.

Family Portraits!

A few weekends ago we headed to Old Clayburn Village in Abbotsford for some Family Photos. Carly from Pink Plum Photography took our pictures and we are absolutley thrilled with them.

I love this one of Madeline looking up too me.

Looking through the window of the Old Clayburn Tea house. It is such a beautiful location.

One of the many family photos Carly took, I love this one!

Sitting on the window sill of the old School in the village.

My two cuties! I love you both so much!