Christmas

to church at Christmas Eve

Silent night

Christmas Day "Ere zij God"

Poot siblings get together

Boxing Day "gourmetten" a family favourite

unwrapping presents, loved this combo

Dessert

 

Short Hills Brucetrail

there was a nice layer of snow

Swayze Falls lookout platform

the Falls were frozen

We put our icers on

safer going downhill

we liked our hiking poles too

We just had lunch and within 300 meters

was Terrace Creek Falls

we should plan our lunch breaks better

Beautiful!

beside the river only for a while

second lunch

view through the trees

beside lake Moodie

swans and ducks

Range

 

The range from the basement had to come up

It went to Olga and Stephen

It was theirs, it came with the house

the range they brought from Iowa didn't work anymore

they put it on the curb and it was picked up within 5 minutes

Bethel Brantford Reformed church

Christmas program

all had lines to say

2 narrators

Olga had to step in for missing shepherds and wisemen

new church members

they added their stones

Stephen preached about Herod and the wisemen

and Olga played piano

here you can see the whole service:

church service

Christmas at the village table

Lots of singing 

A message 

And candles

Singing Silent Night 

Lots of people, we knew quite a few

 

Life Group

 

We had a game night, we played swoop

Young animals

 

The lambs love to run in the evening 

These are running in the group too

So cute 

Sheep

This sheep is ready to give birth

But it’s not left alone

The first one is born, a male

Riah was naming it “Woolly “

We actually don’t name males

Next one is a female 

 

Grandfriends day

Some grandparents live far away, Elijah’s friend has one grand parent and she lives in Alberta 

Interview 

Picture taken by Carol, she’s going to our church too and has a grandchild in the same class 

Third visit with Riah

 She pushed the button 

closeup

cold snap

ready to say her line