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MERRY LATE CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We were so blessed this holiday season for getting to spend time with the ENTIRE Fairbanks Clan for the holidays. Kevin, in a moment of weakness told me we could go to Canada for Christmas this year. I never let him forget it after. After our last experience, I wasn't sure he would ever return in the winter. Two years ago, we went to Canada for a short Christmas visit. As we walked out of the airport, I looked up and saw a sign with the temperature reading -30 C. He has never forgotten that. Most of the time it is embellished and exceeds -70 in his stories, but regardless, it was butt friggin cold!
This time, it was fabulous. We had a brown Christmas. It was in the low 40s F (that is a positive number). It didn't even snow until later in our trip! We had SOOOOOOOO much fun. Thank you mommy. I hated leaving. It was a party for 10 straight days. We ate until we couldn't, we had rook tournaments, chick-flicks, Dr. Mario, Wii Tennis matches, tower building, snow-shoeing, sledding, swimming, curling, 5 pin bowling, music jeopardy, white elephants, the first Fairbanks boys basketball game, giant soccer, scooter racing, all sorts of games, and so much laughing that I don't need to do an ab workout for years.
Here are only some of our good times.

Giant Soccer                                                                    Check out Robyn's Shirt. I want one! 

Kevy taking on the Fairbanks boys                                        Awwww Twins!

Dr. Mario tournaments                                                          Scooter races 

He's a natural.  I think its working... He wants one!               Check out that red shag. When I get a home...

 The Girls!!! Aren't we cute                                             The Group!  Crandall Lake Trip #1
 

The solitary snow Shoe-er                            Todd attempting more tricks       

My little snow angel

 Kevy outside the Cabin                                                         A few days later the entire lake was frozen

Mads, Hurrying Hard!                                                                 Team Canada Wins!!!

Impressive Tower Kevy!                                                                          Xtreme Snow Shoeing

 Moments before he broke his brand new snow Shoe.                          It was so fun, we went twice!

Face wash!!!                                                                            Our trip #2 Extreme Snow Shoe team

 Close up. Poor Ang!  Family pictures were so much better               The end of our journey. Cameron Lake

 That's the Reader's Digest Version.  I can't wait until we do it all again.  Hopefully we will have a family picture to post soon.  Look out for more pictures when I get really ambitious!!