The Next Adventure: Christmas in Canada

This year we decided to go to Canada to visit my family for the holidays. Colin really wanted to experience the Great White North so we were both really excited to hit the road. The trip from Bowie, Maryland to Saltcoats, Saskatchewan was almost 2000 miles. It was a lot of driving especially with a 4 month old baby in the back. He traveled well, but by the end of a long day he sure was happy to be out of his car seat! It took 3 days to get to my parents and another 3 days to return home.

Much of our trip was spent in the car as we actually celebrated Christmas at my sister's house in Medicine Hat, Alberta (another 8 hour drive). From there, we traveled to Saskatoon where we briefly were able to visit with my brother Doug and his family and catch up with my friend Katherine. It was fun to introduce Finnian to the family and for the first time he got to interact with children. The weather was beautiful and the only downside of the trip was that Colin did not get to experience very much cold or very much snow. Next time we visit, I'll make sure it's in January/February and he should get a good dose of our prairie winter then!

Below are some pictures of our exciting Christmas holiday. I am surprised that we didn't have more photos as we did have three cameras between the two of us!

Finn enjoying a tobbagan ride around Saltcoats. We had to secure him to the sled with our suitcase strap!

My cousin's daughter Katie holding Finn. She is a 'natural' with little ones!

Finnian meeting his Great Grandma Morgan for the first time. Unfortunately it wasn't under better circumstances. Grandma had fallen and broke her hip just before we reached my parents' house. In this picture she is in the hospital in pain and very unhappy; however, Finn was able to bring her a few minutes of happiness.