Christmas 2006 to the twenty o-seven

Christmas comes and Christmas goes, but every year it is a little different. 2006 held some significant differences worth mentioning...

The worst difference was not seeing Ori at all. This is the first time our family has been short a member over the holiday season. He's in Lethbridge and was unable to come because of work, and when I think about it, the whole season lacked an Ori style flavor and without that it just was not as tasty. Ori, I miss you dude. WE missed you. Actually, it was the first Christmas that anyone in the Peter and Margret Penner family was missing from the celebration that happens every year.

Thankfully, someone else came along to the Penner Christmas so the numbers were still even. She's not as tall as Ori, and not anywhere as ninja as Ori, but just as cool, plus ascute as ori is, shes got him beat. And just to top it off, shes got psycho mad Card playing agility. Look out, Danny :) If you haven't guessed already, Caitlin Wilson came along this year, another family first. I actually got really nervous about her coming the day before, (don't ask why, I dunno, it was wierd) but it was so dang awesome she came! The whole family loved having her there and were really glad to get to know her. I beat her at cards pretty much all day.....by all day I mean twice in one day, which was better than my usual average. One of my younger cousins Danny reminded us of her twin brothers. Danny and Caitlin were pretty good friends by the time that was over, they bonded over the "Weird Game". How neat :)

Chrstmas day I spent the morning at home and then was over at the Wilsons for the morning, what a cool experience that was! Being with them opening up presents was loads of fun. This was the first year I was with another family for Christmas, which was good. I couldn't stay the whole day but the time I could was fantabulous. Then I went back home, my moms cousins were up, I haven't seen one of them for like 8 years, and the other one like...16 years. For real. The older one, Pete, is big time Metallica and music and what not, took me back a few years to my Metallica days. Wow was I hardcore, heh. We played Balderdash, that is a classic Neufeld christmas event, always results in hilarity and vocabular silliness.

Caitlin had her birthday on the 26th, and after hanging out at the wrong hill for an hour or so I made my way over the the right hill where they were sledding. It was all good though cause a dislexic (sp?) kid rode his tube into a clump of trees and I got to help drag him on his tube back up the hill. it was a TOTAL BODY WORKOUT! I should sell videos, but I can't count to 8. No wait thats aerobics. Anywhoo, went back to her place and played some connect 4, some sequence and watched some Music Videos. Amy Grant and Steven Curtis Champman are still rollin strong folks by the way. That was a fun fun night.

I had to set my alarm in order to wake up on time for the 11 oclock service at church today, which speaks volumes about my bedtimes. The drill has been sleep at 3 up at noon for at least a week now... Thats gonna have to break soon.

These were the events of Christmas, and I declare them good. Twas good.

Twas is a great word.

Twas time I found some peeps to usher in 07 with!

May we give all glory, honor, praise, thanks, and worship to God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit in the new year, and every year after. God Reigns and is returning soon! Woohoo!

Kaleb Penner out!