Air Canada, Shame On You & Happy New Year

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year & even better when you're with your loved ones & family.

This is a long blog with many photos, get yourself a cuppa & settle in for a visit! So glad you are here!

Our family was getting together & flying in on different days at different times all with Air Canada.
Stephanie was to join us on Christmas Day for our turkey feast...
Her flight from London Ontario to Toronto's Pearson was much delayed with fog & she arrived with 16 minutes to make it off the plane & to the gate for her Moncton NB flight...that is when things went sideways with all the overbooking that the airline does. They let someone on her seat, she had her ticket & was looking at the plane she was to board only to be told that it was now no longer possible for her to make that flight but could get the later flight.
She went to see about getting the later flight & would miss our Christmas dinner as she would arrive in Moncton NB around midnight & still would have a 1:45 ride in the car to get here!
One hour before her flight that flight was cancelled! She was beside herself & we could all hear it in her voice whilst Donny had her on his cell's speakerphone. My heart was sinking fast, she was alone for Christmas & stuck in one of the busiest airports in Canada on Christmas Day!
Bill, the Million Mile Flyer' then talked to someone & he even said she should have had a seat on her connecting flight! Stephanie was only to be here for a short visit of Christmas supper & then leaving at 7:30am Thursday, a 40 hr visit so her only solution was to go back to London ON, a 15min plane ride back where she started earlier that day. The person Bill talked to said he had a seat for her back to London but she would have to use her return ticket to get there!
Long story short on this horrible Christmas airport story is that London was cancelled & she was given a motel voucher to sleep her Christmas evening away & take the 1st London flight back.
Bill will be handling getting his 'flying points back', & the customer service was very bad, shame on you for giving her PAID seat away!!

Now onto the Christmas that we did have, so sorry Stephanie, you were so missed by us!
And I am so looking forward to seeing you before the mosquitoes come to life again. XO

Baxter & Bridget were looking festive in their Alpaca fleece-lined sweater with Christmas scarves around their necks.

 Our grandpuppy Lois wearing her nightshirt that I made her. Lois stayed in Calgary whilst Mitchell & Nicole came here. She was having a sleepover at her buddy's house in front of a fireplace & was well cared for in Alberta.

 Mitchell & Nicole heading to the shore Christmas day to start the bonfire on the beach.

 Mitch found a sculptural piece of wood for the spring garden, good eye!

 The shoreline was shrinking with the tide pushing the ice onto the shore.

 Mitchell finding wood for the fire in the breaker wall rocks.

 Good job Mitch, those that know me,  know I do not do water well, look at how close it is!

 I stayed on the high ground, it was also icy & since my fall on ice, I'm nervous on the ice.

 The kids, Donny where are you?

 Playing on a log!

 Yes, I know you are getting wood for the fire, thank you!

 What a bunch, I love all my children. They make my heart sing when we are all together!

 And this is the closest I'm going to the fire, I can see the fire. :)

 Donny & the Boston's, Bridget is looking for him to throw 'stick'. lol

 Donald & Nicholas, don't forget to bring the wheel barrel home!

 It was winter at the shoreline.

 The Christmas puzzle was started on Christmas Eve & finished on Boxing day.

It was a 1,000 piece Ravensburg puzzle that I had ordered last year & it did not arrive until after Christmas. I was so ready for puzzle time this Christmas!

                                       
 We spent many an hour working on it & I had forgotten how much fun & contentment it was finding pieces.

 What a beautiful Christmas stamp collection!

 Mitchell & Bill, so nice to have the kids home for Christmas. Next year they are all with their spouse's family. Bill & I have to share them now as their lives have grown into others. But they never forget their roots that they grew from!

Nicholas where are you? Working on the puzzle with me?

Bill & I walking away from the shore, you can see how much snow we had on Christmas day. The weather was not an issue for Air Canada on the east coast! Shame on you Air Canada!

 Doesn't this look like a 'Shame on you Air Canada?'! OK, enough of that negative issue.

 Our Christmas was a relaxing time for all!

 Our newly appointed firefighter in Elnora Alberta cleaned up the yard in the firepit.

Oh how proud these kids of ours make us, congratulations Mitchell William!

These two have a big year ahead of them with their wedding on October 11th, 2020! Exciting!!!

 The laughter was plentiful with the antics of Christmas. Bill has worn his PJ bottoms (aka 'comfy pants') His thought, nowhere to go,  be comfortable!

 Santa's reindeer clan grew this Christmas. lol

 Christmas Eve Hungarian tradition of a fish dinner, with a new reindeer sporting her horns!

 Yes, a Christmas explosion hit our home this 2019 Christmas.

 Nicholas took a photo of Bill & I taking a photo! lol, funny guy!

 And here is the Richardson Clan wearing the PJ's that I worked on this year.
Mitchell wore his PJ's under his Buckey Beaver costume.

 When Bill sent me these hilarious photos from their Texas NASCAR race last October, I cried so much from laughter that I couldn't speak! LOL

 Funny guy Mitchell William!

And when his head was down reading his phone, the costume really came to life! He was a hit at the track that Halloween! So many stories the four guys have from that trip! LOL

 It was a Merry Christmas!

 Nicole & Rexton really had bonded with each other. Rexton even allowed her to put her in the tote purse to see if she would travel well to Alberta. I am now looking for a Manx for her to take home.

Christmas morning before the kids were awake. They were all good & Santa filled their stockings!

 The festive candle was beautifully lit every day, a road trip purchase when Jocelyn & I braved the wind storm to get to the Candle In The Window in Boisetown NB. Fun day with surprises!

 These two really felt all the chaos & excitement of the family being home for Christmas.

 Bill's creation of a family collage in a clock! Yes, even Aunt Alice from Montreal is in the clock & was so surprised when she opened it & other goodies that were shipped to her apartment!
Get job Bill! XO

 Mitchell & Nicole had this made for us! I just love it & it now is hung in our front foyer.

 Nicholas was taking photos of wildlife outside. Blue Jay in the wicker feeder.

 I was amazed to see the different shades of blue outlined in black, so beautiful! Great pics! XO

 Yes, the fire on the beach for Christmas was done with the help of the kids & Mitch & Nicole started that party on the beach.

 Bill & I arrive to see what the kids have been up to. You can't miss Donny in his elevator work coat!

 It was a sunny day that Christmas Day, just beautiful compared to other Christmas's!

Here we are on top of the breaker wall for our annual shot. Little snow & the beautiful blue sky above

Day & Night from years past that is for sure!!

Thank you for stopping in for a Christmas visit as we all enter into the year 2020, wow does that not make you think of space?!
I would like to take the time to thank you for coming into the blog for a visit to see the antics from the Atlantic east coast, a place that I now call home.

Wishing you & yours the very best in the new year of health, happiness, & prosperity!
Everything seems so fresh when a new year invites us in, open your eyes & heart & enter.
And don't forget to smile, it is contagious you know!
Cynthia