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Happy New Year! We had a fantastic four-day celebration with Ben, Adrienne, Chris and Dagny: the perfect amount of snow to play in, bright sunshine, a delectable prime rib dinner (we ate too well, surprise, surprise), and of course, reminiscences about the past year and resolutions for the future.

The image at left is a tree at the Wildlights light display at the Wildlife centre. We bundled up for the train tour around the park, then warmed up with some hot chocolate while admiring the wolf cubs, but didn’t stay long because minus 11 was too cold even with a bonfire. No, we didn’t end up doing one of our own, opting to stay warm and cozy in front of the tree and a good movie. We only managed to stay up 15 minutes past midnight this year, but we had a great night. I haven’t seen Richard this happy since the Un-Wedding. As you can see from the photos – thanks to Adrie for the great one of Richard and I – we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect holiday with our friends.