My Mom and SisterAfter spending the first couple nights at my Dad’s place (and most of that was spent wresting with my dog Cosmo… I won) I headed into my Grandma’s place in Toronto. It was my Mom’s year to have us, but instead of us head out to Calgary her and Jen decided to come out our way this year. They arrived Christmas eve, so after catching up on everyone’s lives we went to bed and waited for Santa arrive in the morning.

After being unwillingly awoken from my slumber by my sister and then immediately forced to open my stocking I tried to take a nap while everyone got moving. That didn’t last long either, as my sister and grandma were quick to wake me from that too.

The tradition with our family is that before breakfast we open the gifts from Santa, then we eat breakfast, then we open gifts from our immediate family. Then, I go back to bed and sleep more before the rest of the family gets together for Christmas dinner and more present exchanges. On the right is Cory, Jen, and myself sporting our presents from Santa. I got a nice Maple Leaf wind breaker.

My mom got my grandma some sort of special soap that she can’t in Ontario. She was thrilled.

Grandma thrilled

Grandma protecting her soap

Then the rest of the family arrived, we exchanged gifts, and had dinner. There was enough of us that we needed two tables.

The adult table
The kids table

The dinner was delicious as always. I mean come on, its Grandma. No matter who it is, anyone who has grandkids instantly becomes a gourmet chef. It baffles scientists to this very day.

On boxing day we went back to Whitby to have Christmas with Dad’s side of the family. Here we are in all our glory.

Dinner there was just as delicious, and it was nice to see everyone again. The time inbetween Christmas dinners and New Years wasn’t too eventful. I avoided boxing day shopping (well, mostly save 45 minutes or so).

The night of the 30th I went to Boston Pizza with a bunch of friends from home and watched UFC 66 (cool website too). For those who didn’t see it, the main event was Liddell vs Ortiz with Liddell coming out on top with his devastating punches. Hopefully that’ll shut Ortiz up for at least a couple months. This also sets up a future match with Liddell facing Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. That should be amazing.

New Years Eve was spent at Dave’s place in Toronto as a bit of a classier affair. Nothing too exciting to report, but it was a good time. Here are a few of my favourite pics:

Dave provding Kiron the view of a lifetime

The tripod singing “Heat of the Moment”

I can’t believe he’s single

Steve the mightiest of them all

UFC Patterson v. Gonidis

Steve taking credit for Kiron’s lactating

Comparing penis sizes

Jenn lookin snazzy (thats right, I said snazzy)

Dave would like wish everyone a happy and healthy new year

Steve and Dustin finally found love. I’m so happy for them

The camel train. Steve’s passed out and Dave’s a little less formal then when the evening started

This post is from Ryan Price’s blog.

Christmas and New Years