Redden Family Christmas 2017

This year due to work schedules and that Christmas is on a weekend, we had our family Christmas dinner and opened our presents together

Emi opens her stocking

 chicken with Herb cheese sauce over rolls with cheese toast

Merry Christmas

 our festive cookies

bishops bread in the oven

cookies on the sheet

Ian tackles his first crack at making gingerbread cookies

Preparing for Christmas

Just a few more days

cold days require a big pot of chili

staying warm while working with a -15c windchill

Finally our family can call Nova Scotia home

Today, my wife Emi, was granted PR status to remain in Canada! She can now live and work in Canada without applying for a work visa. She was on a work permit, and is now allowed to live in Canada!

 outside the Citizenship and Immigration office in Halifax

Now all of us can legally live and work in Canada. Well, the kids can work from 16

Friday night supper

Roast pork, Octoberfest sausage, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, brown sugar carrots with fresh baked bagels. Who wants to come by for supper?

Pizza night

I went to Sobeys Supermarket, and got pizza crusts, cheese and pepperoni and a combination package of pepperoni, salami, and ham.

Hungry family, happy faces, everyone wants me to repeat again. 

Christmas tree

Walking up over the hill on Lindsay Lake farm

down the trail

back to the camp

inside my Dad's cosy cabin

electric chain saw make short work of our tree.

Grandfather teaches grandson some piping tunes

Emi tries on her new 18th century clothes for reenacting next summer.

Annapolis Valley King's County Apple picking, 2017

 Ian looking out

kids playing

ice-cream so good

good choice daddy

looking toward the south mountain

looking west

Leena looks east towards the Minas basin

Im looking out over the valley

Chicken curry poutine with a little bit of ceasar salad

Back at Paddys Pub for lunch

good apple crop this year

the orchard

the hayride up

getting ready to ride up

Louisbourg, Cape Breton trip, October, 2017