Happy December, where did November go?

25 days till christmas! How! 

I am heading to visit family in Alberta for the holidays this year, I can no longer really say I am heading home, the farm and my community here truly feels like home. 

Having said that alberta, the land, the mountains and my family are calling me back and I am truly blessed to be able to answer the call. Like the picture my current and my past are side by side and touching and intertwined in such a delightful way.. while my farm and life here is front and center, the connection to who I was and how I became that person is just as important.

So first off, I am shocked at the cost of plane tickets right now, second I am not getting on a plane lol  Nope, I am driving home.  Hot Peppa, myself and introducing my right hand on the trip.. Miss R, she is not shy so expect photos of her to be shared on the way are packing up mid dec and hitting the road. 

I did book the hotel spots on the way over and for our time in the mountains but I am so far playing it  loose and fast for the return trip home. We are going to gone for close to just shy of a month all total, we are taking our time on the road one because I want to drive in mostly daylight and two Miss R has never been to any the country we are driving though or heading to and I want to have extra time for lots of fun pit stops and mini side trips.  

I will be having Christmas with my mom, and then having a family Christmas gathering a little later in the week, plus lots of side visiting and then my niece will join us for the trip over to Banff, into BC and back down to Jasper run to end in the Edmonton area. 

I will most certainly be missing this gentleman the most! I am packing my camera, my computer and of course will have my phone so we will be in touch in many ways but we are missing our 24th wedding anniversary..  I am so excited that we will mark out 25th year in 2024.

There to be some holiday baking of family favorites once we get home, so I am planning on sharing them recipe and photo wise as while they are not what I would call modern or healthy, they are very yummy and as I intend to make them into small tins of assorted as gifts and guest trays they will be shared out in small doses.. 

I hope you are welcoming in December with light and hope for what the month will bring.  May you be blessed with warmth, good food, friendships and family and if you so choose the love a good dog or purrpot!  or maybe a bit bigger lol