walking in a winter wonderland

i can't believe it.... today's my last day of holidays. it went by way too fast! i don't think that my brain is ready for another semester of learning. i don't want to learn more right now. i don't want to sit in class and take notes and write tests yet.i don't want to have to go to the hospital in the evening to get my patient info and then stay up late researching. i don't want to be in the hospital, wearing my white scrubs, responsible for a few patients. i don't want the stress of it all. i like my holidays. i like doing whatever i want to do. yes, i'm selfish, i know.
this past weekend, (most of) my family spent the weekend at a cabin in the whiteshell in the canadian shield. it's become a winter family tradition and we spend the whole time playing games, going for walks and eating delicious food. last year, we spent almost entire time outside, perfecting a toboggan run that started at the cabin and went down the rock to the frozen lake. unfortunately we hadn't had much snow yet this year so inner-tubing was out.
on saturday night we had a campfire outside since it was so warm, and a few hours later, it started to rain. rain in december in manitoba is never a good thing. a half hour later it was still raining and i was wondering how we'd make it home the next day on the windy, hilly roads. by the next morning, there was almost a foot of snow everywhere. it was gorgeous. and we did make it out. too bad all the snow didn't come before the weekend so we could make the world's greatest tube run all over again. check out mom and dad's album for more of our exciting adventure!

it felt like we were in lantern waste and
mr. tumnus was going to jump out and invite us to tea at any moment.