After leaving Cleveland, we headed up north to Chatham, Canada where we would meet up with our friends Summer & James Thorp and their little boy Hayden. Summer was one of my mission companions and we have remained close despite the fact that we live far apart. They had come to see us a few times so we decided it was our turn to go there and we wanted to spend New Year 2008 with them.
Summer found us a great deal at the Wheels Inn. This is a family resort type place where they have an indoor amusement park, bowling, swimming, and a myriad of other activities. We thought it would be a fun activity for us to do over the New Year. 
Jasmine really enjoyed the amusement park, especially the roller coaster train ride which we must have ridden about 20 times the 2 days we were there. She also liked the Ferris Wheel and the airplane ride they had. 
All of us enjoyed the arcade and we won tons of tickets and really enjoyed playing the Deal or No Deal game. James liked that game too. 
Bowling was also great fun. I got the best scores I have ever gotten. That could be because they had the gutter guards up for the kids! Jasmine bowled and did well. They had these ramps for the kids to push the ball off of so that they could get in on the action. She looked cute in the small bowling shoes!
On New Years Eve we had more fun. We played all day and then in the afternoon Jasmine got her face painted with a butterfly on it. She was so excited. She is a girly girl in every sense of the word and she sat very still as the guy painted on her. 
She was so careful not to touch it and she even took her nap with it on her face. When it came time to wash it off before bedtime, she wasn't pleased. 
While we napped, the Thorps went swimming. They said the water was cold so we didn't feel the need to go swimming. We had a buffet dinner (the last supper before the healthy goals kicked in) and then they had a dance for the kids. We got in on the action too! We danced for about an hour and at 9 PM they did a balloon drop for the kids. It was great - we did the countdown and everything.
Afterwards, we went back to our rooms and put Jasmine to bed. Then we watched the Rockin' New Year show and I fell asleep around 11 PM because I thought the performers were boring. Lorne woke me up at midnight when the ball dropped and he kissed me and I rolled over and went back to sleep!
We headed home on the 1st as Lorne had another business trip to get to and also Jasmine had school on the 2nd. It was a nice drive back, we always enjoy road trips together because we get to see the scenery and talk to each other. It was a most gratifying trip to begin our 2008! 
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James is very proud of all of the pictures that he took of your family!
We had so much fun with you!
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