New Adventures
Hiking to Abbott Meadows
We went on a very memorable hike up to Abbott Meadows in Rogers Pass last weekend. It is a special place for Simon and I, we visited this spot a number of times in our first years together. In memory of these beautiful moments, our wedding rings are sculpted to...
Shambhala 2016
Six years in a row, and still one of the highlights of our summers!
Canada Plus Grand que Nature
Maddie was invited to participate in the filming of a french TV show called Canada Plus Grand que Nature, hosted by Jean Luc Brassard, Canadian Olympic medal holder in freestyle skiing. The show is all about him experiencing beautiful places throughout Canada and...
End of the school year
Grades 3 and 5 are now wrapped up. The girls are growing so fast! A few random photos of the last week of June.
Emily’s 11th birthday party
Emily has had a grand 11th birthday season. She celebrated the actual date on March 30 at Harry Potter World in Florida. Mexican cake that night. She and her sister both celebrated their birthdays at Grandma Shirl's in Toronto on April 3. Ice-cream cake that night. A...
Madeline’s 9th birthday party
Another fun-filled year for our Maddie. She celebrated with some friends starting with a neighbourhood-wide scavenger hunt. I made it fairly challenging and a few kilometers in length, kept them busy for about an hour. After some fun and games, the kids each made...
Guides
Last night we attended the 'flying up' ceremony for Madeline, she is finished as a Brownie and will move up to Guides with her sister. These two were all goofiness and giggles after a number of cookies at the event. 🙂
Pro Dance Pics
Here are the official photos taken by a local, talented photographer, Sarah Mickel.
Dance Recital
The girls danced for two nights of sold out shows at our Performing Arts Centre. This year Emily was in Jazz, and Maddie was in a Lyrical and Modern class. They are both amazing dancers!
Florida
This Spring Break we went on a much anticipated dream vacation. I found an awesome deal on a Hilton in Orlando with a great pool, slide, and lazy river. Our friend, Kari, came along to help out a bit. Disney...
Ski Racing
The girls spend each Sunday skiing with their peers in the Revelstoke Ski Club. Last weekend was a fun local race. The course was challenging as it was quite icy from a rain crust. Emily got a second place in her age group, Madeline reached the podium as well with a...
Anything Goes
I participated in a local fundraiser for our Visual Arts Centre by donating a painting to their silent auction. Thirty pieces of art were sold, all in a 12x12 dimension, with the theme Anything Goes. It was a great success and $2800 was raised. I don't usually paint...
Finches!
We have a large number of these finches wintering with us this year. They love the mountain ash berries. It has been very mild in the valley bottom this winter. We've seen the yellow, the red and the larger purple finches.
Ski holiday
We came home for our ski holiday part of the vacation. It was a chilly -12 and windy at the top yesterday. The view never gets old...(click for larger picture)
Merry Christmas!
Well it was another Hunt adventure this week on our way down to Vancouver to visit Simon's family... We got one hour into the journey, just short of Salmon Arm, when our truck sputtered out and quit on us. We called the tow truck, waited for an hour and made our way...
What a difference a day makes…
It's hard to believe that this view yesterday was filled with lush green grass and a brilliant blue sky.
Happy Halloween!
Always a much anticipated event, we had a fun Halloween. The girls each carved two pumpkins all on their own. Thankfully the rain stopped for the trick or treaters. Later that evening, Simon played drums and a DJ set at a local bar. Madeline the pirate ghost. Emily as...
Salmon trip
We went to the Adams River to see the spawning salmon. Adams River sockeye travel from their spawning grounds to the South Thompson River, then into the Fraser River, and enter the Pacific. From the Strait of Georgia, they spend three years in the open ocean following...
Banner Painting 2016
Well, it's that time of year again where our little artists create beautiful banners to be put up on our light posts downtown. This year's theme is "Weather and our Environment". Emily and Maddie are seasoned pros now; this being their fourth banner. It was a great...
First Day of School
Madeline (left) is going into grade 3 at the école des glaciers. Emily (right) is going into grade 5 at Begbie View Elementary. They are both growing up so fast!
Shambhala 2015
We made it down to the Salmo River Ranch again this year, to our favourite music festival, Shambhala. Crazy costumes are appreciated. The cattle move aside for 15,000 music lovers. These beautiful and functional gardens help feed the huge amount of volunteers and...
Emily’s Birthday at Skytrek
In order to celebrate hitting double digits, Emily and two friends went to the nearby Skytrek Adventure Park. They are now just tall enough to do the adult high ropes courses. Being strong, light, and athletic girls, it was a breeze. It's not for the faint of heart...
End of the school year
Emily's class produced a musical telling the story of how Canada came to be. They performed 16 songs over an hour, with spoken passages in between. Emily told a story of Canada's first nations, and put a costume to use that I made for myself many years ago. Emily...
Soccer
Emily in action in the blue socks. A proud team player.
The tin grin is in!
Two very excited girls got their braces put on recently! They were not so excited on days 2 and 3, which were fairly painful, but the mouth heals quickly and they are good now.
Soccer Saturday
Revelstoke Youth Soccer holds a fun, world-cup soccer day once a year. The girls were keen to show their team colours. Emily played for Team Brazil and Madeline was on Team Argentina. Emily likes to take it to a new level...
Hip Hoppers
The last two evenings were the pinnacle of the young Revelstoke dancers season, the year-end show. These lucky girls get to perform onstage at our deluxe new Performing Arts Centre. Both girls did really well, led their respective groups in the first row. Way to go...
Spring cleaning
Springtime. Time to tidy up, so I freshened up our site with some new, and old, images. I love this image of the Illecillewaet River greenbelt by local photographer Roland LaMarre.
Maddie is 8!!!
All of our birthdays occur in a row, Jan, Feb, March, April. Being the last, Madeline's birthday is much-anticipated, and much counted-down. The cake was artfully decorated by Madeline with strawberries and jellybeans. She had a party at the local gymnastics facity...
Emily and the Wolves
Emily's grade 4 class took a trip to the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre near Golden. Let me just begin by saying that Emily LOVES wolves, this has been a dreamed-about trip for her! The wolves are awfully cute. The Centre promotes wolf conservation through...