New Adventures
Emily is 10!!!
It's hard to believe we have now hit double digits! As a special treat for turning 10, Emily is postponing her party until June so that she can go to Skytrek Adventure Park. They have treetop high-ropes courses, rockclimbing and other adrenalin-filled activities. Fun...
Revy Carvers
Emily's group (she is out of picture) drop into North Bowl through the chute above the girl on the right, these kids are hot little skiers! Emily (2nd from left) and her ski group...
Spring on Gabriola Island
Sitting on the roof of the car in the ferry lineup, a tradition: Awesome view from our aunt's house! Life is always an adventure with us... Here's Maddie at Nanaimo General Hospital. She took a flying leap off the TOP of the swingset, had a bad landing....
Racer Emily
Emily went in her first ski race today. Although slightly nervous, she quickly realised that it was lots of fun. She placed third among her Revelstoke peers, but not overall. After the awards ceremony, a gelatto for our super skier girls ended the fun race weekend.
Racer Maddie
Maddie participated in a local ski race today. Her skiing has improved by leaps and bounds this season. She has a lot of fun going fast. A big smile for dad!
The Snow Queen
The Revelstoke Theatre Company was looking for some help with their latest production, so I volunteered to create the poster and program. I put together this collage using 8 different images. The girls and I attended the play and it was a top notch production put on...
The kittens are out
Spring has sprung in the valley bottom in Revelstoke. Our kittens are now in their eighth month and are getting pretty big. As we suspected, we are not able to keep them indoors, I am just too slow in and out of doorways. So they are spending more and more time...
My Birthday
Another trip around the sun has begun for me, on this year of the sheep. According to Chinese astrology, I was born on a sheep year too, so this should be a good one! Simon did not disappoint, and made the ever-evolving best Black Forest cake ever!! This year we are...
Anything Goes
Our local Visual Arts Centre has a yearly fundraiser titled Anything Goes. About 40 artists are given a 12"x12" canvas or board to produce a piece of art. This year's theme was "Light and Dark" and was the first time myself and the girls entered pieces. All 3 sold for...
Simon’s 40th
We had our first big fete in our house, and what better excuse than Simon's 40th birthday? We went back to the seventies and had a fabulous time. Super special was the arrival of David, Cam and Peter, so Dad and all 3 sons were together: (the nuts don't fall far from...
Happy New Year
Simon's drum/DJ setup at our friend's New Years Eve party. The music was fantastic, what a way to celebrate!
Christmas
The advent calendar had run to 24 and there were 2 very excited kids! Christmas Eve they left an apology to Santa on our culinary shortcomings and some instructions on how to discipline our kittens, should the need arise: All quiet... The aftermath. Much...
Santa Claus Parade
This year we had a lovely snowy night for our quaint little Santa Claus Parade. Last year it was -15 C and I learned that was the limit of my scooter battery. It's so beautiful when it snows big fluffy flakes here, it was really piling up! The girls rode on the...
Christmas season beckons…
This past weekend we spent the evening up at the ski area at a fundraiser for the Revelstoke Ski Club called the Snowflake Wine Festival. About 15 small BC wineries were represented and some beautiful items up for bid at the silent auction. The girls stayed at home...
CMH Banner 2015
The girls started/finished their banners on the first day of the program, I finished mine on the final day. Typical, I've always been a deadline-oriented kind of person. Perhaps that's part of why I am a graphic designer and love a good race. I am quite pleased with...
Amazing Changes
It can be hard to believe that we can have sunny skies and warm temperatures one week, still harvesting tomatoes and flowers still growing in pots outside. Then, whammo! the snow begins. Our ski area reported 115cms (45 inches) this week alone. It's hard to believe we...
Tomato-zilla
I was very fortunate to have a nice raised garden bed built for me this spring. We filled it with fresh dirt and a large amount of composted kitchen waste. Well... I have never seen a tomato plant go this crazy! And this is a cherry tomato plant, I thought they were...
Happy Hallowe’en!
I was reading a post on the web recently which lamented the over sexualization of girls Halloween costumes. Luckily it is not so at our house, yet. Both girls have chosen strong, warrior-like characters who can be depended on to save the day! Lets hope that will be a...
Our growing family
As you can see, the number of cousins for Emily and Maddie are rapidly expanding. Welcome to little Oliver. xoxo
Banners for 2015
We jumped in on the frst day of the local banner program this year, the theme was "How we move, transportation past and present". This being their third time, the girls are now seasoned pros and bang off a banner each in under four hours. They are very focused...
Introducing…
Shadow and Amber, our newest family members! They are 9 weeks old and just getting used to us and our home.
Summer on the lake
Simon and the girls drove about 40km north of here for a day of boating and exploring. Our girls are cartwheel crazy. They are non-stop; in the house, on the trampoline, in sync down the street...for blocks! So there were, of course, some beach cartwheels.
Huckleberry Time
Madeline went out to a top secret location with a few friends of ours to pick huckleberries. She asked my friend to send me this view so I could enjoy it too: The mother-lode bush! Face paint! (hmmm, wonder where she gets that from? ...see next post) A happy picker,...
Shambhalaaaaaaa!
It's that time of year again. It's like running away to the circus for adults. It's where we can dress up in any zany, kooky costume we like and share a love of life, music, silliness, and loud BASS with a whole bunch of like-minded people. Oh, and the music is...
Summertime
Dressed up for Nonna's birthday picnic: We got crafty one day and made formal hats for our garden-party dinner that night. Summer means watermelon smiles!
Happy Canada Day!
This year Maddie and the students of the École des Glaciers created a float for the Canada Day parade. Cette année, Madeline et les étudiants de l'École des Glaciers créé un flotteur pour la parade de la fête du Canada.
Summer vacation
It's summer vacation and sometimes you have to get creative with things to do. Today Madeline decided to turn both herself and me into monsters with our face paint. Pretty scary!
The beginnings of summer
Warm days, sunshine, the lake is beginning to rise...
Soccer Season
Take your kids mountain biking day
Parks Canada annually hosts "Take your kids mountain biking day" on Mt. Revelstoke. Maddie was at a birthday party but Emily was keen to participate. The Park is building a kids bike skills course as a new visitor attraction. This year the kids rode on the proposed...