New Adventures
A perfect ending
What a spectacular ending to a very productive day on our house build. If you are not familiar, this is the story of our project here.
Tea party
What to do on a warm summer day when all of your friends are busy? Have a tea party in the garden!
Bikefest!
Every August, Revelstoke holds Bikefest, a celebration of all things biking. The girls dressed up their bikes and participated in their first bike race ever, the downtown criterium. It comprises of a 2km sprint around a few city blocks several times. This year it was...
Shambha-LOVE!
Simon and I managed to sneak away for 24 hours to our favourite music festival, Shambhala. The Fractal Forest: Thank you grandparents for child support, thanks Al for the festival support, and thank you rain for lowering fire hazard and giving Simon a few days...
Dig, dig, dig.
SAND, and lots of it!! In downtown Revy, as you can see, it is deep, deep sand under all the houses. It makes for very sturdy foundations (ours; 80+ years old and no cracks) but tough for digging. One scoop out, half falls back in. So the foundation pit is pretty big...
Glacier Challenge Weekend
Sometimes you just have to let the kids stay up late and join the party, Delhi 2 Dublin rocked it out Saturday night! 3 girls dance show from pauline hunt on Vimeo.
Demolition!
Here's a few photos of the house coming down. Many thanks to our volunteers!
Asbestos Removal
We hired the pros to do this dirty and hazardous job. No more baby blue shingles!!
Demolition has begun!
The porch roofs are off and the special asbestos shingle removal starts tomorrow!
HFH Paint it UP!
We held a kick off event to celebrate the beginning of our project. Several sheets of plywood to be used in the house construction were available for people to decorate with well wishes. Thanks to the volunteers who made this event possible! Some yogic moves for...
Spirit Week
The kids dressed up every day of the 2nd last week of school. I missed photos of PJ day and formal wear day but here are some of the other days. 80's big hair day: 70's flower child day: Career day, a cowgirl:
Sports Day
The last few weeks of school include some special events such as Sports Day. Madeline was VERY excited, as this was her first. She wore her speedy shorts for the run. She is one of the smallest of the 30 kindergardeners, but came in second in the 100m run. Passing the...
How are you doing?
How are you doing is a question I get asked a lot. It comes in two forms; the casual, “How ya doin?” as you pass a friend by. Polite, but not really meant for a long-winded answer. That’s cool. The other is when people look you in the eye and ask, “How ARE you doing?”...
Family fishing
When the fish are biting and it's 27 degrees out in May, it's time for us all to go fishing. There seems to be a chocolately theme for the day. First, hot chocolates around the morning campfire. Nutella on toast for breakfast, with fierce felines. The first fish of...
Fishin’ season
The snows and ice have retreated and the fish are hungry! Simon doing what he loves, a nice bull trout: Gorgeous views looking east on Arrow Lake...
Madeline turns 6!!
Maddie's sixth birthday was counted down for over a month, finally the big day came! She wanted an animal-themed birthday, so we asked everyone to come dressed as an animal, then I did their face paint. Much anticipation for the cake, angel food with chocolate icing...
End of the ski season
We did get out to the ski area together as a family once this year. Great views from the gondola. I was reluctant to try sit skiing again on the mono ski, but was fortunately able to try out a dual ski model. I am very lucky that, just this year, the new Revelstoke...
Spring at the beach
Springtime in Revelstoke means going down 'to the flats'. This is the unflooded Columbia River valley, but it is turned into a lake each year in July. Still snowy up high but 20 degrees down here. If I closed my eyes, I could be in Mexico...
Emily turns 8!!
This year Emily requested a sleepover birthday party. We took the plunge and said OK. It was also Easter weekend so the theme was pretty easy. All set to go... We were blessed with unusually warm weather this spring and brought the trampoline out a month early. I love...
My Super Skier
Every Sunday morning the girls have been going to ski school in the Revy Rippers program. In the afternoons they ski with Dad. Emily has very quickly progressed to skiing most of the mountain, including steep 'black diamond' runs. These are the hardest-rated on the...
Visiting Jasper
This week is Spring Break so we decided to visit some friends in Jasper, Alberta. Simon worked there for 7 summers and I spent one summer there. It was a step back into winter for us lower altitude types. We took the girls skating on Pyramid Lake; it doesn't get any...
Student of the Week
It was Emily's turn as the Student of the Week. Emily will regularly do at least 1.5 to 2 times the required spelling sentences. Her teacher told a story about how Emily often goes one step further than expected. That day the class learned about Polar Bears. After...
Home for the Hunts Fundraiser Dance
We are in the middle of our fundraising efforts for our project to bring Habitat for Humanity to Revelstoke. A dance and silent auction was held, it was well attended and many people went home with some beautiful items that had been generously donated. I love this...
Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Some beautiful shots Simon has taken from the ski area this year:
My birthday
We celebrated my (29th) birthday with a lovely dinner with a few friends. The highlight is always the Black Forest cake that Simon makes for me each year!!!
Madeline’s new look
We have a wonderful friend that is a professional hair stylist who does housecalls. Without any previous mention of her intentions, Madeline requested a short hair cut. I'm always game for change so she got what she requested. She loves her new look, especially with...
Music everywhere…
When you live with a musician, you never know when and where the next creative outburst is going to happen. Sometimes it happens while making dinner. Luckily, Emily seems to have bypassed her father and is taking care of things herself.
Literacy Day
To celebrate National Literacy Day, the kids at Begbie View School were asked to dress up as their favourite book character. Emily loves to read and chose to be one of the black cats from the book series called "Catwings'. Madeline is a leopard, from a non-fiction...
Simon’s birthday
Simon, a fellow Aquarian, is first every year to celebrate a birthday in our family. Handmade cards are always a part of the birthday, and this year, matching bracelets for Simon and Maddie. We stick to tradition and make Simon's fave; angel food cake with lemon glaze...
Banner Painting
We 3 girls love painting together. This year I decided to sit back and watch as each girl painted their own street banner. I think this is a great opportunity for young artists self esteem, they get so proud and excited when they see their banners publicly displayed...