Recent Pictures

Having a bath, isn't she so cute!


Goofing around with Dylan, actually I was trying to get a good picture but I gave up after 10 shots, hes a little turkey!

Sliding on the ice out back. And trying to get the trucks free, never did happen, we'll have to wait till spring.

From Pumpkin to Pie!

Yahoo look at me pumpkin pie from scratch!!!

Olympic Excitement

The torch arrived 100 Mile House today, and the school was invited in to share in the ceremonies and excitement. The kids could hardly contain themselves and the turnout from the city was incredible.

Amazing Turnout!! and everyone was so fired up it was so neat to see and experience. Lots of things to see, the ice sculpture above, there were supposed to be lots of sculptures lining airport road, but the weather has been too warm, so they couldn't do it .

Coca Cola had a trailer with all sorts of stuff to look at, there was the trailer where you could video a message to be played in Vancouver (we did as a school, Taylor is right up front) RBC had tons of stuff and then the stage show was huge too! The kids were very overwhelmed, well I was too, I had my three and one more, so it was hard to navigate through the crowds, so we stayed in the back and watched. Also it was COLD!!! the wind was whipping across the lake out front and I forgot mittens for the kids, they were so cold.

We decided to start walking back to the car and on the way we saw the torch coming in, that was AWESOME!

This is Gabe Bergen, he is a rower and trains in Victoria, he grew up in 100 Mile House.

Tayler had Strong Start today and her teacher made the kids a few momentos for the occasion.

She was very proud of her torch and medal, even the boys were a bit jealous!

After it was all over (well after we left ) we went to get groceries and do laundry and low and behold we were just in time to see the torch again right on Birch Ave. And this time we were able to see the transfer of the flame!

Unfortunately, I don't who these people are, though when it was coming down Birch ave to meet up with the guy on the left, there was a huge crowd of First Nations in the jogging suits with the flame, but I'm not sure which Band they were part of.

It was a real neat experience today and I am glad we partook in the whole event - well as much as we could, even though it was hard for the kids. I kept telling them this is probably a once in a lifetime thing and part of history, they were pretty keyed up about that.

I was on the phone to Ed this evening (he is in Victoria tonight) and I was telling him all about it, and he said he applied to be a torch bearer when he was younger - I did not know this, I thought it was pretty cool, even if he didn't get to run, I never thought of doing things like that.

7 Things

This is a post in answer to a very special friend, with whom I drink alot of tea and eat cookie dough, yes dough.

This is not my usual news about what we are doing, and things to come, this is 7 random things about just me. I don't normally do this because I can never think of things to write but I have thought long and hard, well maybe not long but anyway here goes, 7 things about me:

1. I Love Tea!!! I could live off it, if the need arose! When friends and family come over, out comes the teapot and 2 mugs (or more). Dylan Russ and Tay love tea too, not sure if that is a good thing or not.

2. I love anything country, lifestyle, music, foods, etc. I have been a country music junky since, I can't remember. Country lifestyle, I am all over it, whether its cutting and stacking wood or walking hand in hand across a wide open meadow I love it! And food, well call me crazy but I want to learn all the forgotten ways of making different foods, when one started with the true basics.

3. I can't stand make up! I have worn it willing very few times in my life, my graduation and our wedding. I have never liked the feel of it on my skin. And also I am hair challenged, I can do a ponytail, but nothing fancier than that.

4. I love to get mail, email, snail mail. I get excited when there are envelopes in the post box, and I get overjoyed to find someone has sent a parcel! Over the past 6 months I found out I love to write letters, yes handwritten. Though I am falling behind very quickly!

5. I dont drink, alcohol that is. I have never been in a state where I can't remember what I did, well that was caused by alcohol anyway, and I am very proud of it!

6. I need my girl time with friends. Whether its an evening picking up Chai tea Latte and going to superstore (right Erin and Bev) or talking over the wires or written letters, I need it and feel lost without it.

7. I LOVE Horses! They catch my eye everywhere. I started riding when I was 6 and continued till I had Dylan. Everyone laughed when I was young, that if the guys couldn't keep up to the horses, they never had a chance. Good thing Ed could keep up! One of my most cherished memories of riding, when I was young, was saddling up Sherry and riding down to Taylor Beach in the rain, it was wonderful, so quiet and peaceful. Yes I am not a fair weather rider, well I wasn't then.

So there you have it, 7 random things about me. Probably not many surprises.

Take Care

Like Mother Like Daughter

We went to Coras birthday last saturday (this is Taylers friend from school) - We swam at the Hills Health and Guest Ranch and then back to her Oma and Opas for cake. This rocking horse immediately caught Taylers attention, she was on in a flash! Coras Opa made it, the tail is real horse hair!

More Wood

Fire wood day! Eds hard at work - and I'm hard at work!! ;-) Hanging on the back porch waiting for another load to stack.

Beautiful Winter!

I absolutely love this frost on the trees - it looks so beautiful in the sunlight!

I was finally able to get a picture of the frost on the trees. I love the first picture with the dark clouds in the background.

Our driveway in the sunlight. I took this picture this past weekend when temperatures soared to +13. It was a wonderful day. We did lots outside just to enjoy the beautiful sun. You can't tell from the picture but our driveway is almost a complete sheet of ice, in fact the last corner coming in to the house I usually slide a few feet before the tires catch again and we drive in.