Making Tracks

There has been a bit of a lull of outdoor winter activities latley, due to everyone getting hit with a bad lingering cold (except for me...somehow).  But a couple weeks ago one out two boys were feeling better, so Casey got to experience making fresh tracks with his strap on skis!  Liam -who still wasn't feeling well- stuck to riding on mommy and daddy's shoulders.

We went to one of my favourite winter spots...just down the road at the golf course.  It's quiet and beautiful and you'd never even know underneath all that snow was a putting green.

Then a few days later Casey tried out some groomers at the nordic centre (Daddy's work).  Casey and Daddy had fun skiing in the tracks while Liam and I mostly just watched from inside (...he still wasn't feeling up for it).

One happy little ski bunny so far...

Warmth of Winter

One of the nice things about winter is getting cozy!  Here's how we've been cozying it up around here these days...

Hot Chocolate "Tea Parties"...

Casey

Chili for dinner...

Lots of blankets handy...

Socks...handmade socks at that!  Upcycled from the boys clothing that doesn't fit anymore.  (I'm kinda excited about these!!  The best part - if they loose one, I can just sew up another!)

Oh man, I wish this fire place was in our house!  Thoroughly enjoyed our time spent by it though while having appies at the Juniper hotel in Banff.

Stay warm out there!!

Christmas In Canmore

It was a sad day today taking down the tree and all the decorations.  I miss Christmas already.  But we're moving on and looking forward to all the good things 2013 will bring.

We had a merry little Christmas this year in Canmore just the four us (five counting the dog!).  Thank goodness for FaceTime so that we could still share a moment with our family far away.

The boys had a so much fun opening their presents christmas morning and I think Rob and I had even more fun watching them.  

Leading up to Christmas day the boys weren't totally sold on the whole Santa thing.  After seeing Santa at the mall, Liam's new phrase was "I say no to Christmas"...he was singing a different tune come Christmas morning!  About a week before Christmas they both had picked out a very specific Thomas character that they wanted Santa to bring them, and sure enough Santa delivered...ya can't say 'no' to that!

Here's a few of the many great moments we had...

Cutting down our Christmas Tree

Christmas Eve 

We spent an awesome Christmas Eve at the Banff Springs Hotel Lounge where we enjoyed drinks and appies and danced the night away to some live bluesy christmas music.

The whole family!  Casey left Liam right

Dancing with Daddy

Christmas morning...

Liam left Casey right

Scooters or "motorcycles" as Casey and Liam called them. From Nana & Papa.

Liam, just as excited about this gingerbread house as he was his presents. 

Casey left Liam right

For the slide show version of our christmas (because there's a lot more photos where these came from!) check out this link here.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all lots of good things to come for this new year!