Our Adventures

March has been an interesting and busy month that has flown by very quickly. At the start of March all BC teachers were on strike for 3 days so we went out in front of Chris' school those days and held our signs and walked along the sidewalk. The first day was pretty brutal with very cold temperatures and gusting wind and rain. I think it took me a good 30 minutes in the shower to get warmed up. The other two days were pretty good, one of them Chris and his co-worker Joel decided to make bacon, sausage and eggs to kill time. I think they were the ones who ended up eating most of it though. With basketball season wrapping up we decided to go watch some AAA provincial games with our friends Denis and Andrea and their newest addition Felix. It was a good night with some good games and good company.

Our March and Spring Break

This month I went snowboarding more than I have in the past two years. First I went up to Whistler with Chris on his school trip at the beginning of the month. Having not snowboarded for over a year it took a while getting things adjusted and feeling right so I didn't last too long on the hill. Then we went to Hemlock with our friends Paul and Jen which was much more enjoyable on my part because my bindings were now on my board properly and I was on groomed runs instead of piles of powder that I had to carve around. The last trip was this past week on spring break. We had the chance to stay with some of Chris' friends from work in their condo up at Whistler. The day started out beautiful and after some adjustments my boots and bindings were feeling good. Chris and I decided to go off on our own so we went to the peak. Little did we know that the run we took was a narrow road all the way down that included a bunch of uphill parts. Not knowing when the uphill parts were coming and having little room to carve made the run very frustrating for me because I wouldn't get enough speed and would have to take off my board and then walk up the hills. After that, I was pretty much done but we did a couple more runs where I was more comfortable and then I headed back to the condo. The rest of our time at the condo was lots of fun though, we got to enjoy the hottub, play with some really cute kids and just relax.
We also headed down to the States for a day on our spring break and got a few things like a spring jacket, baby gifts, fancy basketball shoes for Chris and a few other items. Our last weekend of the break we had a date night and went and saw the Hunger Games which was very good and enjoyed some burgers and fries at Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Sunday I planned a baby shower for Andrea and Felix and decided to have a little fun and go with a sports theme. I made some baseball and basketball cupcakes, football strawberries and even a little banner with his name. I'd say that the shower was a success. During our break another exciting thing happened and that was the birth of Rayna, our close friends Ryan and Cheryl's daughter. She was born on St.Patrick's day so when we got her a green stuffed Turtle I thought it was suiting to name him Patrick.
It has been a good break, it went quick and it was busy but it was good. I'm glad I got an extra day today to relax before going back to work. The great thing about spring break is that after that the months go by so quick and then it's summer! Can't wait, time to start planning our next adventure...

It has been very non-stop around here lately. Lots of things going on but now things are starting to slow down. The big event in January was my 30th birthday. My good friends came over and brought lots of great food and played some games with us. Let's not forget that Chris specially made me a New Kids on the Block playlist to bring me back to my younger days. We also had Rock Band set up in the basement and would every now and then hear Chris screeching underneath us. It was a great evening with great company and I even got presents, which I did not expect! Thanks for everyone that came. Another fun thing that happened was we had a really big snow fall in January that closed the schools for almost a week and let us take an unexpected breather which was great. The snow started melting just in time so we could enjoy a Canucks game with the tickets that my mom got Chris for Christmas. It was a good game and even better because the Canucks won.

Winter 2012
February was very busy with Chris' basketball games, him planning an outdoor program for next year, me teaching lots and other little things in between. Chris' team placed first in the District but lost their first game in the Fraser Valley's so that's as far as they got. It was a fun season for him I think but he's glad that he can focus more on his classes now. Last week Ryan and Randi came for a visit during their reading break. We made the most of our time by taking them up to Whistler to experience a real mountain. The boys went snowboarding and had a great time in the fresh powder. I think Chris wore Ryan down pretty good but now he knows what it's really like to snowboard. Us girls went cross-country skiing around Lost Lake, just beside Whistler Village. We got our workout too covering over 8 km in around 2 hours. It was a perfect day, fresh snow, no wind and beautiful views. We had quite a few hours to wait for the boys to be done snowboarding so we wandered the village, hung out in the lobby of the Westin and pretended we were staying there, then bought a scrabble card game and played that in Starbucks until it was time to meet the boys. We had some supper at The Old Spaghetti Factory with a waitress who must have been pretty new because instead of refilling our cup she would leave it empty on the table and bring a new full one so we had a nice stack of glasses piling up on our table. The next day we drove down to the Seattle Outlet Mall and spent the day finding some good deals, even though I didn't get what I was looking for the others got some good stuff so it was  a successful trip. We had to work the next day but that's okay because Ryan slept in until 11 anyways. Then we enjoyed the evening together playing some games. It was a short trip but a fun-filled one!

We have definitely got back into the swing of things after our break and it very busy but our break was a pretty good one. Before our break we enjoyed a night of games with our girls/guys night people. Trevor and Rebekah introduced us to a very simple yet entertaining game where a team hides a ring in one person's hand and the other team has to guess whose hand it's in. The Friday our break started we headed up to Whistler with Ryan and Cheryl for a three night stay on the hillside for some snowboarding and cross-country skiing. Although the weather was very warm and snow was melting at ground level, we still had a good time. The boys snowboarded for two days while us girls ended up going to the tube park one day and just wandered the village the other. We planned on going cross-country skiing but it was too melty for it to be worth it. The rest of the time we all spent relaxing in the hot tub, watching movies, playing games and strolling around the village.




Winter Fun
Chris and I had almost a week before Christmas and heading to Herbert so we just took it easy for most of the days. Christmas Eve we had our little present opening time with just the two of us and Molly. Then my brother and mom came over in the evening and we had a turkey supper and opened a few presents. The next day we flew to Regina and were in Herbert by supper time. That night we opened some presents, tried the impossible puzzle and just enjoyed each other's company. The next couple of days we spent with everyone at the farm, we tried tubing one day but the snow was not satisfactory so Ryan tried rolling down the hill which worked but didn't make his head feel very well after. We also had lots of fun playing with our nephew Cole and got to see him start crawling. It did end up snowing one of the days and so we headed out on the old school cross-country skis and starting skiing around the farm. There were only a few spots that actually worked well so we made a track in a field and started a game of tag. We also had the chance of visiting our friends Mark and Erynn for a little while and got to meet their brand new baby boy Toby. New Years Eve we went to Chris' aunt and uncles where we had supper and then rang in the new year with me kicking all the  boys butts in poker. The last two days we were up in Saskatoon. We spent the 1st with all the Braun's and played some intense bowling and then enjoyed an evening of games, puzzles and catching up. The last day we spent with Ryan and Randi, starting off the day with eating at Kelly's Kafe which was rated very good under breakfast restaurants. When we got there Randi and Chris were ready to turn around and go somewhere else because it was located at this old factory-like building but we sucked it up and went in. It was a very eccentric place with very random decorations but the food ended up being pretty good and we didn't get food poisoning so it's all good. In the afternoon we were all pretty tired so we watched Tangled (the boys even voted for this one) and then we very briefly met up with the Willms' (who just got back from Hawaii) at Tim Hortons before we headed to the airport. It was a great trip and we were back to work the next day (I didn't end up getting called so that was kind of nice to have that day to recuperate).



Christmas Break
These first two weeks back have been very busy and I think it will continue this way until Spring Break. The next big event in our lives, my 30th Birthday! Saying 30 feels old but I guess it's good that I don't feel that old. Looking forward to having fun with our friends and eating some cake.