Retrospective

Looking back through some old photos, I found these gems of the beautiful girls...

Baby Sarah and friend (about 15 months)

Baby Alison (about 7 months)


Little Sarah at the beach (age 4)


Little Alison on her bike (age 2 1/2)


So very little and cute!

At the zoo

We took a little trip to the zoo last weekend (too rainy this weekend). The neat thing about having a zoo membership is that you can take time to explore different areas of the zoo.

This trip we explored the dinosaur park. Here are the girls hiding behind some hoodoos.

Soccer Season 2007

It has been a wild soccer season this year. Four nights a week at the soccer pitch, except in the snow or rain, the girls have been having a ton of fun playing soccer. Soccer mom has produced a video to celebrate the fun it has been.



I didn't notice until I was putting this together that Sarah on the Maroon Under 10 team was playing yellow, while Alison, on the Yellow Under 8 team was playing maroon. Funny little coincidence.

Trapped!

For Rustle's fans, and you know who you are, Jack and Sam and Gramma, here's a short video of the puppy trapped in a room. He really wants to get out there and greet the girls' visitor, but she's afraid of big dogs, so he has to stay put. It's all very sad. If you are Rustle, that is.

Bike Rider

Alison has overcome her fear and has begun to ride a two wheeler, despite obstacles such as parked cars, meandering sisters, and furry beasts crossing the road in front of her. Super Dad on the roller blades provided plenty of support at first, but now provides that support only when necessary.

Yay Alison!




ps. Yes, this is the same neighbourhood that was covered in snow two days ago. One can never rely on the weather around here.

May 2 4

As in 2 tuques and 4 mittens, please.

We awoke this morning to a cold and snowy day. What fun is that?

Well, plenty, says Rustle...



and the coyote in the dog park.

Sparks End

Alison and her mom's adventures in Sparks came to an end recently.

The big unit wrap up party was held at a bowling alley. The girls had a lot of fun trying to make a ball reach the end of the lane....





The big district Sparks Camp was held at Camp Jubilee on Mother's Day weekend. Alison is still not a big fan of cleaning up. At least she found something interesting to do with the latex gloves.



The indoor campfire was interesting, but Alison's favourite thing was getting to use the outhouses. At least she says so now...

Recent Events

We've been back from vacation for over ten days now and I am still not completely finished unpacking. We seemed to have jumped immediately back into the swing of things, so here is a quick update of goings-on.

The day after we flew home from Hawaii was our last day of Nancy Greene skiing at Lake Louise. We spotted Sarah's group doing jumps in the Whitehorn bowl and I grabbed my camera, but Sarah did a teeny hop, so not exciting coverage, but here it is:



Alison got her Level 2 "Parallel Skier" and a certificate from her coaches, calling her "The Skier with the Most Personality." Fitting.



Two days later was Alison's advancement ceremony from Sparks to Brownies. I have no pictures of the event, but a live action video without fancy edits or music. I hope I haven't raised expectations too high...


Sarah's Girl Guide group spent their last meeting playing laser tag. She said it was fun.

Soccer season is now upon us. Sarah starts tomorrow and Alison next week. The weather is becoming spring-like and the sun is gracing us with its presence for my 6 am dog walks as well as for evening strolls in the park.

Waves

The first vacation video. Enjoy.

Maui

What an amazing, relaxing vacation. We had a wonderful time in Maui, but then we came home on the red eye and went skiing the next day and we are still a little sleepy.

Some photos until I can create a coherent post.