Sarah is off!

Sarah left for Colorado this morning. The new ski season has begun!

She left a note. What a great person she is.

Mookie at the Jays game

This is fun ... And luxurious, says Alison from the TSN box.

Happy Canada Day

Alison and I finally made it to the Mauro's annual Canada Day party. We made special costumes for the event.

Please note the Mariachi band in the background. This was the tenth anniversary, which clearly calls for Mariachi.

Sammy McPhee

Alison at the City Science Fair

Alison created a science fair project about hand warmers, a very important topic for a ski racer. She learned a lot and can tell you all about exothermic oxidation and calorimeters, having consulted with a nuclear physicist from the university during the research process. She scored well at her school science fair and today is presenting her project along with about a billion other Calgary kids at the Olympic Oval. Here she is standing in front of her project.

Bozo Cup

Sarah won the Bozo Cup today. It is a head to head race that runs each spring. She raced seven times and didn't lose once, except for a crash. She is sitting at home with a trophy and bag of spoils while icing bruises on her knee and hand. It was a pretty good day.

Woo Hoo

Sarah had a great race today at the CanAms in Panorama. Here is a screencap of the news item on Alberta Alpine: (http://albertaalpine.ca/?q=news/klm-k2-canam-western-championships-day-3-burk-grabs-bronze)

Mauro Visit: Conquering the Ski Hill

How could we not take our beloved guests to our favourite ski hill? Lucas and Jack took snowboarding lessons one day, and then their favourite aunt took them on a little zip around the mountain on skis. We even caught some air! We totally rocked the place!

The boys soon discovered that snowboarding involves a lot of sitting.

Hey, look! Mary has her camera out!

Mauro Visit: Snowshoes

The boys and the moms took Rustle out for a snowshoe around Lake Louise. There were lots of snowmen to crush and hills to climb. It was a fun way to get around the lake!

Mauro Visit: Hockey Night in Canada

Old style.