Skating at Bowness

Jordan and his best buddy Grant went skating on Saturday at Bowness. Grant's older sister took some cute photos of them. These boys crack me up!

My friend Stacey laughed so hard watching Jordan skate because he would skate so fast, fall, get back up like it was nothing, and continue skating fast again. This is a pic of him in the action of falling.

Boy this is the BEST DAY EVER!

LET IT SNOW! Last Friday we had a heavy snowfall warning and then it was going to get really really cold so I thought I better take the dog for a long run in the woods close to our house and the boys wanted to go sledding. It was snowing a lot but wasn't too cold yet so off we went.

Carson and his friend found a big cardboard box laying around and so they tied their sleds together and had Jordan climb onto the middle. Then they backed up and took a running leap for the sled to make it fly down the hill. There was another man walking his dog and when he saw these kids doing this he laughed so hard. Then the next time they went down the hill Black Jack jumped ontop for the ride down the hill too. It was hilarious. Good fun in the snow! Boy did it feel like Christmas time.

That night the temperature dropped and it has been about -37 Celcius with the windchill since that night! That was Black Jack's last walk for a few days any ways. Last night we took him to my moms to run him on the tredmill so he could get some exercise.

It is so cold that school was cancelled so the kids were at home all day. They had a great time decorating their gingerbread houses.

We had a little contest between the boys and girls to see who could decorate the best house.

I think they turned out pretty good!




The other thing we did today was dip chocolates. This is one of Jordan's favorite Christmas traditions. His favorite part is licking the pan when I am done!

Does anybody remember the electronic top? It is often pulled out this time of year and the kids are getting blisters on their hands trying to beat their dad. This top counts the number of rotations it makes and so it becomes a really addicting contest. I had to get a picture of Darcy's form when he spins this top because it is hilarious for me to watch! He takes this game very seriously.

We are having fun getting ready for Christmas and we may even have a white Christmas this year.