My house is burried!

A winter storm hit last Saturday and I think there was an extra large snow cloud right over our house!


Finally got the walk up to the door cleared.


Don't walk under that one.


There was so much snow on the roof!



I was stiff and tired after this job, that is for sure!!!

The fun part after all the work:)


I almost got lost in that big fluffy drift- so fun!

LAS VEGAS

So much for heading south to get warm!!! Chase and I had a business trip to Vegas last week for a conference and we were hoping for warmer weather but it poured the whole time we were there. They got more rain in the five days that we were there than all of last year! There was some flooding but we didn't get caught in any flash floods so that was good.


We had a very busy week and I can't believe how many miles that we walked - I wished that I had been wearing my GPS so I knew the number! We saw a couple great shows - inluding Cirque du Soleil - O - which I highly recommend to anyone - the ticket price is worth it! IT is the one that is on, over, in and above water - SOOO COOOL! We also got to ride over the strip and downtown in a helicopter and had dinner with a famous millionaire (from a TV show) that we didn't even know was famous - we was a friend of the people who we went for dinner with. Mostly we were super busy at the conference and in meetings with people for our business Trail'n Security Cameras and tried to squeeze in a couple fun things and some shopping. I can't believe how many - way to expensive to even walk into shops(most empty) - that there are there!

We were especially excited to come home and barely make it home - the only way we did was through lot's of praying and Chase's impressive snowplowing, wheel spinning, drift jumping driving to get down our road. This morning I shoveled about five foot drifts of snow off our whole roof and then jumped off the roof into them because the snow was up to the edge of the roof after I had pushed it all off - some fun for all that work! HA - glad to be home and see my sweeties - they had so much fun with Grammy this week! They had worked hard all week on a 'welcome home mom and dad' Party complete with invitations, hats and a pinata!

Cool Cats and HORSHIES!!

Cayden especially loves wearing sunglasses (of any sort) - he has the type of personality that finds something he likes and does it over and over. Kiah is like me - a follower and does anything that he does if I laugh at it:) Such cool cats!

Cayen's favourite word is 'COW' it was his third word (after mamma and dad)and he still loves it, but now it is for a different reason. He loves to point at animals out the window and yell, with a shaking pointed finger because he is so excited 'CAAOW'. Kiah has been trying diligently to help him with other animals and tells him gently - 'No Cayden, that's a horse, sheep, buffalo, deer, bale, etc.'. Yet he still yells 'CAAOW' when ever he sees pretty much anything out the window of the car.

The other night Kiah came to Chase awfully concerned. 'Dad, I try and tell Cayden that there are other animals but all he keeps saying is cow'- and Chase tried his best to assure her that he would learn how to distunguish the other animals. A few days later we are driving along and the same business of 'CAAOW' occurs, which causes Kiah great frustration and anxiety- until Kiah falls asleep, then we drive by a horse and Cayden yells HORSHIE! then he sees some sheep and he yells - SEEP!- until Kiah wakes up and then every animal then becomes a 'cow' again:) He is so mischievous, and totally does all he can to be an anoying little brother (all ready;))!!!

Then he comes in the other night riding Kiah's Barbie horses yelling HORSHIE, HORSHIE and Kiah was SO excited that she LET him ride her horses:) SO FUNNY!

I love my kids.

Triathlon

This week I have been in a slump. Feeling great because I have been reading my new 'triathlon bible' and running book and I even made out my training plan and my race schedule for this seaseon - and the big 1/2 IRONMAN is on the schedule - I can't believe it!!! - but still feeling in a slump - sad because it is so cold outside and I can't stand running when it is so cold, sad because I re-adjusted all my bike settings hoping it would relieve some of my butt pain while biking but no luck, and sad because my new training plan has way more swimming in it than last year and I am not sure how I am going to fit it in (still a while before blackstrap thaws). On a happy note I had a great swim workout last night (I swim at a neighbors house who have an endless pool in exchange for swimming lessons once a week - and the rest I try to fit into open water)and the pool was a whole 4 degrees C colder than normal so I was forced to get moving fast and I guess it woke me up for the rest of the workout. Anyhow, I feel like I should be more excited and moving and motivated, but I am tired, feeling lazy and feeling a little overwhelmed with work to get done. Any tips!??

Christmas 2009

With three sets of Grandparents plus great grandparents, Kiah and Cayden had a long stretched out christmas reaching from the 20th of December until Jan. 03 - they loved it!

Grandma Jane and Papa (my dad) came to visit the weekend Chase finished school and we had fun playing outside together and got some more on the house done.

The week spent out in Alberta with Nanna and Grandpa (Chase's parents) was jam packed with fun (quading, sledding, eating, presents, waterton snowshoing, relaxing and fun with the FAM!) and Chase and I even got to go out on a rare date to see Avatar - my new favourite!

Joseph(Branson), Mary(Kiah), Baby Jesus (Benji), Donkey (Miriam), Lanb (Cayden)

MMmmm yogurt from Santa!

Sledding before and afters:)!

Kiah - so pretty!

Kiah in her new dress and the amazing Nativity!

Chase and the kids

Cutie cousins - Hattie and Cayden!


Then Grammy (my mom) and Gido managed a quick visit before Chase headed back to class.

We had such a great holiday and I am sad that it is all over - back to the grindstone, glad to be home though.