So, what has happened with us since, oh early November? Well, since I can hardly even remember what I did yesterday, trying to think back over the last two months may be a bit of a chore ~ but I'll try. So ... November ... hmmm ... well, baby Bella was introduced to the world. Congratulations Ivy and Jamie!!! She's a doll!!! What a great little present in time for Christmas!
Can't forget a little updated pic of my other favourite little munchkin ... Damiano!
We also got to visit with Linds. She was in town for a few days when she came back from Hawaii! Its always great to see her! Check out the pics from our night out.
Oh my ... don't even ask! Look how tanned Lins is! WOW!
I won the hula hooping contest that night!Oh ... Chris and I both got a year older. You know what that means ... me closely approaching the cougar status. Chris already considers me a cougy, but until I start wearing tight leather pants and develop some sagging tits, I'll never be a cougar in my eyes! Plus, I'm married ... go figure. We had a quiet celebration this year at Moxies (remember those pictures of me on the chaise couch from my wedding, that's Moxies) with Erin & Geoff, Dee and Kyle and Sam & Luis! Couples central! Food was great, company was even better! Unfortunately, I wasn't very camera happy that night so I don't have any pics to post. Our birthday presents to each other was a little rendezvous in Whistler. We booked a great place through our RCI points and got to enjoy the lap of luxery for three days. It just so happened that it was the BEST snow fall in a long time ~ what prime timing, right! WRONG! For Chris, the avid skiier this was excellent news, for me, a novice at best, this was not such gret news. You see, I have no idea how to ride in powder since I have NEVER had the opportunity to do so in the past and well ... lets just say that I struggled. I had a great day of riding on the first day (before the powder dumped) ~ it was cold, but nonetheless I had a confident day getting back into the swing of things. I can proudly say (that after a few beers) Chris convinced me to ride from the top of Whistler to the village! Yahoo ... what an accomplishment. Okay, so then it dumps and dumps and dumps ... and now I'm screwed. Now that I'm all proud of myself for picking up where I left off last year, I have another new obstacle ... powder! Suddenly I couldn't even connect two turns .... argh ... I'll digress before I even get started. Suffice to say that I did NOT have a good day. We made up for my hurt ego that night over a great dinner, a yummy bottle of wine and an overflowing bubble bath in the most amazing soaker tub ever!!!!!! Are you supposed to put bubbles in a jet tub? Hehhehehehe ... we had so many bubble we didn't know what to do with ourselves! Here a few pics from Whistler.
Moby's new toy!
We got back to Van in time to participate in the festivities of Jon Jon's birthday. Chris had to ref a hockey game that night so he didn't make it. Was a great little surprise birthday ... good work Eileen! I paid for that night the next day, yikes!! What can you expect when you start drinking at noon (we had our work Christmas party earlier that day).
Well ... I'm doing pretty well so far with my memory. Hmmmm ... what else??
So now its December .... ummmm ... well, Chris went to LA for a few weeks of work which is great since he typically doesn't work at all this time of year. If he were typing out this blog, he'd have a lot to tell ... but I'll sum it all up for him .... he worked for a few days and in all his spare time ... he hung out at the beach, went surfing, went to Disneyland for FREE, went to the aquarium, went to a jam session with Smashmouth and some other budget band ... that's bout sums it up! Rough life huh? I stayed here ... worked and finished our Christmas shopping. He worked ... and I spent all the money! Muahahaha.
Now for my favourite time of year ... Christmas!!! Its here ... and .... oh wait ... its gone already :( Chris and I went over to Gibsons to spend Christmas with his mom. She was very busy working at her store ... so Chris and I decided pull a "While you were out" on her! We stripped the wallpaper off in her hallway, put on a fresh coat of paint and put up news door casings and baseboards. Turned out really well! She was totally shocked when she came home, but of course she loved our handy work! The rest of Christmas was very relaxing, visited family, ate lots of yummy cheese and dranks lots of wine!! Was excellent. Lets not forget to mention how spoiled we got this year! Jeesh!!! Its overwhelming how generous our families are! Thank you!!!
So here we are ... a few days before News Years! We are heading up to Kamloops to go skiing, hang with our family and with our friends Tammy and Shawn! I'm really looking forward to it! Stay tuned for more pictures.
I hope you have all had a great holiday season. Thinking of you at!!!
PS: I hope you all remembered to have a drink for us!
