January 2010

January is finished and February is at hand, we had an amazing start to the year, Brianna tried to skate and loved it (Thank you Kathy, Ted and Family for the Skates). She now wants to go skiing which we plan to take up next year.

The beginning of the month started out cold and snowy but like the rest of BC it became warm and wet, with snow melting, mud growing and clouds, you know, just hanging out, blocking the sun.

Brianna is continuing with her dance lessons and this year the class will be performing on stage with costumes and a specific routine she has to memorize and practice. I will post the dates when we find out.

The torch relay came to our town of Nelson and in the spirit of the community we had one rockin party. The entire town was turned into a festival. We started the day with pancakes and torch making; the Nelson Star took our picture and posted it in their commemorative keeper. We ate hot maple syrup cooled in snow, dared the mighty ice slide – was pretty cool – listened to great local talent and cheered on the blue team in the corporate race.

January also brought us Anya who is a welcome addition to our family, she is originally from England and a fresh Canadian; she came out to visit for a week and was also able to join us in the Nelson Torch Relay Celebration. Nelson got the full package when it came to this event; a real Production Juggernaut arrived to town, set up, performed and was gone quicker than the free samples of Coca Cola. It was extremely fun and as you can see both the RBC and Coke had booths taking your picture with a torch.

The month was filled with extremes; the kind of extremes that make you think about what is most important in life, to me – “We look forward to the future knowing that anything is possible, we reflect on the past to learn how to grow and we live in the present.” - CH