Christmas Eve Ski

I went skiing with my ski group, Alaska Winter Stars, on Christmas Eve. What a great way of exercising before the turkey! It was a cold but clear day with breathtaking views....

Bull Moose Fighting

This was the view out of Ian's office window one morning,
two bull moose having a little duel...only in Alaska!

Christmas 2010

We spent Christmas Eve with our friends Linda & Dave O'Connor. We managed to get a photo of the four of us-cannot believe how big the boys are getting!

The boys had great fun on Christmas morning....lots of lovely pressies

Here's Andrew dressed for combat !

Rory was delighted with his telescope

We had a wonderful Christmas dinner with Sheena (my singing buddy) & John Kaigan and their friends....lots of food, bubbly and laughs!

More snow this year

There has been more snow this year and the temperatures seem to be colder .
Here is our table on the back deck - lots of snow.

Our local wildlife !

Here is one of the baby moose that wanders around our neighbourhood. He was having a little rest right outside our back door!

Lazy Pets

Here are our pets cuddling up close to the fire.....not a bad life !

Ian's Polar Plunge !

Ian took part in the Alaska Special Olympics "Polar Plunge". He had to jump into the freezing waters of Goose Lake (after they had cut through the ice!). Here are the boys before the plunge, and everyone was cold, as it was -7 degrees fahrenheit!

Ian is the second 'elf ' from the right...

Head first !!

Still smiling afterwards....he raised lots of money for Special Olympics.

Well done Ian!

Rory's Band Concert

Here is Rory at his Christmas Band Concert. They played a melody of songs including some Christmas carols.

American Thanksgiving

Forgot to mention American Thanksgiving....a lovely holiday at the end of November.
We spent the day with Ruta, Ian & Maddie and had turkey with all the trimmings.

Rory Masters The Rubik's Cube !

Rory has been working on mastering the Rubik's cube this week. He has been researching on the internet and watching you tube etc...
This morning he managed to complete it and was so delighted!