The Cliffs of Insanity

On Friday Kevin had a bit of fun toboganning off what I would call the "Cliffs of Insanity." He was no longer satisfied with the smooth slope of the front yard so he moved on to the jagged drop in the backyard. His plan was to desend the backyard cliff, curve just to miss the house and then slide smoothly down the front yard slope safely onto the sidewalk. In one of his "no- so-great" parenting moments he put Brayden on for a test run. Brayden hit several rocks, gaining both air and pain and flipping over to land not so happily on his face- hence the not-so- great parenting moment. Kevin endured the rocky slide, refusing to acknowledge the pain, but slammed into the house on just about every run. I think he had at least one or two semi successful trips but we need another foot or so of snow before I would ever think of it. Actually even then its just not happening!




This picture below is not of sledding but if you look carefully you can see a big horn sheep on the top of the ridge. I took this picture from my kitchen window so I think that it is pretty cool- of course it would be much cooler without the power lines in the way- but what can you do!

It's A Holly Jolly Christmas!

Merry Christmas to Everyone! My delay in blogging can be attributed to the fact that we are up in Calgary for Christmas. We are having a great time. There has been a lot of eating and game playing and wild children- all the things that make Christmas great! Kevin got a beanie from Scott which Kenna is wearing in the above picture. She is playing with the dishes she got from Santa- the most successful toy purchase Santa made, I must say.
This is the cast of our nativity this year. Makenna particularly enjoyed her role as Mary but did have a hard time understanding that the manger was not in fact for the mother but the baby.

Here's all the grandkids (except Jonah) opening their new pajamas!
Brayden is the littlest one on the left (in case you couldnt tel). No Christmas in Canada would be complete without a little ice time!