Merry Christmas!

Here's wishing everyone a very Happy Holiday and a wonderful New Year!  

Love Always,

Brent, Shari, Aidan, Maelle, Bree & Jenna

mountain day!

Oh it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!  We have snow on the ground and have had it for a while now, which will finally guarantee us a white Christmas!  Yay!

Being that the kids are now officially on holidays from school, and curling for Aidan has taken a Christmas break, and Grandpa Snider is in town, we loaded everyone into the truck and took off for a day in the mountains.  Our destination:  Banff National Park and the area around Lake Minnewanka.

It was a beautiful day to be outside in the fresh mountain air today.  We spent a good deal of the afternoon on a nice walk and the kids (and adults) had a tonne of fun sledding on the shoreline of Lake Minnewanka.  Not a bad place to have a few runs down the hill!

We even located an awesome sitting spot...and I tell ya, if I had a thermos of something warm to drink I could have spent all day in this very spot!

Speaking of warm drinks...we stopped in Canmore at the Good Earth Cafe (our favourite place) for a round of hot chocolates before heading home.  Now you may be wondering why I have a multitude of drinks in front of me, right?  Long story short....the steamer machine broke down after we placed our orders so we had to make a few alterations to our drink selection.  Turned out that the machine came back on so they made our original drinks anyways....on the house!  Nice!  This was me trying to decide what to drink first.

We had an absolute blast in the mountains today, and can't wait to get back there very soon.  We will be quite busy with holiday preparations over the next few days as we will have a full house here on Christmas Day!

Hello 9!

Hello Everyone!  We are back blogging in this space after an absolutely wonderful adventure, and I can't think of a better way to kick things off than a birthday celebration for a very special now nine year old!

Maelle turned nine years old this past Monday, and honestly I think birthdays are a bigger deal to this little gal than Christmas.  We spoiled here with some pretty decadent cupcakes and loaded her up with some blank canvases and paints...a perfect gift for this budding artist.  She has big plans to draw upon some of her adventures over the past three months and we all can't wait to see what she comes up with to paint.  

Maelle continues to keep us laughing daily and always has a hug for whomever is near.  Her giggles can be contagious and her creativity is inspiring.

Happy Birthday sweetheart!  We love you so very much!