Well We Tried...

This morning the girls wanted Daddy to take them sledding at a hill just around the corner from our house...the weather was nice (+2) and so it seemed like a great idea....we packed up two crazy saucers and 1 GT snow racer and headed off to the hill...Austin stayed home as he is a little under the weather...Once at the top of the hill, Emma and I got on the saucers and Olivia on the GT snow racer....by the time we got to the bottom of the hill, all three of us had crahsed and fallen off the sleds....Emma hit the ground hard and winded herself, Olivia had the GT snow racer land on her and got a bloody nose...I managed to escape injury but spent the next few minutes picking up the pieces of what was supposed to be a fun morning of sledding...needless to say we went home and packed it in for the morning!

You Gotta Love Kids....

On Friday night we packed up the family and headed to Dawson Creek...I had to ref a junior B hockey game between the Dawson Creek Junior Canucks and the Sexsmith Vipers...Everybody came up to watch the game Friday night and then we continued on to Grande Prairie after the game...The kids were quite excited to see Dad skating around the ice with the other hockey players...I removed my helmet and skated out to centre ice just as the announcer came over the loud speaker and asked everybody to remove their hats and rise for the singing of our national anthem (by this point I was starting at the Canadian Flag up on the wall)....there was a 5-10 second period of dead silence right after everybody stood and when the anthem started...during this period of silence you could hear this little voice from across the rink yell..."Hi Dad!"....I did everything in my power not to start laughing...it was Austin trying to get my attention....I guess he figured it was a good moment as it was quiet in the arena....It was quite hilarious!!

Time to Remember

Yesterday we attended the remembrance day ceremony at the high school...Too often in this life we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of our daily goings on...between work, kids, extracuricular activities and so on and so on, it is very easy to lose sight of where we have been and where we are going...November 11th is one day where we are able to slow down and reflect on the many men and women that gave their life so that we can have many of the freedoms that we enjoy today...Their willingess to serve can not be forgotten, just like the many men and women today who willingly serve our country to protect the freedoms we hold so dear... I am grateful that we live in a country where we have the countless freedoms that we do...And I am also grateful that we have a saviour in Christ Jesus who came to this world and died in order that we may be saved.

It has been a busy couple of weeks...we had our first real snow fall (and it is snowing today)...this one will likely stick around for the duration...it is hard to believe that Christmas is knocking on the door again...seems like just yesterday we celebrated...oh well, we are heading south for a few days this year....lots of family going to be in Vernon...the kids are certainly looking forward to seeing their cousins again....I have been making my regular trips to Grande Prairie.....I try to line up officiating a junior or senior game along the way (Dawson Creek or Fort St. John)...gives me some exerrcise....Tanya's runs of 6 consecutive weeks of babysitting 2 year olds ends this week...she is looking forward to Friday!!! I can't imagine how some people deal with triplets or quadruplets...The girls have been doing well in school...they usually have some reading or brief exercises to do at nights so we spend 30-60 minutes working through that with them before bed...they seem to be grasping onto new concepts quite well.

I hope everyone is doing well. God Bless!