Future Surgeons

Fun 1/2 day of school. We took the shark out of the freezer grandpa gave us last year. He caught it fishing in Florida. The boys found the liver, spinal cord, heart, lungs and brain. Brenna came over for quick peeks!!

Nothing Like Good Indian Food

Found this picture this morning and wanted to make sure I captured the memory of our Toronto adventure for great Indian food!

Thanks Zubair and Natasha - and family - for dragging us (quite willingly) so far for a great lunch!!!

We MUST do it again!

Soccer Season Has Begun

Another season has come. Brenna is almost six years old and was adorable at her first night of practice. 

Beautiful Colorado

The past month we went out to Breckenridge / Keystone for a long weekend.  As always, we are in awe of the beauty of this area.  It was so nice to be out in the snow with sunny skies!!!

 One of the afternoons we went dog sledding.  We thought it would be a fun thing to try 

at least once and it did not disappoint!  

We had one minor roll over - thanks to Brett's great skill at steering the sled - but it was so much fun.  The dogs were so happy to just be out running - it is on our "to do again" list. 

After the dog sledding afternoon we went out snowshoeing for a short while on a trail that we have hiked a lot with the kids in the summer.  We got a few miles in before it started to get dark.

The snow pack was just right that we decided that the next morning we would do the whole thing from Breckenridge to Frisco - 10 miles.  

It was such a fun day topped off by a stop at our favorite burger place in town.  

Great Visit With the Duecks

Had to post this for our memories----look how long we have come J & J!  Six kiddos added to the mix and all smiling happy faces except for the little guy - its classic!  Gavin- where are you???

Snowy Niagara Falls

Such a cold winter that we have had this year.  Even Niagara Falls practically "froze" over.  Yes, the water was still running but there were some dramatic ice formations to be seen.  We took advantage of a slightly warmer Saturday morning (it was finally in the 20's) and walked around the falls to see it for ourselves.  

Toronto Aquarium

 It was a COLD COLD day up in Toronto a few weeks ago - but we braved it anyway and I took the kids up to the new Ripley's Aquarium for the day.  We met up with another family there so everyone had a friend to pal around with for the day.  I think the highlights of the outing were petting the stingrays, the boys taking lots of pictures with their own cameras, and just not being in school!