December 16th 2007
Grouse Mountain - Breakfast with Santa
After a late night at the PMC Christmas Party, Nick and I slowly woke up and got the kids ready to take them up to Grouse Mountain for breakfast with Santa. The Gondola ride was quite the experience...being crammed in a small space with 3 kids, 2 bags and a buggy for 8 long, bumpy minutes wasn't exactly my idea of a smooth ride! But it was worth it! We had a great time and this will probably become one of our yearly traditions!

Breakfast was great, and the kids got to go and talk with Santa. Afterward he gave them all a little gift.

Taking a break, having a drink and making some faces.

Family Skate
After we struggled to get all our gear on after breakfast we were ready to go for a little skate outside. It was a little windy out but we had fun anyway!

Saylor checking out the two reindeer; Dancer and Vixen.

Our dare devil son decided to climb a hill (with his skates on) and barrel roll back down. His helmet bore the brunt of this adventure!

Saylor was unsure of all the snow at first. And she kept taking her mittens off and her hands would get cold, so as soon as she realized that leaving them on was a good thing...she got right into the action!

Carter could have stayed on this little snow hill all day!

Lucas had snow packed onto the back of his shirt, luckily Nick surrendered his sweater so he had something to wear home!

Bellingham
We decided to take advantage of the Canadian dollar and head across the border to do some Christmas shopping. Friday night the kids got to enjoy the pool and hot tub, while I got to rest in the room...alone. Saturday we hit the stores and got a few things crossed off the list. The Buteau women joined us on Saturday night so we went to Lucas' new favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden for dinner. We loaded up with some Krispie Kreme's and then headed home on Sunday.

EXTRA, EXTRA...
A couple weeks ago, Lucas and the rest of his class went on a field trip to the Burnaby Museum. They are learning about pioneers, so they had to come to class dressed in "olden days" clothes.