Scott has been very keen to try skate skiing and since he found some cheap used skis for the girls, we went off to test out their new equipment! Skate skiing is a bit different from cross country in that it uses uses shorter skis and, instead of staying in the tracks, you typically skate in the middle of the trail by pushing off your skis from side to side. You move much faster than cross country skiing but obviously not as fast as downhill skis or ice skating. The girls (especially Evie) had a good time trying out skate skiing and got the hang off it very quickly. Scott and I tried with our regular cross country skis and were mildly successful. It was still fun enough that we'd totally do it again. It also didn't hurt that there was lovely new snow while we were out and we were on a very flat wide trail that wasn't at all crowded. We'll be back!
Evie's form, while Nora tried to stay in the tracks.
We were out for about 3 hours and this was about the halfway point.
All smiles at the end of the day means a pretty good day in my book!
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.
Just 2 weeks ago I was in the beautiful town of Banff enjoying girl time with my cousins and taking in the picturesque landscape and now I'm holed up in front of my computer doing work. Oh how I wish I could go back! This was my second trip to Banff (first time was back in 2019 on a roadtrip with the family ) and I got to check out other parts of this beautiful National Park while laughing it up with these girls to celebrate Frances' big birthday.. We all met up at Calgary airport on Friday morning and after a quick lunch at Calan Noodles for hand-made beef noodle soup (yum!), we hopped in our rental car and drove the 90 minutes to Banff. I was surprised and impressed at how easy the drive was - even easier than driving to Whistler because of the wide and well maintained freeway. That first afternoon in Banff we walked around town and did some shopping before making our way to Brazen, a bistro serving "Modern Canadian" fare. What's Modern Canadian you ask? We di...
We picked up our finished creations from the glass blowing class we took a few weeks ago and I think they came out great! Can you tell who made which one? Nora's sunset pumpkin, May's bluebird and Evie's snow pumpkin.
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