We spent Christmas as a family quietly and partially in Cochrane. Here are some photos
and video of the fun.
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First, I'll start with a funny photo from the blood donation folks.
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Here's Henry's new awesome Christmas sweater.
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Great comment from the folks at Strava. Now it's possible I'm double and triple counting hours though
with multiple devices, but still neat to see.
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Natalia and I had a sushi lunch on the boys' last day of school. Yum Yum!
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Henry with some birthday money from Aunty Renee.
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Walter also got to make Christmas cookies and decorate them too.
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The boys liked this sign in a car next to ours at Spray Lakes.
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The boys in their bowties after Christmas eve mass over at Janice and Bill's.
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The boys slept in on Christmas morning, only snuggling in to Mommy at about 8am. They came down to
find their Christmas game from Santa was Bananagrams.
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Henry and Walter quite liked their note from Santa. Henry wrote this out 'If you are Santa, sign
your name here'.
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We went to Canmore for some xc skiing with Natalia's sister Maria and John. Here's Nati and Maria
with Ha Ling behind them. This was our first trip to the Nordic Centre in the winter.
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Walter crushing it and zipping past his mom.
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Walter refused to ski with poles since his poles were too short so he just zipped around without them.
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The boys chilling out on the side of the trail waiting for the rest of the group.
Walter zipping on xc skis
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After Walter hit the wall, I pulled him on the Tow Whee strap and them he chilled out in the snow
waiting for the team (with a snowball in his hands).
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The boys having a snack in a pretty sweet meadow hut at CNC.
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Two sisters enjoying their Christmas drinks Maria made.
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Henry finally completed his engine assembly and thought it was pretty awesome.
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I took the boys for a zip around Bighill Springs Prov Park and they thought it was cool that the
water is warm enough year-round that there are green plants in the water.
Henry describing the operation of his engine
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Natalia decided that she wanted a key lime pie for her birthday so she went and got it herself.
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I took my nephew Luc to a Flames game on the Christmas break. Here he is after warmups.
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I bought Natalia 50/50 tickets since she likes that sort of thing. Here's Luc showing the receipt
and ticket numbers.
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We thought this dude's sign was pretty funny.
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We drove to Red Deer to ski at Canyon with the boys' cousins. You can see that the amount of snow
they have is similar to us at this point. But it was sunny and easy to visit there.
Logan and Walter skiing at Canyon
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Henry, Grace, and Walter at the top of Canyon in the sun.
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Henry and I went to Nakiska the next day and Henry managed to forget the one thing I asked him
to bring for himself - ski pants. So, as we waited for our friend Stacey to save his butt, we
for a hike towards Kananaskis Falls and Henry got to try out his ice cleats.
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Blurry shot of Henry and Kananaskis Peak.
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Henry playing in the creek and punching holes in the ice.
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Henry with his new skis and his labels that he added.
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Once Henry got his loaner ski pants, the ski day was saved. Here he is skiing with his friends Ty
and Rhys on a gorgeous day at Nak.
