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I got to ski yesterday and there sure was a lot of snow. I did eight quick runs in 3 hours and found some really sweet snow even after showing at 1030. No pictures, though you can all check out the revelstoke mountain resort website ( www.revelstokemountainresort.com ) to seee what you are missing. Also check out the Revelstoke Times Review website ( www.revelstoketimesreview.com ) for some pictures of the bar's Movember photos. I have a cool mustache. Here is the sunset, Maddie and a snow man, and CeeCee's first haircut. Kids are fine just swimming and skating this weekend, probably skiiing next one.

We tried some skiing in the yard today as coverage was excellent. Will has logged some serious time on his nordic skiis and was dying to try the downhill skiis acquired from the Bollefers. There is a great community of parents here that gets gear around and used as it can be very expensive to have to rent or buy gear all the time. We have some stuff that can be passed along too if anyone needing it wants to take a look. Madeleine got out today to do some crosscountry and really impressed me with all that she remembered from her lessons last year, it was pretty awesome. I was in snowshoes and had to run to keep up a lot of the time. She also was a big help To her brother, he actually said that " Maddie already taught me how to ski I don't need lessons". At the end of the trip she was also the cause of his frustration as she was so quick.

It was the first big snowfall last night. Only 20cm but a good start. The snow is here til April. Everyone should come and see us and enjoy this stuff, it is fantastic.

Just some photos from a few weeks back. We have enough snow now in town that Will went cross country skiing in the park today. He was very excited and had a great time. Cee got to toboggan and MadB was at school. We have had some beautiful days with snowy mountains and blue skies. These have been a great pleasure as so much cloud has been around lately, and thankfully left a large load of snow.

Here are some winter themed pictures as I would say it is winter now. A couple of cold snowy days plus we are skating skiing and building snowmen, winter has started.

Happy Halloween to everyone, it was quite a big deal this year. Will and Mad each had a party and I spent the day skiing. MadB's party was quite large, all the grade one girls from Mountainview, Will just had two buddies. This town really goes all in for this day, which for some reason surprises me. I guess it is really fun and I guess people like fun.

All I can say is the usual, I have been very busy. We just got back from a quick trip to Calgary with the only purpose being to visit friends and take a break before we get into the ski season. We stopped in Canmore to try to take in some of the Festival of Eagles but only got a slice of what we had hoped for. It was still rewarding though our time in Calgary was all we expected. We saw almost everyone we meant to and did all we needed to. It was fun and emotional for the kids seeing old friends and going by old haunts. Madeleine shed some tears after leaving the city and Will hopes to move back except he will really miss our ski hill and his friends. Other than that we are all fine and busy.