Vancouver Olympics 2010

 

Jonathan and I had a wonderful time on our trip to Vancouver, Canada for the winter Olympics! We dropped David off with his adoraing grandparents Thursday evening and enjoyed sharing dinner together, then it was back home for some sleep before the drive up. We got a bit of sleep after watching the American Lysaceck take Gold in Mens figure skating :) it seemed like a good way to start the weekend. The drive up on Friday was BEAUTIFUL, the sun was shinging and the traffic impressivly cooperative. The wait to get thru the border a shocking 15 minutes... we were very pleasantly surprized! We mad our way into Vancouver and after a bit of "hordes of pedestrian humanity makes it difficult to drive in a strange city" stress we found a parking garage and prepared to hoof it the rest of the day. We walked around enjoying the atmosphere, seeing the sights and checking out the cauldron before our dinner reservations at Elixir Restaurant... a delicious French Bistro. After dinner it was more walking to see the cauldron and rings at night- a vast improvement! And to make the atmosphere even more fun, Canada got a Gold in Men's skeleton- the city was like one big cheering party :) it was thrilling to be a part of it!

Day 2: Afer a filling breakfast we headed back towards the city and continued past the thick of things to head to UBC's thunderbird arena to see Switzerland vs. China in Womens Hockey- it was a ton of fun- as my first hockey game I was happy to discover that it is an enjoyable sport to watch- it is fast paced and easy to follow :) Shockingly I ran into my friend Aleena while we were there and enjoyed spending a little bit of time with her on the drive back to Vancouver. The drive back home was just as beautiful.

 

 

 

Backyard exploration

 

David and I decided to accept the beautiful gift of sunshine from God and spent some time chasing Levi, finding rocks and shaking sticks in the backyard. We soaked up some cool sun and got rid of a little cabin fever.
On another note- we got a laptop so now I can blog and edit photos while watching cars with David- I have been freed from the office and am back to blogging :) Enjoy the photos :)

 

 

 

Davids 2nd Birthday

All sorts of fun reigned at David's party. It was chaos and fun contained in our little house. David was thrilled to wake up to find cars themed balloons hanging about the house. He had practice sharing his toys with 7 other children and had more fun with his Lightning McQueen cake topper than the cupcake itself. The kids colored Cars coloring pages and the only time David didn't have fun was when he was told he couldn't have a cupcake yet- we had to wait for the grandparents to arrive. He was devastated for about 5 minutes. Hope you all enjoy the video of his wild balloon fight :)