The Pay Off

Truth be told, I am not in the greatest shape. Walking up a hill (or mountain) usually has me huffing and puffing in 5 minutes or less (REALLY). When that mountain side takes a couple of hours of non-stop UP hill climbing, I often catch myself wondering, “what in the Read more…

Summer So Far …

We’ve been enjoying our summer, with picnics by the lake. We’ve been kayaking, hiking, biking and … rock climbing. This is me. I think this my be my first and only full body image on the blog. Do NOT look too close. This is Sam climbing in this photo. He Read more…

Flip Video Giveaway

The winner is: Layna Burns Submitted on 2010/04/08 at 10:29pm Pick me! Pick me! My husbands new job has taken us far away from family. I’d love to be able to share the everyday with my mom and dad and brother. Thank you for the opportunity. Fingers X’d. Congratulations Layna! Read more…

Legs Eleven

Elizabeth is 11 today! Happy birthday sweet girl. Eleven! –> Legs Eleven –> when I was a kid in the middle east we used to play bingo in our village coffee shop. The caller was the Thai barman and he had all sorts of great sayings for the numbers. Legs Read more…

Spring …

Spring skiing that is … The above video is Lizzy and Sam skiing the ski cross course at Norquay in Banff. They love that last jump. We’re just home from 4 great days in the Rockies. Lizzy had a race at Norquay. What a great family ski mountain. I love Read more…

Mountain Climbing

We’re finally home from a month long trekking holiday in South America. Lizzy is full of energy and always in the lead. Lizzy was the first to make the summit of Aconcagua. Even Georgia managed to make it to the top. If this were even a little bit true, it Read more…