Snow Lovely

In the past 3 days - 1.5 feet! Been hard work for the single snow plow that works for the DNV!

Brilliant Brand Awareness

Kudos to the marketing geniuses at Starbucks, McDonalds, and Nickelodeon. Jasper at the ripe old age of 20 months can locate any and all Starbucks and proceed to scream "nana loaf" at the top of his lungs until I give in a buy him some banana loaf and of course a latte for me (from which he demands a sip). Jasper also can identify "Don-alds" even though he has been there less times than I can count on one hand, and of course will only wear one singular pair of running shoes every single day (despite the fact he has loads of lovely boots and cute shoes to choose from) and those are his "Go Diego Go" sneakers....sigh.

A few random shots from this weekend....a new tricycle from Mimi and Papa!

Vegas baby....

We are the king and queen of the "self-portrait!"

In the course of one week I had not only my first overnight trip away from Jasper, but my first actual "get-on-a-plane-and-fly-away-for-2-days-and-nights" trip without Jasper. I decided to take the opportunity this year to meet Aaron in Vegas at the end of his work trip for CES. I think the hardest part of the trip was the anticipation of leaving Jasper and actually getting out the door, but once I was safely cruising at 30000 feet I started to relax and get into the vacation spirit. Night one - we hit the buffet and cruised the strip - inhaled tons of second hand smoke from the casinos - drank some drinks and called it an early night (but one with 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep!). Friday called for some daylight cruising of the strip, a blissful hour of shopping in Sephora, a 100$ jackpot for me at slots, a quick trip to the Outlet Mall and a lovely long dinner topped off with drinks and the Blue Man Group....Much love and thanks to Grandma Day who took such amazing care of her grandson, he is so lucky to have you! xo

Momma's night out

I am so fortunate to have so many great friends in my life. Some of these friends I have had since high-school (and grade school!) and are still very special, very important parts of my life. So what a treat that 4 of my girlfriends from high school and I descended upon Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria for 24 hours of drinking, laughing, spa-ing and eating, and here's the best part - all without our kids! (insert major thank you to all the grandmas for looking after said kids!!)
On a bittersweet note - its the last time I will see my pal Janet for awhile as she is off to Sydney Australia in 2 weeks to begin an exciting new chapter in her life...good luck Jano - I will miss you!

"Wi" wish you a Happy 2008!

We rang in 2008 this year with some good friends at Casa Nielsen. We managed to get the kids down at the decent hour of 10pm after a whole lotta surf and turf and the most heavenly homemade tiramisu (thank you Nathan!). Surprisingly all of us made it not only to midnight, but well past to the wee hours of 2:30am - I think the intensity of the Wi tennis competition helped all of us push through the fatigue...congrats to Ron who holds the title of Wi Tennis Champ for 2008!
Happy 2008 to all of our friends and family - we wish you nothing but happiness, health, and many new and exciting adventures!