Sarah's house on the Gold Coast

Barn Quilt finished

This is an appliqued quilt that I have been working on for a few years and I am sure you have all either seen it while it was in process. I finally finished it yesterday.
Here are some of my favourite scenes from the quilt. That rooster took me three hours to make.
Love these cows. But I had to paint them on white material. All new experiences for me.

Ride that Rhino!

Can't forget about Shisha, our very fury Kitty!!!

Loves boxes, and Drayden's bumble chair!!! She likes to get into everything!!!

Stanford's first bath, I love this photo!!!

Sunggle. B. Stanford, out on a fall day!!!

First Christmas, no photo with Santa this year, we missed him, but mom's Christmas bears!!!

Thanks Uncle Bill, still a little to big though!!!

Little Monkey!!!

Dray Wild, getting ready to watch the game!!! Go Canada!!!

Christmas and Tubing

Christmas Tree Day - group photo

Christmas Tree Day - resting after all the walking and chopping.

Christmas Tree Day - most important - the ice.

Hudson, Cooper and Drayden - ready for Christmas Eve supper

Betts and Drayden - Christmas morning

At the bottom of the hill - Kris, Cooper, Maaike & Donna

The end of a fun evening

Tubing near St. Marys

On a cool evening 10 of us went tubing near St. Marys.
Stef, Maaike and Matty survived a run down the slope.
Donna and Johnny
Marianne
Zak
Then it was time for a snack.

Christmas Day at Johnny & Donna's

Jake
Samanatha practicing her driving skills.
Samantha, Jericho and Jake
Letticia brought a new card game and it sure was a hit!

Johnny preparing to serve the ham.
Donna and Ashlay
Donna, Matty and Stef. Talk about posing for a photo Matty!

Hello from Switzerland!

I have arrived in Switzerland and am enjoying the skiing. However, it is really really hard to find an apartment. It takes on average two months to find an apartment and you need to view the apartment, then go to the agency and fill out applications and do this about 20 times and wait.

However, thinking about some skiing instead. I went with some friends from Vancouver and we went to the Matterhorn!

I bought new telemark skis as well, they aren't quite as garishly coloured as the last ones, but still pretty bright.

Food is expensive, everything is expensive. But, not as bad as you might think since all the taxes are included in the prices which makes comparing them difficult. Cheese and yogurt are cheaper here, it must be because of all the cows! Meat is  much more expensive.

And speaking of livestock, check me out with the sheep on campus! They are grazing on the grass outside my building at EPFL. They are used instead of lawnmowers and I can sit at my window and watch them fight.

The other big difference is how early the stores close. Almost nothing is open on Sunday, and most grocery stores are only open until 6 or 7pm. Apparently many women in Switzerland don't work, or work limited hours which is one explanation for the severe lack of shopping hours. Sometimes you can become really desperate for some food. Damn I need a housewife.

cookie making day at Isabel's

The start of a great day of making cookies, eating and a cool walk etc.

Fashion diva

Two things this girl loves...eating, and fashion!

An afternoon campfire at the bush!