Permanent Residents!!

We finally got our paperwork through to become Permanent Residents of Canada, which paves the way for us to apply for Citizenship in 2012.

To activate the Visa we had to take a short trip into the USA! As the border with Montana is but a 3.5 hr drive from Calgary that is where we went.

These pictures were taken just as we crossed back into Canada. Alex didn't want to get out of the car, so he is not in them!

Graduation for Lewis

Alex isn't the only "Grad" in our household! Lewis graduated Elementary school this year & he did very well in his final exams!

He moves on to Junior High where we all hope he will keep up the good work.

They had a really nice celebratory party & got a keepsake year book.

All new to us UK folks but actually I think it was rather nice.

Alex Graduation Banquet

Alex with his girlfriend, Ayla, before heading out for his Graduation banquet. Note my other "baby" in the background too!

I finally got my dream baby grand & I think it's very photogenic as well!

Figure Skating already!

Sophie's first figure skating picture! She doesn't have a skating dress yet but made use of a dance costume from many moons ago to fake it! Recycling at it's best!

20 Years of marriage!

Last weekend we went to Banff to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Nick and Ali also tagged along because we met them on our honeymoon in Austria all those years ago, so it seemed fitting that we spent the weekend together. We stayed in a lovely hotel and spoiled ourselves by staying in a loft suite. The video above is the view from our balcony. The weather was beautiful and the weekend was topped off by Canada beating USA in the hockey final of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics!

Lewis is 12!

It was Lewis' birthday on the 17th (and our anniversary), so we had a meal out at Japanese Village with Ali, Nick, Erin and Jacob. Lewis had to wear the wig and Jacob agreed to wear the other one :-)

Good Luck Vaughn!

This is Sophie, her friend Lucy and her sister Liberty, with Vaughn Chipeur, who is on his way to compete in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Vaughn is a member of the same skating club as Sophie and they organised this party for him. All the other members were able to skate with him and wish him GOOD LUCK in Vancouver!

The Olympic Torch Relay

This morning we took Lewis and Sophie to see the Olympic Torch arrive and depart Canada Olympic Park. This was a venue at the 1988 Olympics, when hosted by Calgary, where Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards became famous. It was an early start to get to COP for breakfast at 7:30, but it was better than school, and the torch arrived at around 9:40. We got a great view as the torch bearer came down the bob sled run followed by the half pipe (snowboarders playground for their tricks) and then lit the Cauldron. The next torchbearer then lit a new torch from the Cauldron and headed off to Banff. This was rather a special event for Calgarian’s as the Olympic flame was coming back to Calgary after a 22 year absence. For more pictures - click here