We have moved!

We moved into our new house last week. Moving day was not the best, -24 and snow!! But we are in and once again unloading boxes :-( The good news is that we now have a guest room with a queen size bed, so we are ready for visitors!!!

Meet the new members of the family!

Meet Rambo, Jimbo and Pippin the new members of our family.
We visited the Calgary Humane Society yesterday morning to look for a couple of kittens for when we move into our new house (5th March). These three guys were in a room together and needless to say we could not leave one behind! We adopted them expecting to have to wait before being able to bring them home but they were all good to go, so home they came. They have settled in very well and are getting thoroughly spoiled. Here are a few more pictures of the boys. Click here

Young Canadians

Today Sophie had a gruelling day at an audition for "The Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede" it started at 09:00 (which meant an 08:30 start for us.) She had an hour & a half audition which consisted of singing & then a dance class & did well enough to get a "call back notice."

That was for 4pm - we couldn't really leave because the hockey team were playing at the park so if we left we would never have got back in! Luckily there was a restaurant so we went for a long lunch & a couple of equally long walks to pass the time!

One thing to bear in mind was that she woke up this morning with a raging sore throat & stinking cold, so was feeling pretty rotten to boot!

They were running late so the call back didn't start until 4.30 in the end. That took another hour and a bit. However, the long & short of it is that she got in!!! over 100 girls & she got into the final 16 that made it. There are also 16 boys but there were only 19 to start with to choose from!

They perform the Grandstand show at the Calgary Stampede this July - so there are some very lucky Grandparents who will be seeing their Grandaughter perform in a very big show!!

For those of you who don't know what on earth I'm talking about here's a link to their website: http://www.theyoungcanadians.com/

If you still don't get it look up the Calgary stampede on Google!

Needless to say we're very, very proud of her right now!

Just a quick note to all our friends in the UK - especially London - HOPE YOUR"E ENJOYING THE SNOW!!!! Heeheehee - PS we have bright sun & warm weather right now here in Calgary!!

We've bought a house!

We made an offer today on the above house and it was accepted :-) We take possession on March 2nd. If anyone would like to pop over to help us move that would be great!! Here are some more pictures of our new house here

First Ski/Snowboard of the year

Yesterday we made it to Canada Olympic Park, which is only 15 minutes from home, for our first ski/snowboard lessons since arriving in Calgary. Sophie decided to do skiing and the boys and I did snowboarding. Becky decided not to ski because of her dodgy knee, so she took loads of pictures instead. After our one and a half hour lesson we decided to continue and did another 3 or 4 runs from the top of the slop. We all had a blast! Everything was going really well until the final run when a skier decided to use me to stop. I felt like I had been hit by a train, but after the medics had checked me out I continued to the bottom of the slop. I now have some nice bruises and a rather painful back!! But we all can't wait to go again. Have a look at the pictures from the day, click here

Happy New Year!

Well, we started the year in the UK and ended it in Canada. What a year!
We enjoyed our first Christmas in Calgary especially as it was a white one. The only thing that spoilt it was that Becky had to work. Although she has 5 days off over New Year. We saw 2009 in at our house with a Turkey Christmas dinner (cos Becky missed it) and our friends Nick, Ali, Erin, Jacob and Nick's parents Judy and Chris. Needless to say it was a fairly boozy affair with the sing along version of Mamma Mia, silly games and sparklers! Here are the pictures from Christmas and New Year.