Jan 2010

Candace and I skating on the lake.. Awesome!!!

Australia day!

Skiers coming down the ski hill at night!.. Olympic celebrations

Soooo Coool!!!

Mum and dad.. do you reacognise where this is??? outside the farside pub!

Olympic Torch celebrations

Road trip to Calary

Ashten and I in Banff

At the top of the chair lift!!! about the take the plunge over the edge!!

Well im almost through my first winter and it has been a blast!!! I am learning to ski! today i went skating on the lake.. the olympic torch came through this little town and Australia day was awesome in the cafe and even better when it ended with a beautiful lamb roast dinner...

Skiing is great fun.. really hard and i have soooo many bruises but my friend Wendy took me up the chair lift last week and i went down the big hill... i dont think i have fallen so many times in my life but i got down (almost cried) but i did it!
Wendy and Kathy and Candace and I are planning to go to Idahoe to go skiing in a week or so! so practice practice practice this week!!!! It is going to be a girls weekend and should be really fun!
Skating on the lake was so so so good today! I fell and have a massive bruise on my knee but it was worth it! The sun was shining and the mountains looked unbelievable with the snow on top and we were able to skate out into the middle of the lake and enjoy the sun!!!
People drive across the lake in the winter has a short cut to get from where i live to town so we then drove across the lake to get home... to add to a perfect afternoon the sun was setting and it was incrediable!
Australia day was so fun!!! I made lamingtons, meat pies, caramel slice, ANZAC cookies, pavolva and had a sausage sizzle.. i was so tired after cooking so much but had a great time listening to Australian music and just talking to people about home!
After work and a few Australian beers i went to Finn and Wendy's house and they made a lamb roast! We drank some aussie wine and just chilled out! It was awesome!
The olympic torch was just so amazing! we live in such a small town and to have people run it through was so so cool!
well there have been a few other exciting things like Ashten (a staff member from Gloria Jeans) was in Banff so i went with some friends to see her...
The Hoodoo's had a gala dinner and everyone that went dressed up and it was such a awesome night!! the food was great and there was a ice bar and some other cool things...

Overall Jan 2010 has been great!!!

I miss you all and hope you also had a great Jan!

Do I Stay??

So in 8 weeks my job ends... i can stay if i would like... or do i go for a months holiday and come back and work the summer..... or do i leave and move somewhere else in Canada... or come home to Australia............

I have no idea... What should i do....

Holiday photos...

The holidays....

Well i have not written in a while and lots has been happening around here!! It has got as cold as -30!! Its so insane how cold that is... especially when i am trying to unlock the coffee shop door at 530am and its frozen!! Today however its +5 so now all the snow has turned to ice and its a little slippery when you drive....
Last night a few friends and i went to invermere for a drink and we drove home on the lake!!! Its scary driving on the lake but fun as well!!!! Last night though there was lots of water cause it had started to melt!! my heart was racing!
I am loving winter! it has been so fun learning how to ski! i am now using poles and next time i am going to go up the chair lift!!! im proud of myself! I like being able to ski!
Claire and Justin came just before christmas and i spent a great week with them! I was able to show them around this cute little town and spend some good time together!
After they left my friend Jess came to stay for a couple of weeks...
We had christmas together! It was fun.. all the people that didnt have family for christmas came to my place and we had a good time! New years we just went to the bar down the road and had some drinks... Overall it has been great but really really busy!
Australia day is coming up and Merryn (the other australian) that works in the coffee shop and i are planning a really fun day! we are going to make meat pies, caramel slice, lamingtons.. we are going to serve australian beer and over all have a great day!
i feel like the last 2 or 3 months have been so busy i just have not had time to do anything or catch up with anyone! So friends and family i am really sorry! I think things will start to settle down now and life will be normal again!
I will post some pictures of the last few months here in the next couple of days..
love you
K xx