Winterlude and a visit from our friends

Last weekend (Feb. 4th) we had a very nice visit from Bill, Margo, Liam and Ella. Their visit coincided with the first weekend of Winterlude so we took the opportunity to take in some of the sights and to have a skate on the canal (the world's longest skating rink).

It was nice to see the Springgay-Josey family and to see how much Ella has changed (you don't really notice the changes so much when its your own child and you see her on a daily basis).


Sophie and Ella got along well togther (although we don't sense that there is any recognition of each other). Ella was fascinated with a toy electric guitar and the girls took turns sharing the musical instruments.

Liam is sure growing as well and is a terrific skater! He and Stephanie had fun playing together and it was yet another sad goodbye when they left.

On Sunday, we had our canal skate and met up with Lee, Lesley and Mara, and Amy and Molly (see the group photo of us on the canal). We skated for a couple of hours (probably about 5 km) and then headed back to Lee and Lesley's home for some pizza.
It was a great weekend and we're so glad to have made these lasting friendships with people in our group.

Chris, Caroline, Stephanie and Sophie.