"It's the climb"

In warmer times (2 weeks ago), we took a ride/walk through the woods with Peter, our Canadian Safari Guide. Buck is quite the bike rider these days.
Thunder, CSG and Buck take a break.
Thunder LOVES CSG. That baby knows how to pick 'um!
A sleepy THunder takes a nap
on dad (are you ready for some football?)
File this under - "have I posted these pictures yet?"

It was Canadian thanksgiving this past weekend. Canadians will know that only they just call it 'Thanksgiving'. It's essentially a 3 day holiday. One friend explained that it's basically (her words) a "religious holiday. People will go to church on Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving." I told her that this seems strange because I don't know many Americans who go to church on Thanksgiving Thursday (unless they go daily anyway or are religious). It's usually celebrated on Sunday here (hence, the church tie-in) and the Monday is just the obligatory day off.

We spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning in Banff at the Douglas Fir resort. It has little chalets 2 bedrooms each that stand alone (read - kids can make as much noise as they want) and the resort has 2 waterslides and a 2 or 3 story indoor playground. Buck was in heaven and it made our first family trip totally enjoyable. The weather was insanely cold and we barely noticed because we spent most of it inside. We shopped a tiny bit (Buck complained the entire time because he was very hungry) and I watched movies on the movie channel they supplied (let's hear it for authentic Thanksgiving!) I'll post pics tomorrow because there were some cute ones. The boys were great and Thunder even slept until 9 am on Monday! A first and a kid after my own heart.

Monday night we had "Thanksgiving left-overs" at our friends, the Maxwells. We had such a good time and it is always so easy and fun to hang out with them. We were so glad to actually have some turkey and Buck had a chance to play with his buddy David until late into the night. Buck insisted on our bringing his Superman PJ's, so it was very nearly a sleep-over. He can't wait to have David to our house.

This morning, we woke up to snow. It's not snowing now, but the clouds look ominous. Winter is back and the jumpy castle is in full force downstairs...