Torch In Town!

The olympic torch made its way to Quesnel yesterday and we were excited to have the chance to take part in the Olympics. My mum and dad were visiting and we got the kids all dressed up in their new olympic mitts and Canada fleeces (from Grammie and Granddad) and headed out to the church to watch it go by. It was fun to see it arrive in Barkerville style on a stage coach. Emily and Jayson caught the excitement in the air, and Benjamin got so excited he fell asleep before the torch arrived. Oh well, we have pictures to prove he was there even though he won't remember it!

Christy

Kid profiles

Jayson at age 5:
Favourite Sport: Hockey
Favourite Hockey Team: Penguins
Favourite Hockey Player: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby
Favourite Toys: Monster Trucks, Bakugan and Monster trucks from Christmas.
Best Friends: Triton, Gage, Joshua, Judah, Winter, Mason, Lilly and Tara.
Favourite Movie: Disney Cars, 101 Dalmations, Veggietales and Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
Favourite Meal: Waffles
Favourite Sibling: Benjamin
Favourite Books: Scaredy Squirrel

Emily at age 3:
Best Friends: Alyssa, Becca, Emma.
Favourite Toys: Ponies, pets(stuffies), and little people.
Favourite Movie: 101 Dalmations, Veggietales
Favourite Sport: Swimming
Favourite Hockey Team: Canucks
Favourite Hockey Player: Roberto Luongo
Favourite Meal: "Going Donalds"
Favourite Brother: Jayson
Favourite Books: Dora book, God makes Nighttime too

Benjamin at age 0 (with help from Jay and Em):
Best Friends: Danaea and "only babies"
Favourite Toys:Blues clues and anything he can put in his mouth
Favourite Movie: Baby Einstein
Favourite Sport: 3 meter crawl
Favourite Hockey Team: Canucks... usually so riveting that he falls asleep.
Favourite Meal: Baby Cereal and mum-mums
Favourite Siblings: Jayson and Emily
Favourite Books: Anything that has touchy-feely things on it.
Favourite Words: Dah and Mum.

There goes the snow

Well, by morning our snowman was toppled and we'd lost a few inches of snow. Today I'm looking at about 5 or 6 inches left on our roof and our forecast is for +9C today! And for tonight, get this... RAIN! I think I'm going to stand outside and let it fall on my face for a while. All week we are forecast to see above 0c here in Quesnel, which means that's the end of the snow depth. Our chairs and slide in the back are almost free of snow completely. Well, until the next dump of snow... which will take us through to the beginning of March with snow on the ground.

I've just enjoyed some cereal with frozen blueberries and now planning out the kids breakfast. I think we are going to spend some significant time outside today.
~Wes

Above Zero!

It was a beautiful day here in frozenland today. The mercury climbed all the way to the five this afternoon. Combined with the bright sunshine it made today a perfect snowman building day. Here's a photo of the kids and their (and Wes') creation:

Happy New Year!

The Linde Family wishes you a very Happy New Year 2010!

Last night (New Years Eve) we stayed in, had a mock party with the kids at the turn of the decade (Eastern Time) and sent them off to bed. Minus Ben of course, who did not nap at all yesterday, except for the couple naps in our arms before trying to put him down in his crib. It made it very hard for Christy to get anything done yesterday. But we love the little adventurous monkey and he was very happy staying awake as much as possible for the last day of 2009.

We stayed in because we are all so tired from partying all week at the Lees' house with all the family from that side.

I'm preaching at the church here on Sunday and I'm using Matthew 28:18-20... with a little help from a children's book called "Scaredy Squirrel makes a friend". It's quite intriguing to look at when thinking about Jesus' commission to us.

I should get back to drinking coffee and watching the kids... especially Ben since he puts everything in his mouth.

Again, Happy New Year!
~Wes