The Leboes

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Experience

After a whirlwind trip to Vancouver and back we are happy to report that Vancouver is a pretty cool place to be during the Olympic Games. Although we didn’t take in the events we were hoping to, it was simply a great experience to be in Vancouver. Mike and Julie were able to join us – what a great time.

The first thing we did was head to the Olympic Cauldron. It was really busy and we were kept back further than usual as the RCMP were on their way, mounted, and in full dress.

Downtown Vancouver is really busy, but not out of hand. I didn’t get a good Robson crowd shot, but here is one from the Waterfront. Frances and I walked from Yale Town to Waterfront after 10pm and were not the least bit worried.

In the evening Mike was able to get us tickets to a Victory Ceremony. As luck would have it Alshleigh McIvor was getting her gold medal for Ski Cross. It was really cool being there with 25,000 people singing the Canadian national anthem. Just a great experience. I tried really hard not to let the Billy Talent show taint my mood!

After the ceremony we walked to Waterfront to grab the Sky Train. The Olympic Cauldron is much more impressive at night.

Yep, we’re so glad we got to take in just a little bit of the Olympic experience.

On day two of our trip we got to spend the day with the Breedvelds and visit their new house. We watched the Swiss hockey game, and then went for dinner with everyone to watch the Canada – Russia game. It was so loud in the restaurant when Canada scored that Nate jumped every time. I got the Breedveld boys to stay still long enough to take a couple pictures.

Go Canada Go!

Frosty Walk

This afternoon we took a walk along the power lines, through an unknown trail, and ended up at Forests for the World. It turned out to be a great trail. The kids did great on the approximately 5km trek.

A bridge mountain bikers use in the summer.

Since Hannah was bugging me about bringing the camera this is the picture I’m using of her!

The frost is just awesome right now. I could have taken a lot more pictures.

OK, fine, a normal one of Hannah.

The frost on the trees right now is really amazing. Hopefully it hangs around a while longer.

Leboe Olympic Fever

Gotta get in on the “Olympic Fever” posts…
We’ve got it bad at the Leboe household. We’ll watch anything if it’s Olympics – luge, skeleton, even men’s figure skating (love those outfits). We’ve got our red mittens, our stuffed Quatchi and MukMuks, pins etc… The best news is that Chris and I are heading down to Vancouver on Tuesday and will be getting a bit of the feel of Vancouver during the Olympics and should be able to take in an event (he wants hockey, I want figure skating) on Tuesday evening. It’s weird because before the Olympics started, I wasn’t very excited about them – just complained about how much money they were costing. Now that they’ve started we’re all so pumped for them. It’s only every 4 years, so you need to enjoy them while they’re here! We’ll let you know how our trip goes

Bread & Cheese

Valentines Day was a day of bread and cheese. Frances spent the day with her mom making bread at a class put on by The Red Rooster Artisan Bakery. The results pictured below were great. Soooo good.

Next up was smothering that bread into melted cheese. Regina made a great fondue for Hannah. She’s missed out on a few so she was very excited.

All in all, a nice relaxing Valentines Day.

Hills Health Ranch Staff Party

This weekend my office had our annual kick off party. This year it was a road trip to the Hills Health Ranch near 108 Mile, BC. In spite of the lack of snow there was a lot to do. We headed out Friday afternoon and arrived just in time to have dessert and watch the tube run.

Saturday was a full day. We started with a big breakfast followed by a sleigh ride.

The sleigh ride took us to a teepee next to a pond. We had a nice wiener roast lunch and Hannah took part in her first geo cache discovery. Josh was more a fan of the pond.

After the sleigh ride it was time to hit the tube ride. It was quite iced up, but that did not stop the kids. They loved it.

Next up was a magic workshop. A great magician came in and taught us how to do a few tricks. Everyone really enjoyed this.

Next up was dinner. The kids started off the buffet, and we were entertained by a full magic show during dessert.

To top it off the kids got to spend the evening at the pool. On Sunday we were able to sleep in a bit, and let the kids hit the pool again. It was a really great trip.

Afternoon Walk

We took the opportunity to take a walk down the hill near our house. It’s not especially nice out, but we still took some time to take a few pictures.

It was mostly cloudy skies, but it was nice and blue around the moon.

Hannah at the beginning of our walk – ready to go.

And lastly, Josh, at the end of our walk, decided that he needed a block of ice for the backyard. He did carry/push it home. If only he was that motivated in other aspects of his life.

Caution: Toby Post

Since he’s like our newest child, here are some more pictures of Toby, the wonder lab.

Just so everyone knows, wonder lab is a term of endearment and not in any way reflective of his behaviour. Actually, that’s not entirely true either. Toby shows flashes of great behaviour when he is tired out. Exercise will be a priority necessity in his life.

Lazy Afternoon

Today was a bit of a recuperation and recovery day. While out in the yard with the kids I took a few pictures. Here are a few I liked.

As usual you can get to the larger versions by clicking on the pictures and then hit the all sizes option.

Morning Visitors

Before we headed to work and school we discovered we had a couple visitors. They weren’t really bothered when I went outside to grab a shot or two. All they did was stand up, move back a bit, and continue eating.

Cross Country Trek

This afternoon we met up with George and Regina to scout out a cross country ski trail down the street from our house. Turns out it’s a beautiful trail.

We’ll be trying this out again soon.