what have we been up to?

We have had visitors lately!  Last weekend we had a mother moose and her calf hanging out in our yard for a couple of hours.  This picture is of them right outside our front door.  They were trying to eat whatever leaves they could find and for about an hour they lay down in the snow for a nap! 

We also had my parents (liz), my brother Stuart, his wife  Lauren, and their little baby Maddie for the long weekend.  We had fun downhill skiing, going out to dinner, playing the card game "Ligretto", going on winter walks, and trying to track down Harrison Ford.  We did see him twice!  I saw him at storytime at the library the night before my family came.  He was there with his son.  Then my dad saw him while he was on his morning walk, driving by in his suburban.  He even waved!!  

This week Sam received his Dragon Belt in Karate.  Look out everyone!  His is pretty tough!  I do need to say that I have grown respect for karate which means "empty hand".  I am tempted to take karate.  It is good exercise and it would feel good to be an empty handed threat.

So the obsession with skate skiing continues!  Adam is totally obsessed and I am loving it too!  Last weekend I entered my first race.  Adam went too,  although it was not his first.  Mine was 12k and Adam's was 25k.  I was really slow, but I had so much fun!