I thought as a time saving measure I would do a mix-mash update of what we've been up to these days.
Back in August I helped out my old kickboxing instructor with some advertising photos for his new kickboxing school. Apparently the photos that were taken that day didn't turn out very well (black on black - I was a floating head in some photos) so none of them will get used, but there is another round scheduled soon.
I brought Amber along to the photo shoot thinking that she would find it fun running around the dojo with all the exercise balls, but she did not enjoy it in the slightest. She cried the entire time and each photo was taken in between cry breaks. Needless to say I rushed the photographer so I could get Amber out of there!
In other McNelson news we spent a nice long weekend at our Mt. Cain cabin. It was great because we had the entire cabin to ourselves (a rare treat). Not great, however, in the fact that we had new 'guests' roaming around......mice. It's a common problem up there, but a pain in the butt nonetheless. We managed to get in some family time in between wood chopping time.
The one unfortunate part of the trip was that Amber was teething pretty badly. So she shrieked for about 70% of the time. That's including night time - I didn't sleep for most of the weekend.
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| One of the only ways Amber (and I) could get some sleep! |
Our most recent McNelson adventure was Thanksgiving in Sechelt. This year was my first "solo"dinner. I say "solo" because I definitely had help from my dad and Tim to get the meal to the table. It was a lot of work, but well worth the effort having everyone there with us. I think we would have made mom proud with the dinner we put together.
The next day we all went out for a walk to work off some of the dinner!
