Joel's 11th Birthday

Joel had a few friends over last night for a sleep over to celebrate his 11th birthday. They had a fun night. His birthday is actually tomorrow and I spent a while today making him some more cupcakes to take to Sunday School, but he has gone to bed sick. We have had a virus going around the family. It is pretty nasty but short lived. Poor Joel may end up spending his birthday in bed.

Paoli Peaks

The girls school went skiing as a group to Paoli Peaks, which is only 1 hours drive from Louisville. We went as a family for my birthday as I love to ski. We had a great day. It was not as good as New Zealand as it was really just a hill where they make their own snow. You can see the snow machines in the picture above. There were 4 or 5 different ski runs. The deal was great though. They do a package where you get a lift pass, ski lesson, ski equipment hire and lunch.

I am having trouble uploading videos onto our blog so here is a link to some of us skiing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5591766636538976640

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1417796996132433291

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2113256771667569208

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9079919772106108264

More Winter Photos

Mum thinks I should be hanging out my washing no matter what the season. Sorry Mum but I'm not touching the clothes line when it looks like this! A photo of Anna-Marie's.

On Friday the sun finally came out and the ice started to melt. All the trees which were layered with ice looked really amazing in the sun.

Rachel and Callie building a snowman.

Rachel and Matthew with Drew and Callie. Their family stayed with us for a couple of nights while the power was out at their place. It was a lot of fun (for us), having extra people in the house. This storm ended up being a lot like Hurricane Ike. Over 200,000 homes were without power. Many still do not have power and schools are still closed tomorrow. This makes two State Emergencies in 6 months!