Seems there isn't enough time in the day and the blog is the last item on the 'to-do' list :( But I want to keep this going as I know I will really appreciate when I am old and grey (or more grey than I currently am!) and I hope our kids will also enjoy it one day. So here's a point form breakdown of the rest of our January!!!
- On January 1st we celebrated the Christmas season with some of our Cameron family! We always have a great time and the kids especially love spending time with their cousins whom they're so close in age with. We went to Cal's brother's house in Stony Plain, where his mom and neice and nephew were visiting. We had a delicious meal, opened gifts and visited. It was a great day!
- On January 5th we headed to Red Deer for Emerson's 1st out of town ringette tournament!! She was so excited, as were we!! Cal and Blake hitched a ride home with my parents on Friday night, so they could go to hockey on Saturday and Sunday. The tournament was so much fun! The team and siblings had a blast in the hotel pool, we had a fun dinner out on Friday night and the kids played awesome! Emerson was a rock star in net for a few games and earned herself the player of the game stuffie!! They didn't come home with a medal but we all went home with smiles from a great weekend :)
- It was back to school on the 7th :( Not too many happy faces about that but we had a wonderful Christmas holiday!!
- On January 13th Emerson's dance group performed at St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church for Ukrainian New Year's Eve (Malanka). I love watching her dance!!
- January 19-21 was the Edmonton Silver Ring Tournament, which both girls played in! We had an awesome weekend with both teams! Team lunches, fun at the rink and some great ringette!! Grandma D even sported an Edmonton Ringette jersey and filled in a volunteer spot for us!!!! Thank you so much, Grandma!!!
- January 12 to 21 was Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. This is always such a fun tournament and this year was no different!! The KC Cougars had a great run with some awesome games. They played some of their best hockey to date, winning 2 games and losing the last in a close, hard fought battle. No medal this year but all should be proud of how well they played as a team!! Loved watching these kids, so exciting!!
- January 27 brought a 'nothing on the calendar' day, which is extremely rare during hockey and ringette season!! The kids played outside, building a snow fort and playing for hours. It was awesome and I had a moment where I thought, "Hmmm, not sure how many of these days we will get :(" They are growing up so fast and I'm not sure how many more years we'll have of all 3 wanting to play outside, building snow forts but I hope at least a few more! I love when they all play together and have fun :)
February is coming up next and although the shortest month of the year, it is one of the busiest in the Cameron house!! Talk to you soon :)
~Tracy
