~ Gone Ice-Fishin' ~

I love this action shot! Using the chainsaw to cut the hole in 24" of ice.

Checking out the "catch of the day". The dogs wouldn't normally have gone with the boys, but they got out of the compound and chased the snowmobiles about 3km down the lake.

Fresh water ling cod - Mmmmm, yummy. We made cod nuggets out of this ugly guy! Too bad he was the only catch Nathan made all winter long.

Sean, kissing the cod. Nathan neglected to tell him that he wasn't in Newfoundland and there wasn't any Screech to drink.



To give a little perspective on just how deep that hole actually was.


So, I'm playing "catch up" with some of our activities here in Takla. Rest assured that there is NO more snow here. These photos are from the end of February.

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~ Mud Pies ~

April 4th. This is how the spring break up looked. Pretty ugly and wet! I should note that last year when I left in May to go to Surrey to await Charley's arrival there was still piles of snow all over our compound and the sides of the road. As a matter of fact, it didn't all melt until June when Nathan joined me.

Lennah still managed to have lots of fun with her "lawn power".

Still enough snow to pull Charley around on the sled - sort of. LOL

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Nathan still hoping to plow some snow with the new quad. 10 days after the first photos and the snow is rapidly melting.

But, it's still wet enough for making Mud Pies!

I even managed to get in on the fun a little.

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~ Uncle Dan's Visit ~

Watching a little Rolie Polie Olie before bed.

Boy stuff

Nathan watching Charley, leather belt in her mouth, beating the cats with some plastic hangers!

The boys out sledding.

Charley says 'Look at me! I'm Uncle Daggle! And I have his toque!"

Dan got a little out of hand and had a 'time out'. Dare I say, acting like one of the locals? He's even drinking the local favorite!!

More guns!

The boys stopped and checked out the lake ice that pushed ashore overnight. This happened all the way down the lake. The ice is over a foot thick here - that has to be some massive amount of force to move that amount of ice and crumple it up like a sheet of paper.

A closer look at the ice. Several theories in place from the locals. One is the thought that there may be an open area further south and the wave action from the wind the day before pushed it up. Another hypothesis was this was a result of an earthquake to the north might have caused the lake to swell. Either way, that was a phenomenal amount of force.

This one makes me think of Nathan arriving on some far away planet - he looks like an astronaut.

Surprise, surprise. Nathan getting stuck - again.

We get the idea - it's deep!

Just playing with girls in the yard

"E.T. Phone Home" or No Charley, don't pull his finger!

Having a little dessert with Sean, the medic. Do you think he could find a bigger spoon?

Even more guns! This time on my kitchen table!


So, we're headed back down to the coast this weekend. And this will end Uncle Dan's visit to Takla. He came home with us after our Christmas visit and has been with us ever since! LOL
We hope he had a good time and we had lots of fun having him here.

~ 'Tis the Season ~

Lennah loved the dragonfly ornaments my Mom got me last year.

The finished product.

Then Daddy had to have a Christmas toast with his girl.



Lennah in her new sleigh that Grandpa bought for the girls for Christmas. She literally pushed and kicked Charley out. We'll have to keep working on that one. We got it so I could tow the two of them at the same time instead of strapping Charley to my chest and pulling Lennah in the bobsled.

Then Nathan decided to hook up the "dogsled".

Merry Christmas from the Foxes in the Great White North.

~ Snow Day ~

Getting ready to go!

Lennah's first ever snowmobile ride!

Think she had a good time?!

Cool rider

Snow angel

Our view

Lennah's first snowman. Dawson had to help.

And then it all went horribly wrong.

I made Nathan fix it! And voila - the finished product.

Last Saturday was the perfect winter day. We'd gotten snow the night before, the sun was out and it was warm. And best of all, our family was together to enjoy the afternoon. Lennah had her first snowmobile ride. She wouldn't go near the machine last winter. But, after cleaning the snow off it, she wasn't afraid and when Nathan started it up, she squealed with delight! They rode around the yard, then Lennah decided to make some snow angels for us.

It finally occurred to me that Lennah had never made a snowman before, so a Frosty was to be made. As I was the photographer, Nathan took to the task. And that's where it all "went horribly wrong". I'll let the photo speak for itself (and that was the tasteful one!). I convinced him to tame it down, it was Lennah's first snowman after all. And there he was, no arms, 2 ears and a broom!

What a wonderful afternoon we had.