Friday, February 02, 2007

Family - January 2007

Sophie, Mum and Dan at Sandbar (our favourite restaurant)


Sisters...







This is good!


On top of Whistler at the Inukshuk!









Serious posing!





Us at the ice sculpture at Lake Louise


And who would think she's only 14!!


A newsagent owned by the Cutler Family! Apparently a common name in Nelson, BC



Sophie in Sepia, Lake Louise



Enjoying the best coffee of the trip in Nelson, BC



Bruce, Stanley and the newest member of our family, Ribs!

Christmas 2006/7 at Apex Ski Resort (again!)


Lindor, our Christmas Snowman


Apex was so good last year, we decided to take our family there for christmas. After a busy week at work (and a very crowded apartment), we left the city and drove inland to where the snow is thick and white, it doesn't rain and sometimes the sun even shines!

Sunrise on the Mountain. A view from our living room.


Mum tries skiing for the first time in, oh - only 20 years! Go the blue gloves Mum! We won't lose you!

... and you thought we were innocent!

The Cutler Pudding (all the way from Australia and through Customs) and the Stone Trifle!

Christmas Dinner - how special with all of us there together




Even if Mum was acting a little strange. Maybe that's what a cold christmas does to an Aussie?






Christmas traditions for Santa


Christmas Eve...






Christmas Morning


American pancakes for breakfast





Dave with his christmas present. We finally get rid of the other one!!! (See all Winter 2005/6 photos in archives!!!)






Luckily we had these beautiful slopes to work off our pudding!

December adventures in the city

Dave and the two Sophs after a snowball fight


Soph's photography...

The Vancouver Library





Sophie was impressed with the American hotdogs... The servers were impressed with her!!



And finally, Mum finally arrived!!!!

Sophie and the Slopes AND our Christmas Nibblies

Having never seen snow, Sophie's first day skiing was a special day. Okay, so it wasn't so happy at times ("Snow plow Sophie!!!!!!!!!) but it left us with lots of laughs an

Dan and Soph get ready for the big day!


Look at that view of the city! Cypress Mountain in Vancouver



Touring Vancouver with two Sophies in tow, wouldn't be the same without brekkie at Sophie's Cosmic Cafe!



Sophie 1 and 2 tuck Dave's baby into bed

After a busy day of christmas baking, we had some of our friends around for nibblies, mulled wine and hot spicy apple cider!



Our good friends and neighbours, Ronna and Don (aka: Donna and Ron)

Czarina and Sophie finally meet!


Sisters Day Out continued...



Sophie fell in love with Canada right away





In serious discussions about the last year without each other




North Vancouver mountains from our cafe window