Christmas in Whistler

It is absolutely beautiful here.  Big fluffy snow flakes have been falling almost continually since our arrival.  It does seem to slow down at night after we have gone to bed but we don’t even notice!!  We went to lunch at the Spaghetti Factory yesterday.  It was a very beautiful, peaceful walk down from the upper village.  The snow is just sitting thickly on every branch.  The mountain was covered with skiers.  Almost makes one think about taking a lesson!  The snow was so wet that by the time we arrived at the restaurant my hair was soaked to the skin.  I didn’t have the hood for my parka with me, darn it.  Rob gave everyone $10 canadian (par for US$) and we drew names again and had to find something in that range for gifts tonight.  It was a bit of a challenge and tax here is HIGH.  It was fun to split up.  Some people have favorite stores and whoever got those names knew just where to shop!!  Taylor drew Ashley and immediately knew that he was going to the Cow store!!  We got home just as darkness was falling.  The whistle on the tower marked the time as 4:30.  The snow is deep in the village.  Rob has had fun taking pictures but he wishes it would stop snowing for just a little while so he can take pictures without white bits everywhere.  Ashley, Travis and Taylor braved the pool last night. It is quite hilarious, I think.  I am standing there in my parka under the heat post with gloves on my hands and they are all half naked in the water.  Travis hit the hot tub but Ashley isn’t allowed so we came back upstairs after about 45 minutes. We played Canasta after they returned from drying off and warming up.  Chris snowboarded most of the evening….from the chair in front of the x box.  He was quite good.  When asked if he wanted to try for real, I believe the answer was “heck no!  I have no desire to slide around.” Hahahahhah   Today we make preparations for our Christmas dinner this evening.  I brought everything with that we would need.  I would have brought my Kitchenaid mixer if I thought there would be any room but I knew better.  It was a most interesting pack job to get us and our stuff into two sedans for the drive up here.  Grocery shopping in Squamish meant that any remaining available space would be taken up with fresh produce and dairy products.

We are delighted to have our family all together with us.  God bless you all and have a Merry Christmas.