Category Archives: Family

Getting Ready for Dance Recital

When we booked our two week Mexican holiday, we realised that was going to mean Sasha would miss her final dance recital. Luckily, they had a scheduling issue so the recital was pushed back to when we were home.  That meant Sasha wasn’t able to attend the last couple lessons (including dress rehearsal) but she […]

10 Random Thoughts About Our Recent @palaceresorts Moon Palace Cancun Vacation #thepalacelife

1. Two week all-inclusive vacations are more than 2x better than one week all-inclusive vacations! 2. Shea and I are big fans of trying new resorts, new destinations and even new resort companies with every trip we take. But Moon Palace is probably the first resort I’d consider returning to as it nails pretty much everything on my […]

Saturday Snap – Mexico 2018 #ThePalaceLife

My parents are already in Mexico and sent us this photo…

One Week to Moon Palace @PalaceResorts #ThePalaceLife

After nearly seven months of waiting, in seven days we’ll be at this resort!

Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris

As the big air competition begins in the Olympics tonight, this is a pretty amazing documentary. Fun friend-of-a-friend name-dropping trivia: The filmmaker is Mark McMorris’ manager who is married to a girl that I used to babysit.  My parents even attended their wedding but my invitation got lost in the mail. 😉

Saturday Snap – Happy Birthday Shea!

Love from all of us…

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – One Month (and A Couple Days) Until Mexico (February 2017) #ThePalaceLife

Here’s a few random pics from our trip last year…

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go Flames Go! (February 2008)

The Flames won their fifth game in a row tonight to get back into a playoff position (technically, that happened last game which they also won.) Anyhow, I came across this old picture of Pace climbing on his grandparents’ air hockey table and thought that was sorta related to tonight’s good news…

Saturday Snap – Playing Giant Jenga? Better Break Out The Protective Gear!

As a precaution, Sasha put on her boots and brother’s skateboarding helmet at New Year’s to play the lifesize Jenga game that Grandpa Dennis made for us. I’d upload the video of the game finally toppling when Grandma Joan tried a difficult move but I jumped pretty high myself when it toppled over! 😉

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pace Sees The *Real* Santa!

Pace has seen the *real* Santa (not those fake mall ones!) three times – once when Santa came to Grandpa and Grandma Hammond’s on Christmas Eve when Pace was probably around two or three years old.  (Coincidentally, that Santa had the same eyeglass frames as a neighbour down the street.) 😉 Once at our house […]