Here on Vancouver Island we have a Storm season and this runs from November to January. During this time it can be wet and also have spells of high winds. This November was no different and we had a number of these just to let us know that Winter is here.
Anja went on a weekend camp with a club and enjoyed that. She went last year and made some friends and looked forward to meeting up with them again this year. Because it is not a Summer camp and the cold weather, they stay in dormitory accommodation rather than tents.
Daniels basketball season has now officially started and he went off to Vancouver for a weekend tournament. A good thing about getting into sport here is the traveling that comes with it. During the year, with his school and other basketball clubs, Daniel will travel up and down Vancouver Island, travel to Vancouver for a few weekends and also go to the U.S for tournaments and training.
We went to Victoria and saw the Harlem Globetrotters Basketball team. A very entertaining evening, both in the basketball skills these players possess and the fun and laughter they provide throughout the game. Well worth seeing if they come to the UK.
My parents have arrived for a holiday and are staying until mid-January. They are sharing the time between us and my sister in North Vancouver. My parents and my sister and her family are coming over for Christmas so there will be 11 of us around the table this year.
The first snow arrived and made the landscape look really pretty. We have been informed by the weather forecasters that this year could be the coldest Winter for 15 years so we are keeping our fingers crossed for a White Christmas.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope that 2008 will bring along some more visas to those waiting and the opportunity to emigrate and start your Canadian life.