This Winter has definitely been different to last. We had snow for a couple of days, then mainly wet but surprisingly warm. We haven’t really had any frosts to talk about either. I suppose we had our fair share of Winter last year. The funny thing is that our friends and relatives in Europe tell us about the snow and cold they are having, yet we are supposed to live in the frozen North. It’s a funny old world eh!
Daniel’s high school basketball season has started again and they won the Cowichan Welcome Back tournament, winning every game by at least 20 points. They have also been to play in the MaxPreps Holiday Classic in San Diego and finished third in their division so a wonderful achievement. They spent New Years Eve in Disneyland and thoroughly enjoyed that experience.
We worked it out that this year Daniel has been to play basketball in the US five times this year: Seattle twice, Las Vegas, San Diego and a training camp at Gonzaga University, Washington as well as the games and tournaments in Vancouver and across Vancouver Island. And that is just this year! We can thoroughly recommend that if you have a child who is into sports, to get them into a school or club team because travel opportunities are huge here.
Anja is still busy dancing three times a week and was successful in getting a role in The Music Man musical, so this now means practising for this two to three times a week. She enjoys anything to do with the stage and has made some good friends through the musical society. We are pleased that they both have the opportunity to pursue activities that they both enjoy.
We had a great Christmas, although we had to be up early on Boxing Day to drop Daniel off with the team at 4am. We had our New Years Eve party as per usual and enjoyed yet more lashings of fine food!
A New Year is here and also a new decade. Long may the good times continue.