Paralympic Torch

Tonight the kids and I headed downtown Maple Ridge to check out all the fun activities at the Paralympic Torch Ceremony. One of the activities was getting our picture taken with a torch - pretty cool!

Olympic Opening Ceremonies Celebration

My sister Tamsen and her family were visiting when the Olympics started up in Vancouver so we had our very own 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies Party in our basement.


We hooked up the laptop to the big screen (we don't have cable) and watched the show along with plenty of servings of treats, who could ask for anything more?

Well....it would have been nice to watch the last few minutes of the show! We're guessing either because of delays or our internet connection the last few minutes were a blackout.

Note: Not all of us are pictured!!

The Olympic Spirit

Originally it started off that my friend Cassandra was going to make the class (her daughter and Eli are in the same class) Olympic cupcakes. She had seen some at a cupcake shop and thought she could make them herself but after realizing that just might be beyond her abilities she decided to order some. Ends up it was a copyright infringement and the cupcakes were no longer for sale....bummer.

She then came across another cupcake shop (this time downtown Vancouver) that had even cuter Olympic cupcakes and she was actually going to drive all the way there and back again...crazy I thought. Again, copyright infringement so you can guess what happened. Yep, no longer available for purchase.

I finally convinced her that we could do it or maybe she convinced me that I could help? Definitely nothing to the caliber of those cupcake stores but we iced some cupcakes and drew the Olympic rings.....copyright infringement?

Olympic Torch In Maple Ridge

A foggy, rainy morning but we headed out early to catch a

glimpse of the torch.

Entertainment before the big moment.

Completely by surprise we found ourselves at a spot where a change over took place so we were able to watch a new torch be lit and linger before running on. Pretty cool.

The 4 of us went for breakfast then Les headed to work while Adrianna, Eli and I headed to school. A fun but earlier start to the day and probably a once in a lifetime experience.