Happy New Year!

We celebrated with a Chinese New Year dinner one evening late ... Beverly had a basketball game last night and was not home. But tonight we decided to take the kids out to eat at a Chinese restaurant.

Chinese food here is definitely "Westernized" even though the owners and cooks in the restaurants are from China. Many of the dishes were things that Beverly did not recognize or seem familiar with. She did enjoy eating some sliced cucumbers, along with some traditional Chinese/American dishes.

It's a busy week for her with 3 basketball games this week. Tomorrow night is the last game in our home gym, and basketball is over for the season late next week. It has been hard work, a good team experience, and fun for her, I think.

Next up on her evening activity list are rehearsals for the school musical!

Last week Mitch and I were out of town, so Beverly got to spend the week here at our house with Grandma and Grandpa Scott. They had a good time getting to know each other!

It's Cold Here!!

Yes, you are reading that thermometer right. It is at least
-27C here!

Beverly is warm and sleeping comfortably in her bed right now, because school is cancelled today due to the extreme cold. It is just too dangerous to get kids outside on days like this. Tonight will be just as cold, maybe a little colder, so chances are there will be no school tomorrow as well. We are supposed to get back to our more normal winter temperatures over the weekend. This is very unusual for us and we have not seen termperatures this cold for about 5 years.

School and basketball are going well, but Beverly did miss some practices and a game this week due to not feeling well. These days off due to the weather will give her a chance to get rested up and ready to go again!

Basketball Time!

Beverly has been very busy this week with 4 basketball games, and there are two more next week. If she doesn't have a game, she practices 2 hours a day, so it keeps her very busy!

She also finished all the essay work and filling out forms for the 5 boarding schools she is applying to attend next year. It was a lot of paperwork and gathering references and information, but she got it all done well ahead of the January 15 deadlines the schools have.

Here are a few pictures from the game this morning ... warm up time, talking strategy with the coach, and cheering on the team!

Back to School!

Today is the last day of holiday break, and tomorrow it is back to school for the kids!

Beverly has been working hard on completing her applications for several US boarding schools that she would like to attend next year. And basketball practice has been keeping her busy over break.

Back to reality now of getting up early, catching the bus, and studying for classes!!