Our trip to Whistler was wonderful! Day one... playing in the snow in Hailey's yard... ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSbpRKyAQy2dZzDBZmIe0JhVD8PpfyK1BTrHDWVX81T9fmTVYVP4-jvRxqhP9Fw6xQm9JPTp9Nm5b6sZcnPaQ_Hswm8ieT5-bOUxgkSIZgZpWklktHgDYbjcjfhnOKvcZ3Hd8J31Al9-L/s400/river-gibson1.jpg)
When snack time came, neither one of them wanted to come in .... so they got their plate of strawberries in the snow!
Both boys got on skis...
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River fell in love with skiing, for sure -- Gibson was a little less enthusiastic, but still had fun trying! He was pretty tuckered out by the end of the day...
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River also went to the tube park with Kobe, the son of a friend of Hailey's, who is the same age.
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We ate, we laughed, we cried, and in spite of a fairly busy schedule, I found lots of knitting time... the burgundy shawl is *this* close to being finished, I'm on the edging but waiting to hear back from the designer about a mistake in the pattern:
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I finally finished the black pair of socks I cast on right after Christmas, too ...
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(The black stripes are the result of simply purling two rows with the black every 1/2"!)
We got back Friday, and Hailey came back with us because it was Michael's birthday this weekend. But first, on Saturday I was part of the committee hosting the day-long Victoria Hand Weavers and Spinners Guild 'Spin In'. There were about 60 spinners...
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Three merchants...
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Show and tell, as always...
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Isabel hadn't put her mitred socks in to the show and tell, so I asked her to model them for me:
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And Carroll even brought her pet llama to entertain us!
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Saturday evening Mischa and the boys and Hailey and I took Michael out for his favorite Chinese smorg dinner (wow, can you tell *my* priorities? I didn't take a single picture!), and yesterday, we accomplished pretty much nothing.
I teach a class tomorrow and Hailey has to go back to Whistler on Wednesday, so I'm hoping to get her help organizing my stash room today!