Two of a kind?

So I can't help sharing this picture!

Bonavista cape

Well we got a fairly nice day so far today and before coming in to see my dad we stopped at the cape for a bit of adventure. No puffins or whales but we did get to see a silver fox! Quite a surprise coz she was super tame and we could walk almost right up to her. She never moved from her nap, only enough to just give us a look before she went back to sleep. 
And good ol' Maria, who makes friends where ever she goes, got a couple of posters from the security guard.

Ocean

Well I absolutely love the ocean. I love the sound of it and the power it has. The waves are mesmerizing! I love that I grew up 5 minutes from it and got to appreciate it. I miss it tremendously when I'm gone.

Today we got to spend some time up close to the Atlantic. Maria had a blast collecting sea shells. We took a few family pictures and Joe dug in the tide pools (which were freezing cold he said) for creatures hiding in shells. It was a great morning!

(We weren't quite at the cape but close enough! Maybe tomorrow we'll make it there, but to be honest this little beach is better!)

Hanging out with grampie.

So we are in Canada visiting my dad in Bonavista.
So far the weather has been wintery! We even saw a bit of snow falling as we were driving in. Oh well, I hear NM isn't having the best weather either.
It's nice being out here. Maria loves talking with grampie and dancing for him, she even packed her ballet shoes.

Balloon Fiesta 2011

Yesterday we went to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (http://www.balloonfiesta.com/). Its one of my favorite things. I would never go in a hot air balloon but being on the field with hundreds (there were 555 registered in the event this year apparently) of balloons and thousands of people is absolutely surreal.

 As you can see balloons come in all shapes and sizes. The cow is HUGE! And rarely flies (the weather has to be really good). My favorite this year was the butterfly. Joe liked the zebra and I think Maria just loved them all.

First Post!

So I've always thought about starting a blog.. not sure what I'll talk about.. but now thanks to inspiration from a friend here we are! I figure it will be a good place to share stuff with family about what we're up to!

We're about to head back to Newfoundland to visit some of my family. The weather up there seems to have turned horrid (normal?). So I'm going to be sun-starved in 2 weeks. Tho I'll have satisfied my rain cravings for the year I think.

My daughter (Maria) and I went to our local pumpkin patch today with some friends. It's just starting out so it has some issues but all in all it was a lot of fun.