retrospective...a bit

Wanted to share a bit about new years eve day. We went to Mountain Equipment Co-op in Vancouver and then to Stanley Park. Among purchases at MEC were hot pink child sunglasses for Sarah - $6, nice. At Stanley Park we walked together for a bit, then I went for a run and we met back up again and looked at some Totem poles. It was really nice being out at the ocean. On the way back we stopped at Wendy's for baked potatoes and water to complement what food we'd brought along.
That evening, later, we went to the Engler's for a short visit. It was fun to see all these kids (3 others - all mobile) being themselves...sharing toys, not sharing, expressing themselves, interacting with people. Cool. On the way home we listened to the news and they reported for a full 15 min. on the disaster in Indonesia etc. It is so hard to imagine the devestation.
Today we ended up going to Bakerview church cause we got to Central Heights and the service was 45 min. through already. We missed part of Bakerview's as well and as we walked in there was a report from Camp Stillwood. That was neat.
Sarah jumped a bunch today and when she got up this morning, after sleeping for over 8 hours in a row (not normal for her:) both Andy and I thought she looked different. I think, like she had grown during her sleep. She's been scratching herself a bit more and only today drew a bit of blood.
The weather has been spectacular this weekend and crispy cool. On the way to Vancouver Friday there were trucks with snow falling off them...testimony to the fact that most of the rest of our province has snow.