Florida with Felicity

What a great trip! I flew down to Florida for a few days to hang out with my family. Three solid days with my neice was so much fun. We went swimming, had tea parties, went to the zoo, sang songs, danced in the living room, read stories, and ate ice cream. What a treat!

Good times with the Christy's

Check out Rachel's son, Jace, a real hockey pro. He just turned 3 and can already skate and handle a puck on the ice! I'm so proud of him...he is an awesome kid. We had a chance to rent a cabin near Hayward, WI with the Christy clan. We played in the snow, went skiing, had a campfire, read stories, watched cartoons, and played "hockey" on the kitchen floor. The Christy's are such a great family. Beau and Jace are really fun kids and Rachel and Matt are wonderful parents. Despite the boys having really bad colds (and fevers!), they were troupers!

Birkie Results

So Jon and I had a successful birkie. Jon finished in 3:56 (55 minutes faster than last year) and I finished in 4:43 (45 minutes faster). Some of our faster times can be attributed to our new racing skis but I think we were both in much better shape this year. Every year I ask my self, "Why do I put myself through this torture?" But Jon and I are already talking about next year and what wave we might be in. The darn Birkie is addicting! Our buddies Beth and John drove up from the cities to cheer for us. They made a great sign out of purple duct tape. It was so great skiing into Cty Rd OO and seeing them. Beth even had a donut with sprinkles on top all ready for me. The sugar jolt helped me recover from 3km of skiing with one pole (I had broke my pole in a crash around the 23km mark). So it's 4 Birkie's completed...only 16 before I can attend the Birchleggings breakfast!