BC Winter Games Trials and Zones: Alex has his big ski race!

What a fantastic day at Stake Lake Ski Trails! Alex had his first ski race of the year and had a terrific time! He raced in the Atoms Division and they had a grueling 0.9km hilly route, but his hard work paid off with a delicious medal cookie he was given for his strong finish! It was great seeing so many children out for the race!

Alex all serious before his start:
Strong finish:
Well deserved cookie medal and gatorade for the finish!
Next race will be at the end of January when the Overlander Ski Club puts on their famous marathon race. Alex will be moving up to the 2.5km race route! The best part is: Steve King will get to announce Alex across the finish line.....that is so cool!

Until next time........

2 more sleeps til Christmas!!!!!

Wow, things have been busy at The Timewell House! We had over 30 people at our house for Yvonne's birthday/x-mas party......good fun had by all!
We took Alex to the Wildlife Park to look see all the Christmas lights and rode the famous heritage train! We had a blast. Then it was off to The Hammonds House for the present exchange and some great upside down pineapple cake! Alex was in bed a little late: 10:30pm....very late for a 4 year old! But, it is Christmas and he was full of energy(ice cream, cheezies, hot chocolate)!



Below: Alex had his first ski lessons last week! He was a star......with all the kids in his class! I hate to admit it, but I think he is becoming a bit of a "class Clown". Don't know if this is a good thing or not, but he had me in stitches a couple of times! Very witty and clever boy at times! Off to the trails this afternoon: we had some snow, so the trails should be great! Alex has his first ski race next weekend!

Alex is so excited that there is only 2 more chocolates left in his advent calendar: he knows Santa is coming SOON!

Merry Christmas Cheers,
Yvonne, Greg and Alex

Alexander on CTV with Perry's High Five!

Alexander was the feature "athlete" on CTV news with Perry's High Five at 6pm! Alex was so thrilled to see himself on TV! They put the picture from below on TV and mentioned how Alex was a BMX'er and how excited he was about competing next year when he is old enough! We taped the program and will try and put in on the blog to show everyone! I got the call 20 minutes before he was on: so I was running around trying to set up to record it and calling all our relatives! So cool!

Oh yeah, 11 more days til Christmas!

18 days til Christmas.......

Only 18 days til Christmas........It was Sunny and Crisp this morning in Kamloops. Hopefully, Stake Lake Ski Club is open by next week with all the snow that is expected! Last year we were already skiing at this time.


Finally finished all the miniature gingerbread houses' for Alex's Preschool on Monday.......they get to decorate them; hopefully, the candy will end up on the houses instead of their mouths. Alex is currently on sugar rush: he helped us glue the houses together!

Last night Greg and Alex were on the deck shoveling off the snow from the little snowfall we had the other day.

Update tomorrow........

Oh yeah, last night I went to this Cookie exchange with the ladies in "The Benchlands": wow, they can bake! But, I was very impressed with the Martini's that were served: I couldn't even taste the vodka and Cointreau.........however, I felt the side effects this am! Lots of fun was had!

20 days til Christmas.......

Too icy outside to run: Plan B.....treadmill running! I actually love running inside on the treadmill: put on the ipod and no mess'in around.....workout done with no distraction(well sort of: Alex bouncing from couch to couch and hanging from the weight set...."look at me Mom"



Dave Bell trying to make an attempt at BMXing.......sorry Dave, it ain't going to happen! Stick to triathlon's!
20 more days til Christmas: we are doing an official count down to Christmas with Alex's Advent "Chocolate" Calendar! He is so excited to wake up, open up the "day" flap and see what shape the chocolate is in and the best part: eat it! The he sits with his advent calendar for sometime and talks about the next day chocolate and imagines what shape it is going to be. Then he tries to figure out how many days our left til Christmas, by counting the remaining days "unopened". He is 4! Christmas is so exciting for the little ones! And for the parents too: I have just volunteered my time to make 12 miniature gingerbread houses for Alex's preschool(make them from scratch....dough, cut, cook and glue together). Why do the kids get the best part: the decorating with all the candy and icing.

Check out our blog daily with our count down to Christmas at The Timewell House!

Alex Piggin(back from retirement) and Alex Timewell(debut race) go head to head in BMX race in Penticton. Check out the video of one of the moto's!