Here’s a couple of new sets of skiing pictures. Enjoy! (click on pictures to go to albums)

Whislter



Lake Louise

More information to follow, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I matched to the University of Ottawa Pediatrics Program. It officially starts on July 1, 2008.

Thanks to everyone for your support. Amanda and I are thrilled with the outcome!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Amanda and I successfully completed our half marathon in Victoria. We are both extremely proud of ourselves for finishing the race, especially since we weren’t exactly “runners” in the past. I think we might qualify now.

It was quite a family event with a total of 10 of us involved in the races. Congrats to Lauren and Caley for completing the half marathon, and Matt, Paul, Leslie, Cheryl and Larry for completing the 8 km. And finally, a special congratulations to Nana for completing the 8 km and finishing 2nd in her division! Of course, we also have to thank Boppa, Vic and Grandma Ivy for cheering us on from the sidelines. A great weekend was had by all and lots of turkey and pie after the race!

I’ve also posted links below to some hiking and camping trips that we did over the summer. With things being so busy, I didn’t get around to posting the photos until now. Enjoy!

Amanda arranged a camping trip for my birthday weekend. We hiked into Forks Campground in Kananaskis the first night. The next morning, we woke up and climbed up to Three Isle Lake. Then we had the long hike back out to the parking lot.

It was a great birthday weekend! All the pics are here.

Another day hike with our friends Meredith and Justin. This time, we headed to Bourgeau Lake in Banff.

You can see all the pictures here.

We finally got out to do some hiking with our friends Meredith and Justin. We decided that we would climb Ha Ling in Canmore.

To see all the pictures, click here.

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Now that I’m in my final year of med school, things are getting a bit busier and I’ve been away on some electives. Things are going well though - it’s just that there hasn’t been that much non-medical stuff to post about since that’s about all I’ve been up to lately.

On a different note though, I’ve decided to run a half marathon in Victoria. It’s not until October but it will give me lots of time to get prepared. It also gives me an opportunity to visit my family out there over Thanksgiving weekend. I’ve never been much of a runner, so this is a big step for me. I’ve been trying to tell people so that there’s no giving up and turning back. I’ll try and post some updates as to how the training is going - but I have a feeling that a post saying ‘So, I ran again today…’ wouldn’t be that interesting!

If anyone else is interested in joining me, (Amanda has also said she will run), you can find out more information here.

The trend of not posting very often continues as the year flies by faster than ever. However, I am happy to report that for the first time in my life, I have my own set of wheels! Tonight I picked up my Mazda3 GS Sedan. It’s carbon grey and 5-speed manual transmission. It’s a blast to drive! I had to wait two weeks for it to be shipped from overseas - first to Vancouver and then on to Calgary. It made it here in time for the holidays, so I think of it as an early gift to myself!

OK… so the real reason for this post today is so that I don’t go the entire month of October without an update to the website. Things have been busy, but not with the sorts of things to update on the website.

We had everyone to our place for Thanksgiving which was a lot of fun.

Matt and I are also trying our hands at video podcasting now with The Skinny on Sports Tech. The latest episode talks about my new toys - the new iPod nano and the Nike+ Sports Kit. You can check out the video to find out more about that. The easiest way to play the videos if you’re having trouble is with iTunes. We’re hoping to make it much easier in the future for those of you that just want to see the video within the web page itself.

That’s all for now. November is just around the corner!

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Last weekend, Amanda and I decided to do some camping seeing as it was the long weekend and Amanda would be back teaching this week. We chose a really nice hike up past Elbow Lake and through the Elbow Valley to Tombstone Campground. After setting up our site, we headed up on another short hike to Tombstone Lakes.

We didn’t see a cloud in the sky all weekend and it was a great way to relax before we both start to get a little bit busier. We’re hoping to still get out hiking some more this year and ski season will be here in no time!

You can see all the pictures here.

On Sunday, Amanda and I ventured to Canmore for Mozart on the Mountain. It’s an outdoor concert put on by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. This year, the concert took place on the driving range of Stewart Creek Golf Course in the Three Sisters Mountain Village. It was a beautiful day and really warm. Over 7000 people were there for the concert and it was quite the experience to be listening to classical music in a mountain setting.

You can see some more pictures here.

NOTE: These pictures are part of Amanda’s new flickr account. I’ve put a link to her photos in my sidebar as well!

This past weekend was my 28th birthday and Amanda surprised me with a weekend away in the mountains. We spent Friday night in Canmore and then headed into Kananaskis Country on Saturday morning. We hiked about 6.5 km into Lillian Lake where we camped for the night. After setting up the tent, we proceeded up to the Galatea Lakes which was a steeper 1.5 km hike - it was nice not having to carry the big packs anymore though! The scenery was spectacular as you’ll see in the photos. We had a bit of rain on the trip, but nothing to make us get too wet - all in all, the weather cooperated quite well for us.

On Sunday morning, we woke up to the sounds of a huge moose eating some of the plants and flowers about 10 feet from our tent which was pretty exciting! We then did the hike back out and returned to Calgary in time for dinner. Thanks to Amanda for a great birthday weekend!

You can see all the pictures here.

On Sunday, we went hiking in Kananaskis Country with our friends Meredith and Justin. Both the day and the scenery were as good as you could ever ask for - very beautiful. It had been a while since we had been hiking in the mountains, so it was great to get out and enjoy the day! I should also say thanks to Meredith for bringing her camera since we forgot ours!

You can see the pictures here.

Just wanted to let everyone know that we returned safely from our journey in Australia. We had a great time there, but it still feels good to be home. I start school again tomorrow, and I’ll try and get back to “regular” posting on this site soon! Thanks to everyone who emailed while we were away - it’s always nice to here from everyone!

Here we are after writing our last exam of the year. I’m off to Australia on Friday and hope to have lots of updates from there! (In case you are wondering, Tuataras is a reptile from New Zealand and is our class name.)