That time of year

gargling salt water

David has had a cold on and off for the last while. It got me pretty good a few weeks ago but luckily I could spend a week in bed and fight it off. We have got the "cold routine" down now; 

Vitamin C, Cold FX, Honey & Lemon tea, Chicken Soup, Hot showers, lots of movies.... I really love a good spicy Caesar when I'm sick, I'm not too sure if its exactly healthy... but it sure clears my sinus'!

Tell us your "cold routine" tips; how to prevent it, or soothe it, we will definitely give them a try. 

a bit of this, a bit of that

1. David has been fighting a cold for the past week, and this morning I woke up with it full on. I'm laying in bed right now trying to keep myself awake a little longer so i can still sleep tonight.

2. We finally got snow!! It is so exciting... It makes it feel so much more christmasy!

3. We've been doing lots of christmas shopping this week. Even though the malls are chaotic I really do love it. 

These photos are from iphone. Instagram @bethanymenzel

whistler

David and I decided last minute to spend a weekend away! I called a bunch of resorts in different areas, and then after finding a good deal we decided to head up to whistler! Our plan this year for our christmas present was to go snowboarding at whistler, so we combined the two. It was so nice to have a free weekend to just get away and relax. We woke up really early on saturday and drove up to whistler, we snowboarded for the day and it was so beautiful!! It was sunny, and the snow was wonderful! It was the first time we had been snowboarding in 2 years so by the end of the day we felt like we had been hit by a train! We got a bottle of wine, and rested our muscles in the hot tub.  Sunday we spent walking around the village, we went to my favourite candy store (which I have not posted any photos from because when david was looking through the photos after he was practically peeing he was laughing so hard at my hair... yes, i know, so loving. I didn't have a second mirror to see the back of my head okay!!!!) anyway. it was a wonderful weekend, one of our favourites! The drive from Whistler home made me never want to live anywhere else, what a beautiful province!! 

sunlight

This morning has been particularly photogenic. After weeks of dark, dark rain, sunlight came pooring through! I woke up today and exclaimed "It's so beautiful!" and sleeping David responded with a "rmmmr". When the sun comes out I feel inspired to do more, take photos, make something, just get crap done!!