Jasper Adventures: part 1

Two weekends ago we headed to Jasper for a weekend away. We lucked out and had the nicest weather in all of Alberta we stayed out at Pyramid Lake, which is so gorgeous! We were there for the beginning of Jasper in January and their Winterstruck festival out at Pyramid Lake. There was ice skating, snowshoeing, fires, maple taffy in snow & dog sleds.  We tried to get in on all the action.  

Anna's second time out on skates and she did fabulously!

 I only lasted about 10 minutes compared to her  hour.

 

It was a dream / bucket list to go dog sledding and it was amazing to finally make it happen. 

It was magic!

 

All of it. Magic.

Breathe

My One Little Word for 2016 is Breathe. I had a couple other words that seemed to be following me around since about November but nothing seemed quite right. Then one day earlier this month I was out for a run and I had a personal realization while moving (as I often do) and it made me stop in my tracks. I took a deep breath and I felt my shoulders relax and my body became less tense. I took another deep breath and my eyes filled with tears as I let an expectation I had been struggling with "go". 

I knew right there that my word was breathe. 

I created this as a visual reminder of what I am to be focusing on & on what matters. 

Inhale the good. Exhale the bad.

Happy new year friends. 

xoxo

♥