How We Spent Our Christmas Vacation

Do you remember in elementary school having to write about your Christmas vacation when you returned to school in January? Well, here's our report.

Mimi and Uncle Mel came to visit us during Christmas. We had a week to show them around Vancouver and let them experience what we see everyday. Of course, we also spent a lot of time just hanging out at home playing with Asher.

Our first destination was Granville Island, we did a little bit of shopping and enjoyed the views of downtown Vancouver.

Asher had fun exploring the dock and chasing the birds. He didn't enjoy it so much when the birds started chasing him.

We walked around downtown Vancouver and saw the countdown to the beginning of the Winter Olympics.

Our other big trip was to see Whistler Mountain, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. We walked around Whistler Village and then took a gondola up to the top of Whistler Mountain and another gondola from the peak of Whistler Mountain to the peak of Blackcomb Mountain.

Amazing.

Asher loved the snow and we all loved the views.

This is the Inukshuk on the top of Whistler Mountain, it's the symbol for the Vancouver Olympic Games. We tried to get a family picture in front of the Inukshuk, but Mimi was too afraid she was going to fall down the mountain and Asher did not like being held.

Here are a few more pictures from Whistler.

The rest of their trip was spent hanging around our apartment and teaching Asher to talk. He learned several new words while they were here.

In case you don't speak Asher, he says: Mel, Mimi, Asher and car.