It was an icy day!

One of the best things about Edmonton is that the year is full of festivals and cool things to do. This is one of the reasons I love it so much here! Merry and I went to the Ice on Whyte festival and had a lot of fun!

This dragon really impressed me:


As did this cute doggie:


For $1, you can ride down this long slide they made out of ice! They give you this slippery thing to sit on (works like a krazy karpet) and you just hang on and go! It was actually pretty darn fast! (And bumpy too)


Since it was cold, we stopped off on Whyte Avenue for some hot chocolate. I LOVE old, classic buildings and whyte is full of them. I'm so happy to be living in this fun area of town. If you look closely, you can see our drinks in the window and the girl who made it working in the back.

So many people complain about winter, but I just love it! It doesn't feel like Christmas if there isn't snow all around. I wouldn't love the summer so much if it wasn't cold the other half of the year. There are so many DIFFERENT activities to do in the winter than in the summer... it's almost like living two lives in two different worlds. I wouldn't trade our Canadian winters for ANY tropical island.

So go out and have some fun in the cold! It'll be gone in only a couple of months!