Not in chronological order

There are 4 people in our family here (in this house) and 3 of them have Birthdays in Feb - myself, Logan and uncle Ed. Poor Marina had to think of presents and dinners for us. I got a pair of skates. Never had one before. So I am learning skating! Logan I think liked a candle (1) more than his chocolate cake that he even was allowed to eat. He smashed a piece of cake in his hand, spread it all over his face but didn't like it much. Good for him. Uncle Ed got for his 45th B-Day a race-track (not sure how it's called in English) and had a special dinner at a restaurant with Marina.

Here are some pics. Just realized we didn't take a picture of uncle Ed...That what happens when you go out to have special dinner.

Snow Camp (Galilee Bible Camp)

Garbage bag for sliding down the hill. You can see cabins they use in summer camps.
Pretty much like ours at Baikal, eh? Except for windows. Should've taken a look inside.

Broomball. I liked this game very much. I think it is a cool idea. Possible to play with no special equipment. I think we should play it in Ulan-Ude too. Same rules as in hockey but no skates, no sticks, just broom-stikcs and a ball. What do you think? Possible?

Girls are playing hockey too. Cool!
Pick-up hockey
This past weekend I've been to snow camp that the church usually has at this time of a year. I went as a kitchen helper. We didn't have much free time still for me it was a good rest in being away from routine. But I did have time to participate in some activities like playing broomball (for the first time in my life) or sliding down the hill on a big tube with bunch of people. I've never heard about broomball before. It was a lot of fun! We played at night (and went sliding at night too, early morning to be precise, about 1-2am).

I enjoyed the camp. Some people asked me: are you enjoying yourself? That was a strange question for me. If I translate it literally into Russian it sounds a bit weird. Am I suppose to enjoy myself? I am enjoying the weather, working in the kitchen, playing games, chatting to people, talking to the Father etc.. Perhaps it is enjoying myself. It's just that it sounded a bit strange to me but no offence. :) Just something new.

Here are some pictures. Enjoy yourself! :)

The first (hope not the last) post in February

The reason I haven't sent a link to this blog to you all earlier is that I didn't really get how it works. Funny.. But that's true. I haven't spent much time trying to figure it out though. Postponed it until later but routine caught me up. And then I forgot my password. :)

About the pics. Rideau canal. Eating "beavertale" and drinking hot apple cider. This is my aunt and my cousin Logan.

Hello from Ottawa!

You'd never guess but this huge spider is dedicated to a Mommy

The main purpose of this blog is to post some pics while I am in Canada. I am not sure if I'll be using the blog when I am back in Russia. Depends on the internet availability I guess. I feel a bit unconfident posting news in English so I wonder if I can do it in Russian.
Well, I am in Ottawa since the beginning of Dec'06. And plan to stay here until May. Here are some pics of Ottawa. Hmmm... I am doing this bloggie-thingie for the first time so quite curious how it works. Let's try.
В прошлую пятницу я сходила на группу для "студентов и работающих" в одну церковь, где познакомилась с ребятами. Сначала были иргы, потом песни, изучение и молитва. Очень ободряюще и довольно живо. Благодарна Богу за это!