Adventures of the James Gang

James Family Christmas Letter 2011

Well we’ve gathered no moss in the last few years! We started out this year in Pinawa, moved to Brandon in late May, and in Jan are going to move up to Thompson. Garth got moved as part of his regular apprentice rotation to Brandon, but then won an internal bid through MB Hydro to a fly-in job in the Kelsey/Wuskwatin/Laurie River system. It’s an 8 in, 6 out, which will have its challenges, but he’ll have nice blocks of time off too. We bought a house in Thompson, so Garth is eyeing Canadian Tire and Home Depot flyers with a familiar twinkle in his eye. The house is fairly updated, but there’s a garage project booked for this summer, and there’s always things to fix! We’re looking forward to getting up to Churchill to see the polar bears/belugas and also to being in one place for at least three years. Now that Garth has bid into this job, we don’t move until he bids out. I might just unpack EVERYTHING this time.

The girls are doing really well. Andie will be 5 in April and loves swimming and drawing. Zoey turned two in Oct and is our little girly-girl. They love playing together and we’ve really enjoyed the outdoors in Brandon with a fenced in yard, and no deer poop. They are really happy, busy girls.

I’m sure there’s more to say, but I have to get ready for buying a house, getting organized for a move, oh yeah, and Christmas!

We have made another huge change in our lives - it started by watching an independent movie called 'Fat Head'. It's available on Netflix and iTunes, and is certainly worth your time. We're eating very differently now and it has made some really positive changes in all of us! I guess if you had to label it, we eat "Paleo".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4&feature=fvwrel