Hoarfrost

The most beautiful part of winter...

Take it Easy

Yuriko had this sign posted on the window when I got home from work yesterday. She got free tickets for next Wednesday from her extremely generous boss. We are pumped. It will be a great concert.

God have Mercy on the Frozen Man

ADDED NOTE: We found ice sculptures today on our way home from a friends. The last picture is a little creepy - I am underneath an ice throne.

Breaking New Ground

We visited our good friend Kent in Langenburg a few weekends ago. Langenburg lies on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and has a population of 1,100. Our last day there we went to a restaurant and after our meals I had this conversation with the waitress:

"What flavours of milkshakes do you have?"
"Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla"
"Would I be able to mix flavours and get a chocolate strawberry milkshake?"
"Mix flavours! I guess we could, but would it taste good?!?" (she continued to tell other coworkers about it in disbelief and doubt)

I may have added a new item to their menu:


On our way home we stopped in another small town and got their week's special - a bacon cheddar burger. We told the owner our meal was delicious and she was very grateful. It was a new menu item, she said, and was trying it out to see how people would like it.

Mixing chocolate and strawberries; adding bacon and cheese to a burger...what is this world coming to...

Anders

Jeff and Chandra wore this get up when we all met in Colorado last year:


And last Saturday Anders Elwood Larson was born. Both my dad an I now have a namesake. It's pretty exciting...and there's two more in the family on the way.

Sushi Wa Totemo Oishi Desu

(Sushi is very delicious) I've been honing my Japanese-speaking and sushi-making skills over the past year or so. I like to think it's coming along nicely. Here was our dinner last night.

Our Good Friend O

Here's a quick exercise to do:

Go to google
Search for "Oprah with Yuriko and Erik"
Click on the first link

(or you could just click here)