The winters of my childhood were long long seasons.  We lived in three places- the school, the church and the skating rink- but our real life was on the skating rink.

This passage can be found on the Canadian five dollar bill. 

Our children are finding the joys of winter here in Quebec and I too have rediscovered these same joys through them. 

We all sat and watched out our window as a motorcycles, four-wheelers and snowmobiles made circles on  the river in front of the house.   

The biggest event of the day was both Reed and Fiona ice skating for the first time.