Andrew and I on top of Marmot in Jasper.
The snowboarders at Jasper.
View from in the trees at Revelstoke.
View from just off the highest Chairlift at Revelstoke.
Trees.
Revelstoke.
Making a jump for sledding in Sicamous.
Me, right after seeing the hill we were going to be sledding down!
My first Poutine!
Cindy and I doing the Canadian norm...
Here's my breakdown of my busy Christmas break...
-Last day of class was the 19th. We had a cleaning day where we deep cleaned the whole big kitchen then took our Range exam.
-After class I packed up our stuff for Jasper! On the 20th Andrew and I hit the road after his last exam and met up with Trish, Yvonne, Jared, and Laura at our neat little loft hotel room.
- The next 3 days we did a fun secret gift exchange, skied on Marmot, went in the hot tub, and out for a nice dinner. There was a lot of 'Times Up' playing too!
-Skiing was SO beautiful and fun! Even though I did get a bit cold it didnt put a damper in my day.
-After Jasper we hung out at Bryan and Debbie's house for Christmas. Opened lots of presents, ate turkey, and just enjoyed eachothers company lots.
-Christmas Eve we went to Trish's and had fondue! That was lots of fun too. I also skyped with my family back home and I really liked that.
-On the 26th we were on the road again with our married friends: Ryan and Cindy, & Dave and Ashley. This time to Sicamous, British Colombia. Another amazing trip!!
-We went sledding, had a campfire, went skiing at Revelstoke (and Andrew went 2 times!), played lots of games, watched movies, AND Gloria and Nick came out to visit which really made my trip. Let's just say fun is an understatement :)
-We drove back on the 30th
-On New Years Eve we started off seeing Trevor and Raelene, and played some Cranium. Then we saw the dumb new Tom Cruise movie...Mission Impossible 13 or something...haha. It was nice being with Laura, Bryan and Debbie though. Then we celebrated the night at our friend's( Dave and Barb, plus new baby Blake) parent's house. Played cranium again, hot tubbed , and ate snacks. A great night.
-The next week up until school started was just normal. I started back at work on the 3rd...we tried to hang out in Devon as much as possible because Yvonne and Jared were still in town.
-Andrew got new hockey skates, gloves , and a stick for Christmas so hes been skating lots and we played speed scrabble a lot too.
Thats it for now, Im in Garde Mange class right now,
...garde manger
[gahrd mahn-ZHAY]
A French term for the cool, well-ventilated pantry area (usually in hotels and large restaurants) where cold buffet dishes are prepared and other foods are stored in refrigerated units. Some of the items prepared in a garde manger are salads, PÂTÉS, CHAUD-FROIDS and other decorative dishes. The person in charge of this area is known as chef garde manger.
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but its bed time, see ya later.(Also I am coming back to Wisconsin in FEBRUARY! See you all then.
-e
This is my chaud froid platter:
Starting from left to right: 
Starting from left to right: 
This was our first project with chaud froid and aspic. We poached our trout then added garnishes.
You can also see the inlaid garnishes in this pic. My final project was a MUCH smoother platter. This one is blah.
all of our fun garnishes we learned.
Do you see the apple swans? :)
This was our first project with chaud froid and aspic. We poached our trout then added garnishes.
You can also see the inlaid garnishes in this pic. My final project was a MUCH smoother platter. This one is blah.
all of our fun garnishes we learned.
Do you see the apple swans? :)
