Aevery singin non-sense

Cute little video of my neice Aevery singin non-sense to Trish.

My little niece Aevery from Corby Martin on Vimeo.

Damn good xmas

So, christmas has come and gone once again. This was an especially good year I think, since we didn't make the trip home last year and the whole family being in different towns now it made it that much better to all get together. I also got some great snowboarding in and some good one on one time with Alex up at Whitewater.
Me, Alex, Will and Charlie up top of backside gettin ready to drop in on some epic pow runs. I cant believe how untracked the hill was and how little line ups there were, it was unreal. I don't know if the recession killed the tourism or what but I liked it just fine.


Look how empty that hill looks!
This video is just of us playin around in the powder. Unfortunately the free video editing software I used put that writing on the final video. Damn garbage, I can't wait for my new computer to be ready.

Xmas pow shreddin from Corby Martin on Vimeo.

And the actual christmas activities were great I spent a bunch of time acting as jungle gym for my niece Aevery and just hangin with family. Speaking of my niece, I actually have two and this was my first time meeting them. I have not been a great uncle so far but I think I will change that. I had three amazing dinners as well, my mom's roast was perfect, my dad's lamb and Vietnamese pho was terrific and Leanne's classic turkey dinner was....classic. So back to the diet now to get rid of a few pounds I picked up.

Crazy face Trish and Aevery.
My mom got Aevery a princess ballerina outfit and we got here the bling to match.

Me, Trish, Mom, and Tako at Leannes house.
My sis Kelsey with Aevery
My brother in law Nolan with his new baby Emily.
My bro in a period correct helmet custom made for my Moms good friend Peter.

not that cold.....for Edmonton

It wasn't that cold today! Only -4 sweet, so me and Tako went for a good long walk to shoot some video. I have been filming random stuff ever since I got the new camera, I don't have anything to shoot really but I just want to get outside and use this new camera. But yesterday I signed up for a few online stock video libraries that I can upload my footage to and they sell it. Sweet! Finally I can shoot random stuff and actually make use of it and maybe make a few bucks off it. So thats cool, I can't wait to get doing some shooting other than the dog park.

Anyway Tak was still pretty cold after our walk and had some snow beard happenin.

Still effin cold

Well I think it was even colder today. It was a beautiful day bright blue sky with a bit of fog and tons of sun. But it was like -35 so we didn't even go outside.

So I took some pics of the neighbours trees through the window from inside.

And since it was so damn cold I figured I would try to learn how to photoshop alittle better so I put together this little collage of photos I took in cuba last winter.

Sushi time

Trish decided today that she wanted to make sushi. And what Trish wants, Trish gets. Sooooo, We had a deliscious feast of sushi, rolled by Trish with love. Even Takumi ate salmon sashimi. Yum. Enjoy the pics.

mmmmmmmm
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-31

Well it is -31 out today. I tried to get Tak to wear those little booties so the cold wouldent hurt his feet but he had 3 off before he was out of the parking lot then limped around the whole walk. Oh well I tried. It was too cold to doddel with photography so here are a few pics I took of frost on the windows.

More cold days at the park

Poor little Tako sure doesn't like the cold. A tshirt and jacket and he still is shivering his ass off and he starts limping from cold paws within a couple minutes of getting out of the car. Oh well the little fatty needs the excersise.

Xmas spirit has infected our home

So Trish got the idea she wanted to build a ginger bread house for chistmas and I had no choice but to go ahead with the idea. I her usuall fashion she doubled the recepie and made a crap load of dough so...... we ended up with 2 houses worth. Dont worry Christy came over to build house number 2. After a rocky start including breaking every panel of the first house they got em together and did some decorating. Enjoy the pics in reverse order ....yay

Cold day at the dog park

Me and Tak went for our usuall walk at the dog park today, we havent gone for the last few days cause it was -28 and Tak doesn't like the cold much. So anyway I thought it was a bit warmer today and figured the little fatty could use some excersise (the big fatty too). I was shooting video with my new camera so no pics but I will eventually post up some video from the new camera once I get an editing setup. But man was Tak not happy with me everytime I pulled out the camera he would come back and nag me to keep moving. I guess it was still -20ish poor little guy.

Oh well here are a couple pics I took a while ago but I was photoshoppin today.

Lazy Dawg

Tako is soo lazy. I shot this for a group project on vimeo. The rules are the video has to be exactly one minute long with no movment, no editing, no music just the original sound. So tak falling asleep seemed like a good idea.

Lazy Dawg from Corby Martin on Vimeo.

Blizzarding in Deadmonton

So it has been hardcore snowing and blowing for the last 3 days and it's starting to pile up. But you know what I guess its not enough snow for the plow truck to come out. Trish's car has been parked in the driveway for 2 days cause there is no chance it will make it 10 ft on the roads. Luckily my truck rules all snow drifts and is unstoppable, stuck f150s and abandoned Rams are mere obstacles for me. HA HA

Anyway I made a time laps of 170th St last night. This is a 7 lane main road that has yet to see a plow.