Pre-Christmas

Pre-Christmas

We spent the Christmas holidays with Simon’s side of the family in Vancouver. It always kicks off with cousins Bruce and Cathy’s Solstice party on the 21st. This is always a well attended event by friends and family alike but the friends often joke that...
Island Fun

Island Fun

Over the Thanksgiving weekend we travelled to Gabriola Island to visit with some of our relatives. The weatherperson was totally wrong and we had a beautiful weekend. This is the lovely view from Aunt Bev’s place: It was apple picking time, the girls were ready...
Family Celebrations

Family Celebrations

We also visited Vancouver for some special family celebrations. The girls’ Nonna had a birthday; of course any excuse for cake is A-OK with our kids! The next weekend a party was held to celebrate the engagement of our sister, Sylvia, and her fiance Trevor....
Parks Canada Day

Parks Canada Day

Simon manned a firefighting information booth at Stanley Park in Vancouver. Although it poured for 6 solid hours, it was well attended when the rain finally abated. We came down for a visit, here are the fire beavers: Also, Simon hammed it up with BeeBop the Beluga...