Dad's Birthday! May 25, 2012

Outdoor picture!

BBQin' The three kids gave Dad a new BBQ cover.Good friends sharing a momentBlowing out candlesDad's favorite dessert... Rice PuddingOpening gifts.

25 Years

Last Sunday, January 15th our family had the joy of celebrating the fact that Dad has been 25 years on the job! It was sad that Scott was not able to be with us that night. We missed you Scott! Thank you so much Dad for everything you do for our family. You are an amazing father and husband. We love you so much!

Cousins!

My cousins Tabitha and Giardana stayed for a visit after the anniversary party on the 7th. They stayed for a whole week! It was really nice to be able to spend this time with them. We don't see them much.... they live near Toronto. This picture of the three of us was taken one day before I went to work - Uncle Clare was taking them out on the boat!
One afternoon I took the girls to Pakenham. I needed to buy some chicken feed (yes, I have chickens again... that's another post) I also just wanted to show them the sights! We had fries at The Chip Wagon and on our way out of town we had ice cream at Scoops.... they were not starved! We had a wonderful afternoon together :)
Giardana at the river
Tabitha exploring

Sisters! Bears that Erin "could not afford to buy for them" at the General store. :)Uncle Clare took them out on the boat on Friday morning. It sounded like they had a great time!

It was a joy to have you girls.... you need to come back very soon!

Happy Father's Day Dad!

"A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be".

Mom and Dad's Trip - Part 1

I have been wanting to tell you a bit about Mom and Dad's trip. We have been having some trouble downloading photos from the trip so for now I have pulled some online. There will be a longer trip post coming up.

Their first few days were spent in Calgary. Dad had some meetings and presentations to make.

After that they went to Victoria Island for 4 days. This is a picture of the Delta hotel where they stayed.

Spring is well underway in Victoria this time of year. There were large pots of flowers everywhere.

One of the days Mom and Dad were able to go and visit

a National Historic Site of Canada, "Butchart Gardens". Here are a few pictures I pulled from their website...

Dad surprised Mom with a ride on a float plane from Vancouver to Victoria Island. The ride took about 35 min.

I'm looking forward to sharing more pictures and details at a later date.

Auf Wiedersehen

We have been busy the last few days getting Mom and Dad ready to go on a trip this week to Calgary and Victoria. Dad has been away alot the past year so it's nice that Mom and Dad are able to spend some time together this week (after Dad's meetings are over in Calgary!)

Please pray that the flights go well and that they have a great time. Victoria should have nice spring weather this time of year...