The Family: 2009

Sunday, October 11, 2009

October

Just thought I would post a few photos from our trip to the Pumpkin patch in Richmond yesterday as well as some from last weekend in Gibsons. Enjoy!

Wow, was it summer! We went to Porpoise Bay and the weather was beautiful!

Playground at Porpoise Bay with Nona

Windy day at the beach!

Pony ride for Aidan at the pumpkin patch

Aidan loved playing in the hay!

Perfect fall weather! It was nice and dry since it hasnt rained in awhile and a good choice of pumpkins since we were there on the first day.

Aidan did a great job of carrying his pumpkins!

Sunny in the corn maze

We went with our good friends Meera, Andrew and Ethan. Here is Ethan, Clara and Aidan on the hayride to the pumpkin patch.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Well I think its safe to say fall has finally arrived . The trees around our place are changing colors and we can almost put away the air conditioner that we decided to buy after the heatwave this past summer.

The fields are starting to fill with orange pumpkins and the kids are making decisions on their costume choices for this October.

Summer started early this year for us. We managed to get in several camping trips visiting the Okanagan, Deception Pass and Penticton for the Peach Fest Parade. Both Aidan & Clara have grown this summer and we have spent alot of time outside catching with family and keeping busy.

Here are some photos from the past few months to bring you up to date. You can click on any image to enlarge them:

Picasso Clara ( It's for sale ).

Aidan taking a martial arts class. Here he is at Tae Kwon Do.

Aidan grabbing the camera he loves the self portrait.

Aidan at soccer camp watch out Beckham.

We had to visit the PNE same stuff as always but the doughnuts were great.

The first time my camera has actually taken an action shot in focus.

Clara & Mom I told you she has grown ( same height as Jackie now ).

Biking .. Clara is all thumbs.

Swimming in Penticton.

Outside our Hotel in Penticton the smoke was terrible due to the fires this year.

The kids making apple juice Sun Ripe watch out.

The bear falling victim to a fashion disaster.

Aidan at the Campbell Valley Fair.

Here is a good friend of ours Dana ( to the left ) Sadly she is battling cancer but remains strong. She just had a new baby Bailey who is very cute and doing great Here is Jackie Dana & Marcia at a night out.

Just clowning around at the Capilano Suspension bridge.

Here is Aidan doing some bike bike tricks. Thanks Uncle Ed for the setup.

As always there is lots more going on but that should cover it for now. Have a safe Halloween and we will be sure to update again for costume photos.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Long time no post.... Again!

I know, it has been awhile! I have been trying to work on a photo book and it seems to be taking away blog time. Anyways, enjoy the photos! Sorry, they are backwards in order....

We just got back last Wednesday from a 4 day camping trip to Shushwap Lake Provincial Park. It was wonderful! The weather was sunny and between 25-30 C and we had almost the whole place to ourselves since the kids are still in school. We bought a blow up boat that we had a good time rowing around in. Carter and Aidan actually went swimming as well.

Carter taught Aidan how to play Uno, he loves it!

Of course we had to have Smores :)

The beach at the campsite

Glad we brought the bikes along! The roads betweeen the campsites were paved which was perfect for riding, especially Clara's tricycle. Aidan is pretty confident now without his training wheels on. I got a lot of exercise by walking with him around all of the sites (25o in total) while he road his bike.

Waiting patiently for Dad to make the pancakes for breakfast.

Aidan's 1st love right now is lego (bike riding is a close second). Aidan and our next door neighbour Josh can entertain themselves for hours playing with it.