And he's off.....

 
Today Garron (our brother in law) is flying to Victoria to start his 2 1/2 month cross-canada Bike for Bibles tour. We will miss him, and we know he will really miss Amy, Journey and little Solomon. We are very proud of him already, please remember him each day as you complain about the heat or cold, or the long drive ahead of you, or the traffic or whenever you are thirsty or tired..... We know you can do it Garron! We just aren't sure if your bike can handle it:) (don't worry he has a better bike) To find out more about his trip click here  

David and Matt- Bouldering

 
 
 
  

Josiah and his cousin Ethan (1 month apart)

  

John and Ethan

 
Sara, John, Ocean and Sierra came over for a visit but John and Ethan weren't too talkative:) 

Biking with Daddy

 
 
 
 
david and the kids had fun riding the little motorbike around the dirt paths by the house. i took some pretty good videos of them but I don't have time to put them on right now. We really are enjoying our days around here. so much to do. 

Time to head home

  
we like the short walk home from the beach

almost done

  

making a river takes lots of water

  

Emma's friend shows up to help

  

the start of a river

  

Off to the beach!

 
It is so nice to just walk across the street and be at the beach! 

It's Us!

 
Thanks to Sara we have a picture of us! Many of you have asked for a picture of us so here it is. Sad emma:( (Lots more wedding pictures on sara's blog, laura's blog, terra's and shanna's.) 

Jake enjoying the shade

  

Poppy's Daisy?

 
everything is a daisy to me:) 

Grandma Marilyn's Daisies?

 
I don't know my flowers very well. 

Grandpa Brian's Tree

 
What are these kind called? 

Grandma Charlotte's Roses

  

Sierra Love

  

Can you see Emma?

 
Just off our backyard is a nice path that weaves through all the houses. It is so nice for emma to be able to just bike around where we can see her and without needing help getting up and down the curbs etc. 

Relaxing Days

 
The kids are loving their room. Thanks to Amanda the kids have a great big room to play and sleep in with a big balcony. So whenever they want to go outside they can! it has a great view too as you can see. Over Josiah's head you can see the beach, and over hudson's head you can see the playground.
Hudson is on the mend. He is playing today and laughing a little and he is eating everything again.
David is out climbing with Matt (just at an indoor gym- won't need a helicopter for this trip:) We went to Pete and Kate's last night for a great dinner (Jon cooked us up some yummy lamb). They left today for their honeymoon. Kate is a good packer. she had checklists and everything!
We are so thankful for this bit of a break and chance to be with our friends and family. Emma was just yelling Privyet! off the balcony to some strangers so she hasn't lost all her russian yet! 

Nit Picky!

 
The gang are having a little lice problem. So far we haven't caught them. Hope we don't. Just watching the infected ones makes me itchy though. yuck. Ocean and Sierra got new short haircuts though to make it easier. I like their new looks. We had a fun day just hanging out in the backyard. Huddy is getting better, he cries and is awake which is a good sign. He was so drowsy and quiet before. Morfar and David put together a nice little pagoda thing outside. (like yours mom and brian, only a little bigger) 

Ben J

 
Ben, Kayleah and Matt came over today and I took so many pictures of Ben. He loved getting his picture taken and he is just so adorable. Huddy has been sick today so ben didn't get to play with him. I think they will get along great.