Early Christmas

Vanessa came out to visit, and have an early Chistmas. We ate good food, made gingerbread men, and gave the boys a short hair cut.

Banff

We were privileged to go to confrence again this year. We got to spend it hanging out in the Banff springs, sleeping in a King sized bed, eating amazing buffet, and laughing with our best friends...our siblings.

Sammy is still sleeping...

Halloween

Nana and Papa came out and spent Halloween with us, then watched the kids while we went to conference in Banff.

Visit with the Holts...

Blake, Paula and the kids came out for a visit, we all had a great time!!

more summer fun...

Camping with the Morey's

We enjoyed a fun 2 day camp with our good friends. Next years plan is to go longer and in warmer weather :)

Camping with the Morey's

We managed to fit in one camping trip. Next years will be longer, and in warmer weather :)

catching up...

A fun summer filled with Eli's 5th birthday and a trip to Dinotown and playland.

A Few Thousand Words

OK, Summer did it's thing, and somehow I feel a little ripped off by the whole thing. What's that? You the loyal blog-reader feel ripped off too? I hear ya. Some day we'll be blogging in glory and the angels will post pithy observations and scathing commentary. It'll be great. Until that time, we'll muddle through.

You'll have to make do with a few highlight pics.

Poochy = eunuch

Hai I fixdid yer lamp.

Before and after...

The final results...now the grass needs to fill in, and the shrubs need to grow a good four feet.

Deck-o-rama 2007

Our old front step was moldering and shaking and generally rotting off the side of the house. Dad and Mom came out for a delightful Sunshine Coast week of deck design and construction. Apparently the next generation of pressure-treated wood doesn't like metal fittings that arn't Z-max galvanized. Oh, and stainless steel screws are really expensive, but they're nice. We made it up as we went along, we undid a few little blunders, and we managed a not-half-bad bit of building.\

Buff picked up some boxwood and an orphan azalia to spruce things up too.