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Last weekend we took our first vacation together as a family, and snuck away to Bowen Island for four days. Even though it rained almost the whole time, it was so nice to have a change of scene and get away (from work especially!) Enjoy the pictures!
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- Sugar's very first spelled word!
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- Sugar looking out the ferry window across to the island.
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- Just the way I wanted to spend my birthday - braiding. Errr. Not. But it only took 4 hours this time.
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- Spice and Jrock scaling the rocks on Bowen.
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- We picked sea shells by the sea shore!
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- For their growing collections.
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- Out shopping in a rare moment of sunshine.
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- Spice's first spelled word! in the pizza restaurant.
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- Sugar. One of their favorite things in the world is to shop. We were on the prowl for a Bday cake.
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- Spice at the lake, searching for a geocache site.
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- By Killarney Lake.
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- The shot that got away...
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- The only darn geocache we couldn't find. We searched and searched...
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- Finally Jrock had to run ahead to pick up the Bday cake while the girls and I hiked for another hour (2 total.)
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- Yummy! The chocolatey-est of cakes, from the chocolaterie.
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- Even her baby "elephant" ate some. We all pretended we had elephants on the island.
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- Reading spring and ocean books we brought from the library back home.
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- Monsters! Crafting in the rental house.
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- Sugar's Island Monster.
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- Spice's Island Monster
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- My Island Monster
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- Hilarious - you know it rains a lot when the posters are all laminated on the telephone poles.
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- At the Artisan deli/cafe. Yummy...
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- Chasing ducks and geese. They tasted the water and said it tasted like fish poop. Unquote.
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- Snug Cove, where the ferry comes in.
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- At least we got our Spring quota... daffodils were a plenty.
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- In the Snug Cove harbour.
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- Crossing back on the ferry. $16 for three yogurts and a hot chocolate. Sheesh.
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- The girls loved the ferry... I think it was too short of a ride for them!
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- A trip to IKEA on the way back - new TV stand, paints, new doll beds - I love IKEA!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Looks like so much fun, despite the rain. Happy Birthday!
Karen
March 16th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Looks like a fun time.
Thanks for the Email. I’ll try you tonight.
cheers Lynds
March 16th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Great pictures! I love the ones of all four of you especially!
k
March 16th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Your pictures are amazing. Sounds like a wonderful getaway! And I love the crazy family photo. Your girls are SO cute.
March 16th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Looks like you had a great time. You can never count on the weather down here that’s for sure. Sun and rain for the Olympics and then the snow comes after they are over!! (At least the para-olympians have lots of snow on the mountains!)
You are doing such a fabulous job of the braids!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Lovely trip and photos! Happy Birthday (belated)!
March 16th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
It was funny, because everyone down there was so grateful for the three weeks of sun during the Olympics, they are more than happy to have the rest of “winter” now
Thanks for the Bday wish, Gina. It was good one. Simple, but a good one.
March 17th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Wow I love that first picture! What a beautiful family! Great shots as always. And as always, thanks for sharing. Glad it was a good time for everyone - your girls seem like great little travellers!
March 17th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Oh, and I really love your green coat. You’re looking fantastic these days… so happy.