We had a lovely birthday party for the girls. I thought it might be a bit chaotic, but the weather was good, we were outside the whole time, the kids were happy, the adults were well fed, and a good time seemed to be had by all.
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Last birthday, we had a quiet celebration with my [...]
The girls, my mom, my sister and I had a wonderful time hiking at Lake O’Hara. It’s just such an amazing, wonderful place… even if we did have rain for the first day and a half. But us ladies are no strangers to roughing it, so we packed warm and had lots of fun.
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We got back from our four day hiking trip - and boy o boy do I have pictures! But that will have to wait because tomorrow is the girls’ 4th birthday party. We’ve been cooking and baking all day! But here is a stolen moment in the garden… in their Ethiopian party dresses, to boot.
With three computers simultaneously freshing refreshing at 7am in the morning, we (J & C and us) by some miracle of fate, managed to secure two campsites for the weekend at Haines Point in Osoyoos. It’s only BC’s busiest campground! But there’s a reason. The small campsite is gorgeously situated in the middle of a lake [...]
Since we got married, my husband has cheerfully allowed me to drag him up and down a few mountains. But as a prairie boy, it isn’t really his thing. It’s my thing. So I figure, if I want my girls to experience the Canadian wilderness the way I have experienced it, it’s up to me.
So [...]
Everybody has a different lifestyle and living experience. These snapshots from the last couple of weeks does give a hint of ours, anyway. Busy busy busy! but with lots of time for the improtant things, such as play and gardening, fmaily and friends.
BTW: You will see some pics of Sugar and Spice’s friend Tigger. Guess [...]
A few words from Spice about her yellow Ethiopian scarf, and scarf wearing in general. You get a sense of how she talks. (Although she is more verbose when not being taped. Aren’t we all…) She got this scarf at the women’s weaving cooperative near Entoto mountain, in Addis Ababa.
Continuing our eastward journey… we spent several days in Saskatchewan, visiting Jrock’s family and some dear friends. He grew up in that area, and we also lived together for 5 years in the neighborhood.Â
So it was lovely to reconnect with our Best Nextdoor Neighbors Ever S and R… who now hae a little tike. As [...]
We always enjoy going to visit our friends and family in Calgary - we just never seem to have enough time! But this time, in two days, we crammed in an Ethiopian lunch with Nona and Auntie ; Butterfield Acres and a splash park with our hosts K, L and Leo (as well as more [...]
Well it isn’t the Naramata Bench if you don’t do a little wine tasting, now is it?
We did slip away to see a few wineries… our favourite that we tasted at was La Frenz - everything was good. Somebody there obviously knows what they are doing.  And the prices were great. Kettle Valley had respectable wines… I [...]
Continue reading about Harambee: exploring Naramata wineries
Harambee was a chance for the girls to spend some time with their new and old friends… I found they did more socializing than I did - maybe in future years I’ll get a chance to relax a bit more. But it was neat to see.
Sugar, in typical fashion, hung out with her Swazi friend [...]
These guys crack me up. You can see what drumming lessons for a week, two tiny guitars, mixed with a little artistic licence, does.
It is an 11 minute video… but enjoyable for family and friends with time to kill!
If you are wondering - yes, Sugar does have a black eye. It’s going down now, thank goodness. [...]
Jrock’s parents popped by for a 5 day visit the last week of June… and yes, I’m only posting about it now! (But you can see the garden in the background and in my next post you’ll be wowed at the difference 2 weeks of heat makes.)
We had a nice visit - going soccer games and Elysium [...]
Continue reading about Granny and Grandad enjoy the Okanagan
Shortly after we brought the girls home from Ethiopia, we took them to get a flourisde treatment. The dental hygenist told us “they both have cavities!” Yikes.
So three dentist apointments later, the “chompers” as the dentist calls them, are all fixed. The first visit was just that, a visit. The second one, both girls got [...]
It sounds funny, but we were upstairs last night when Spice said “who’s blood is this?” She found some blood on the floor. I searched all the human and animal paws in the house until I found a horribly broken claw on Haatim. It was all twisted off to one side and I was worried [...]
