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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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 [...]
Of all the strange places in the world, I finally bought my very own injera pan in… wait for it… New Norway, Alberta. Look it up on google maps and you’ll know why I was surprised.Â
Jrock and I were taking a round-about way home, wandering through the secondary highways looking for antiques, when we pulled [...]
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 [...]
I thought I would break up the pictures from our week at Harambee thematically, instead of by day or something. After all, it was a jam-packed week of activities, friends, learning and winetasting!
For those of you who don’t know, Harambee is a family camp in its 16th year, for families with children of African heritage. [...]
Continue reading about Harambee: drumming, dancing and storytelling
Last weekend we went to Mehaber / True Colours Camp. Some of our friends from Nelson organized this great little camp near Needles, BC, at Whatshan Lake.
There were only 12 families in a smaller private campground, so it was just nice. We could let the kids bike around like crazy without having to watch them [...]
Well, I got home after a week away last night. Jorck held the fort down nicely… I knew he would. He did stage mak-up, fed them hotdogs and pulled weeds int he garden. The only difference when I got home is that the girls started eating vegetables again, and, as their pre-school teacher teacher said [...]
Continue reading about Nice to be home: Strawberries and Guitars
I don’t have a lot of time to write - it’s a busy night. But I finally got a nicer computer to work with and thought I would share some pictures of where I am. I’ve never been to New Hampshire before, but it’s really lovely. There are so many brick buildings, and gorgeous old [...]
Thank goodness for Skype - especially since I don’t have a phone where I am staying. I miss you family! Girls and Daddy too!
My girls and I took a long road trip together - that’s why you havn’t heard from us for a while.
We drove just over 3000km up north to see my parents and back again. Now, lots of people do this type of driving all the time (and I used to be one of them) but [...]
Our girls were pretty stoked when they learned Auntie Ena and Uncle M were going to China… after all, that’s where their friend Tigger is from! So it must be a really cool place…
Their gifts arrived via Grandpa-mail yesterday, and boy, were they excited. They will use the little brushes on their “babies”, but for [...]
