Xmas Party with the Sams, Jonah and Euan!

Dr. Sam!

Three pregnant women and one post-pregnant woman! 

Amazing, we all look so happy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm sure in every culture there is a holiday that is solely implemented by eating food! Lots and lots of food!

For North Americans, Thanksgiving is all about feasting so we had a Sunday brunch with the Sams, Jonah and 7-month old Euan!

I love toddler parties - kinda hard to take oneself too seriously! AnneMarie and Dan - and yep, that's Jonah with a bucket on his head!

Rian looks good in orange!

Euan tried to pretend he didn't really know the other four...

Rian likes his mates!

Tammy!
Libby and Dan (with Jonah's lil' bro in there some- where!)

Eat well all!

Thomas Day!
On the sunny Sunday, we all went up to ride Thomas the Tank Engine in Squamish!Rian got to see Sam (with parents Anne-Marie and Neil) and Jonah (with dad Dan)
Jonah having a laugh with his Dad!
Rian was intrigued by the train!







Sam knows every tank engine character's name so was our tour guide!

Rian was lookin' great in his Thomas outfit from cousins Mandy and Lucy!



Had time for a little cuddle with Dad!



Thomas, Rian and I!

We all thought the little train around the grounds was the best!

Anne-Marie and her posse!

More pictures!

Here's Rian at the local park - with our other favorite park being renovated at the moment, I suspect we'll be here a lot this summer!

Rian's little mate Jonah, helping to open a present! Jonah spends Weds. here with the fab babysitter Pam!

Yea! The Paper Bag Princess book, a Canadian classic!

One of Jonah and Rian's funniest games is "rickshaw", invented shortly after Jonah's Mom went to India!
It's sooooo hilarious!
We took a day trip out to see our new 1/2 acre plot of land on Seaview Road in the Sandyhook area of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast (say that 5 times fast!)

We're applying for our building permit this week and if all goes well, we should have the cabin at "lock-up" stage by early August! Maybe...

This is one of the main reasons we bought the land - a 9 minute walk away is the beach and boat launch!


Yep, our new life philosophy of "Investing in Leisure" is taking shape!