The rest of the Thanksgiving pictures!

Mom hosted the big meal with us, lil' brother Kyle, Mike, our colleague Roy, his partner Alan and Carmen, who just started at the BC Centre for Disease Control as well.

Roy gave us a rendition of the Village People's YMCA!

Alan, Mom/Nanna and Mike!

And while Rian didn't eat much, he helped with the clean up!

White Rock! Canadians are so literal... there really is a big rock painted white in White Rock BC!

The August 2007 pictures! Not sure what happened to Aug but it appears I was too busy to blog!

Rian is now 2 years and 4 months old! He can get himself up on the car at the playground!

The PNE Fair is pretty famous in Vancouver so we braved the crowds! Rian got to ride a tractor with Uncle Mike!

But I think Rian got a little scared of the llamas...

In no time though, he was feeling better and won at the swimming duckie game!

Nanna and Rian!

We had a lovely dinner with Alan, the partner of one of my colleagues! Pete also spent a Daddy Day with Rian at the beach!

Our cutie!

It's been a while since I've updated some pictures so this was about a month ago, bicycling in North Vancouver with Nanna, Mike and Rian's driver (otherwise known as 'Daddy')!

Nanna and Rian! With the bikes and our lovely truck in the back- ground!

It wasn't quite as gruelling as the Tour du France...

But we had a great time! Rian kept saying, "Weeeee!"

We stopped by Rice Lake on our recent biking expedition!

Mike and Rian share the same fashion sense with a theme of high visibility!

Happy visitors!

Biking at Lower Seymour Reserve!
Our UK friends Sam and Simon love biking so we went into the woods... ok, on paved trails but this path runs 8 km through the North Vancouver mountains!

Simon and Mike took the biking seriously! Simon was a good role model for helmet safety...
Rian just looked cute!

With our new propane fueled Ford F-150 truck, we can transport 6 people and five bikes... kinda...

Sam and Simon in Van- couver!!
Our and Mike's mates from the UK are visiting us!
We took a trip to the Sunshine Coast where Simon got in touch with his inner cave-man....


Mike will like this picture... because it was just seconds before Simon murked him off the log!



Does Simon look like:

a) a Survivor castaway with nice sunglasses

b) an IT guru desk jockey in south London

c) a Canadian Beachcomber???







I think Beach- comber! [Molly's Reach is a Canadian landmark made famous in the long-running TV show, "The Beachcombers"]
We saw our now cleared land with a new septic system!

Mike got to try out the big digger! Quote of the day was, "NOT THOSE JOY- STICKS!"
I think they liked Sechelt Inlet!

One afternoon last week, we hooked up with Nanna in the park!

High-five!

When he's not tearing around and going down slides, there can be a moment of reflection!

We also saw our mate Sam on the swings!

Then off for a stroll on the Drive with Uncle Mike!

Pics of our daytrip to the Sunshine Coast!

How many ferries give you this kind of view?!
Rian and Uncle Mike!

We took a short walk in Porpoise Bay Provincial Park (about a mile from our new land) - Rian loved the rocks!

Our cutie!

One of our favorite weekend activities is taking a walk in Lynn Valley...

Rian just loves throwing rocks in the river! The rocks seem to get bigger every time we're here but he's good at not hurting himself!

Mike is Rian's coach - just check out that concentration and technique!

Nova loves it too!

My good lookin' family!

Do you think we're raising a nature lover?