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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!

The Park Pictures!
Before Nanna went on holiday to Nova Scotia, we discovered a new playground!
Rian and Nanna have their swing routine down to a science!
Rian loves swings!
One day we hooked up with Sam and his Mom Tammy!

Everest next!!!

Rian got some help on the swings!!

Canada Day BBQ!

The Sams (and their parents Anne-Marie & Neil, and Tammy & John) came over for a feast to celebrate our fine nation's Dominion...

Nothing says party like ice cream cones!

Rian scarfed his down the fastest! This is his "Please... Moa... Moa please" look! Our in-house Oliver!
Sam did his best "impression of a 20th Century Dictator"!
Sam totally mastered the slide! He and Rian took turns... kinda...

Sam thought the digger was pretty cool... well, I think he called it a 'front-end excavator' as trucks are his thing!
Rian in the fort, saying 'cheese' for the camera! Its kinda cute, in a scary way!

Sam puts all his energy into his laugh! Talk about a big expression!

The other Sam has a pretty charming laugh too!

In all, we all had a wonderful afternoon... us parents doing what we do best - sittin' around, talkin' and drinkin'!

Anne-Marie!

Tammy and John!

Pete!

Happy Canada Day all!

Rian in the park with Sam!

Rian is quite cautious but a terrific climber!

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!