Oh Canada!

We are back from our action packed Canada vacation visiting Dave's side of the family.

this was at the end of the trip... he was wiped out.

Washington wine tasting

celebration after Gene and Barb's renewal ceremony

ha!

The following few pictures are after Gene and Barb's ceremony renewing their wedding vows. This was at the church they got married in in Vernon:

Sonya, Keith, and Jazlynn (Sonya is Gene's sister)

Alyssa and Jerry (Jerry is Barb's dad)

Thank goodness for the popsicles at Joni's house... it was a HOT day!

Why do we always end up with pictures of Dave with a bug swatter?

Matt relaxing at the lake house

Awww, the boys made Ali a birthday sign!

Ethan

Nate loved hangin' out at the kids' table!

Happy Birthday, Ali!

Jeff took us tubing! Everyone had such a fun time.

The only reward for getting up at 5am every morning.

Ali

Our visit with Baba (Pauline). This is Gene's mom.

naked babies!

Dave's grandpa Jerry made a nice meal for us the night we arrived in Vernon.

Since it was so hot on our trip, I was thankful the Okanagan Valley was known for white wines.

They gave Nathan some juice in a wine glass at this winery

Nate loves breakfast... anywhere!

at the splash park in Vancouver (Stanley Park)

Barb and I got a break from the boys and went to get cupcakes.

I love all of the markets in Vancouver. This case had all kinds of fresh pastas.

Nate and I on a little ferry ride

This is where we stayed in Vancouver

Inside of one of the markets

Halibut

The next few are at Lighthouse Park in North Vancouver:

Waking up

in the car on our road trip through Canada

Nate's adding some more challenges to us cooking in the kitchen.

Nate and Will. Will's about to become a big brother any day now!

This is us with a few of the moms in the group I belong to. We went to Pannikin to celebrate the group's one year anniversary. All of the babies here are the same age +/- a month. Selena and I (3rd one from left) were actually in the same hospital at the same time but we didn't know each other then.

Bubbles

Nate at 13 months

Our visit with little Chloe

Chloe's mom, Barb, was a former roommate of mine when I lived by Moonlight Beach. Now she has a cute little baby girl. Chloe was born at the end of February.

teaching Nate to be gentle with the baby

Nate thought this was for climbing. I don't think he remembered when he used to lay on his and bat at the objects.

Nate and I at Barb, Seth, and Chloe's house. They did a lot of work on the house to open up it up to allow more light to come in. It was fun to visit.

We've been at the pool!

We had 3 pool parties last week if you can believe it! Lots of fun in the sun!

Steve and Meg made ice cream for us!

Nate loved climbing on the chairs

yum, corn on the cob

Nate playing lawn games by himself :)

This is at Nate's friend Tre's Hawaiian themed 1st b-day party...

having a snack before he get in the pool.

Our friends, Carrie and little Thomas invited the group over to their neighborhood pool:

Nate's new 3 in 1 trike

Nate's friends gave him a cool new trike for his b-day. Here he is helping put it together. He is really getting the hang of how to ride the rocker and he's even using it to perfect his circus skills.

It was a little hot today, so he slept like this... this was yesterday...

July 3rd Beach Day

Look how clean he started out....

Getting very messy... want a hug?...

oh boy, lots of sand everywhere, ears, mouth, eyelashes. I had lots of fun cleaning him up, ha! ...

Right when we got in the car he passed out.

He was so tired when we got home that we put him directly into his crib, sand and all.

Here, he's getting a little bit of a second wind. Dave is exhausted now.

uh oh!