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| Blogdate: Monday, October 11, 2009 Nothing beats an apple right from the orchard... |
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| Bodhi relaxing in the pumpkin corner during some sunny but -1°C weather. |
A Thanksgiving afternoon at the Apple Barn just outside Abbotsford has turned into a yearly tradition. This time around though we made it a group effort and joined a bunch of other friends for a full morning of pretty much every kid activity you can think of at a farm. Bern wanted fresh apples for some pie and I wanted twenty or so for the candy apples I plan to make for the neighborhood kids for Halloween this year. Something new I figure is in order. And since I used to love getting candy apples from this one family every year back in Prince Rupert some thirty-five, yes 35, years ago, I reckon to become the family that gives candy apples. Yesterday was Thanksgiving dinner at our place as well as yeh-yeh's (paternal grandfather in Chinese) birthday party. I don't know what you get for a 76 year old, so we gave him every type of pie and cake we could think of: birthday cake, chocolate cake, apple pie and cream pie. He was happy. So were we. Period. A rare moment: Rian stands still long enough for a picture (left). |
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| Me, Bern, Bodhi, Chris, yeh-yeh, Brandon, Rian, Debi and Rick on yeh-yeh's 76th birthday at our house in Surrey. |
| Blogdate: Friday, September
24 - Sunday, September 26, 2009 A last kick at the can... |
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| One of the smallest lakes I've ever seen in BC, but a beautiful and short trail runs the entire perimeter. Perfect for kids. | |
Can
you say gluttons for punishment? On Friday I jetted home right after school
to appease Bernadette's desire to take the family out for one last camping
trip before true fall weather sets in. And since we wanted to spend minimal
time driving, we found ourselves about an hour away at Rolley Lake Provincial
Park in Mission, BC. As it turned out, an entire campground full of other
families had the same idea because at 6pm, on a Friday night, we pulled
into the last of about three remaining spots. While Rian is still a little
small for it, Bodhi and I tried something new this time out: we brought
our climbing gear and ran a rope betweeen two trees to practice tyrolean
traversing. Bodhi found it pretty difficult to pull himself across a rope,
but either way, he had fun and looked pretty serious with all that gear
on. Trees, trees, trees, I love trees says Bodhi. |
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| A cheetos kind of weekend. | Gearing up for a traverse. |
Don & Bernadette along with their two boys live in Surrey, BC, Canada. |
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