Saturday, August 8, 2009

Our New Bike Track




Dan and Jolene's Joshua and Nathan came to visit Thursday. After supper we went to the new Bike Park at McLennan Park (Mt. Trashmore).


There are about 4 or 5 tracks, 2 with shorter bumps and 2 others with longer runs (adjacent to the toboggan slope)



While an emergency crew took away a seriously injured biker from a more advanced track (a regular event), we let the boys try the bikes out on a small circular track near the bottom of the hill. Needless to say, they had a great time.



Within a very short time both seemed to feel quite at ease as you'll see on the video, like it's just the natural thing to do. (certainly easier than working with this horrible, free Blogspot software which totally has a mind of its own as to where it decides to put text and pictures - unreal!)
Kevin's already been out here too with his mountain bike, but we have no pictures. Even I have been on another part of the track's smallest bumps with my big-wheeled hybrid - scary!

In retrospect, we hope this has not whetted appetites for a dangerous new interest ....
Some grandparents.... sigh!





(The video comes from our old Kodak camera - so apologies for the flickering quality)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

A Gift for Steve & Nicole (temporary post)

Grandma explains it all in her video...


We're giving the gift along with Auntie Etta, who is coming to visit Laurie and Steve soon! 

Friday, September 26, 2008

The Wedding - Dream Week .... Mountaintop...

Well... the wedding week came and went, flashed by like a dream...

Started with Kevin and Greg leaving early on Monday for a 50 hour Miata trip from Kitchener to Sedro Woolley....








Mary & I, plus Mom, Margaret, and Marlene were hosted by Gord and Carol... amazing... low stress... fantastic food... wonderful company.... like a B&B vacation... thank you... thank you... thank you... thank you!!!!!!!!





The rehearsal, the wedding... other than a rainy Saturday, and Holly being ill, went wonderfully well..... WELCOME NICOLE to our clan!!!




And our clan was all there... including 2 privileged grandsons, Joshua and Nathan, not to mention Grandma E., Aunt Margaret, and other dear ones from California, Minnesota, Ontario, Illinois, BC, Washington..... wow!





We were on an emotional mountain top (plus a great day trip to Mt. Erie) the whole time! What a week!
But the title of our bedside book by Max Lucado reminded us... "It's Not About Me". And indeed ... to God be the Glory!

Friday, September 5, 2008

Our Vacation Place

And here's our favourite vacation destination, just spent 10 days here - Restoule...
(check out the panorama full-size! sigh...)



Saturday, August 16, 2008

The next milestone...


Steve and Nicole will be married on Sept. 20. Here's an engagement snap.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

... to get started















The above is our grand clan....

and then our grandclan...

















and just us (married 35 years on Aug 17!) ...










and last summer...