Sooke summer visit

Every summer we like to get out to Sooke and have an overnight camping adventure at Wendy & Chris’ home. This summer Claire & Rhys had their very first sleep over without us! Exciting times. We went out on a date night in Sooke and had dinner at the most amazing restaurant right near the ocean- Wild Mountain. After walking around the harbour we headed back to the house long after Claire & Rhys went to sleep. They did not know we were coming back that night and they did great. A success.

We also had a special time on Chris’ boat… we went crabbing! We found out Rhys gets seasick and Claire enjoys boating.

Good times!

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Mexico 2016!

In February we traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to catch some sunshine. We met my parents down there and had a blast. The kids had so much fun and it is always so nice to spend time with my parents. The main purpose for this trip was to have Claire & Rhys spend some quality time with their Nana & Papa who they don’t get to see very often. Mission accomplished 🙂

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Butchart Gardens

To celebrate the December birthdays of Debbie & Senna, we met up at Butchart gardens recently. Despite the heavy rain, we all found time to revel in the nighttime festive splendor of it all.

Hidden amongst the tour were displays depicting scenes from the “12 days of Christmas” song. The kids’ goal was to find all of the displays and their reward, given by the front desk, was a free candy cane (which they achieved, obviously). After riding the indoor carousel, getting drenched from the rain, and after many oohs and aahs, we all sat down to have some hot cocoa and warm up before we went our separate ways.

We are looking forward to Christmas dinner with everyone in a few weeks time.

 

 

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Spooktacular Thanksgiving

The Miller clan gathered together for Thanksgiving this year.  It is turning into a bit of an annual tradition… a visit to Galey’s farm followed by a yummy potluck style dinner at our home.

Galey’s farm has train rides with silly Hallowe’en decor along the way, a hay-ride to a large pumpkin patch where we pick out pumpkins, a petting zoo, a large corn maze and a haunted house area which Rhys refused to go to this year- too scary!

We always so much fun getting the family together and sharing some laughs. This year was a bit different because it was pouring rain when we were at the farm and we still had a great time.

 

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Alberta Part 3 – Medicine Hat & family!

After our fun time in Drumheller we caravanned to Medicine Hat and had four sunny days that we spent with family.

Our good friend Annalee drove from Northern Alberta to visit us while we were in Medicine Hat. Thank-you for making such an effort to see us! We had a wonderful visit with you…. ice cream, swimming, and a lovely lunch out.

I was able to visit with my Godparents- Aunt Linda & Uncle Norman, we had a family BBQ to celebrate my Mom’s birthday and we visited the Medicine Hat skate park and various tourist spots around the town.

Thank-you for the wonderful visit everyone! We will be back soon. xo

 

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Annalee:

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Back L to R: Deanna, Sarah, Mom (Tricia), Dad (Vern), Caithlin, Ethan, Michaela, Hayden

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Heading back to Calgary for one last night before flying home:

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Alberta Part 1 – Travel to Calgary & cousins

When we returned from Africa late 2013 one of the first things on our list to do was get out to Alberta to visit with my family. We had not visited as family since 2010 so long overdue!

We flew Victoria > Vancouver > Calgary. My cousin Leah lives in Calgary with her family and they opened up their house to us for a night so we could get in a visit before we departed the next day to Drumheller.

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Summer camping in Sooke

We have never camped as a family before and the kids were eager to give it a try so as a soft run we camped out on Wendy & Chris’ property in Sooke. Obviously the kids loved it and Jimmy & I survived the night so looks like we will try a real camping trip next summer 🙂

We had a big picnic, spent time at Sooke potholes and had loads of leisure time reading in the sunshine, and visiting the chickens. Jimmy even entered a local skateboard contest where he did really well and won some skate goods.

We always enjoy our time with Wendy, Chris and Senna and this was yet another fun get-together.

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