Our piano studio had a cute piano recital/ picnic on a nice sunny day. Claire & Rhys played very well 🙂
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Tag: Victoria
Glow-in-the-dark golf
We met up with some school friends one Saturday to try out some mini golf with a twist. It was glow-in-the-dark and we had fun!
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L to R: Rhys, Beau, Luc, Chloe & Claire
Swan Lake with Nana & Papa
We made the most of my parents stay with us by going on adventures such as walking around Swan Lake.
My Mom loves birds and this place has loads of them! You can even purchase bird seed from the nature centre & safely walk around feeding the ducks and birds. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon.
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Claire + ice skating = ♥ !
Claire really wanted to take ice skating lessons. Rhys has zero interest in it…in fact his worst birthday memory is when the kids turned 6 and we organized an ice skating party for them… We all thought the party was awesome!
Claire is a really great skater and she loves it!
Our new piano!
We have been wanting to sign Claire & Rhys up for piano lessons for quite a while. Jimmy happened upon a beautiful old piano that a lady was wanting to give away for free. After a lot of research we realized how expensive it is to move a piano and that old pianos may look pretty but are not a sound investment.
We went for it and so far the piano sounds great, looks pretty and Claire & Rhys are doing great with lessons!
dee’s 40th birthday!
On January 28th I turned 40! WOW! It seems like yesterday I was in high school or living it up at University at the age of 17.
I don’t normally do a lot on my birthday. My close friends all live in different cities and we are kept pretty busy with family life. Claire & Rhys really enjoy celebrating with us so I decided to have a stay-cation in a swanky local hotel. Jimmy made all the arrangements while I just enjoyed everything 🙂
Two of my girlfriends had flowers sent to me which was an amazing way to start my birthday celebrations- thanks Faye & Anna! Jimmy and the kids bought me some gorgeous new artwork that I had been coveting for quite sometime by a local artist- Michelle Heslop. We stayed at the Ocean Pointe Hotel with a room that had an amazing view of the inner harbour. We ate, we swam and we had loads of fun. Jimmy even brought along some of my favorite ice cream- tiger! The next day we met my parents at Spinnakers for brunch which was wonderful and to end…we had delicious allergy friendly cake from my favorite bakery- Patisserie Danielle.
If this is 40 then I am totally okay 🙂
Christmas 2017- part 4 (post-Christmas)
Christmas break was so fun and busy this year. We went for our annual boxing day breakwater walk- it was so cold! We made it to Butchart Gardens for the annual Christmas light display. We went to a hockey game for our friends sons birthday party which was great but too loud for Nana & Papa 😉 Nana, Claire & I joined Auntie Debbie for a Nutcracker performance which was a good time.
Breakwater:
Butchart Gardens:
Royals Hockey Game:
Nutcracker:
Christmas 2017- part 3 (Christmas Day)
We had a very early start on Christmas morning! Rhys wakes up early every day and this morning was before 5am! ugh. It was so dark out but with some coffee and the kids excitement we all woke up and had fun un-wrapping gifts and playing with the kids.
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It snowed overnight so once the day got started and we had more daylight we ventured outside for some playtime! and of course snowman building & sledding.
Another one of our annual traditions is having Auntie Debbie over for a Christmas day brunch. We eat, exchange gifts, chat, drink warm drinks and watch a movie- fun times!
  
