17.9.10
Bathroom Reno
Marc and I just took possession of a new house. We CANNOT wait to do our bathroom like this!!
9.9.10
My Summer Vacation by Tyrn James
This is Ty weighing in for the first time on mom and dad's blog. It is almost my six month birthday and mom has spent the past six months teaching me to read and write. Here is my debut essay, fitting for the first week of school . . . I cannot believe that my first summer has already gone by. It was a busy one! Mom and Dad took me many places - Idaho, Yellowstone and now Lethbridge and Edmonton. I saw lots of my favourite relatives this vacation. **Like Grandma!
And Grandpa!
And Nana and Grandpa.
And Auntie Julie.
I love men with beards. They make me giggle. Uncle Brad's beard gave me a laughing fit, so did cousin Nevin's!
I met my namesake Tyrn. He saw in me the potential to become a drum superstar and gave me my first drum lesson. First lesson: How to suck the sticks.
I also met Ty's mom - Grandma Deb. She LOVES me! What's not to love though!
This vacation involved many firsts for me . . .I tried rice cereal for the first time.
Had my inaugaural trip to Jasper.
Saw mommy and daddy's old house.
Visited LOTS of people. Mom and Dad know too many people. I obliged them and was very cooperative and acted cute and cooed for them all.
Mom and Dad played Outburst with their friend. Take a look at this card, it made them all laugh. I don't really get it - Who the heck is Warren Beatty?Oh I almost forgot! In the middle of our family vacation we had family pictures with the big G's! (That is how I refer to daddy's side of the family.) It was rainy and cold - 6 freakin' degrees! (Oh sorry, mommy doesn't like it when I talk like that) I was freezing but I cooperated to the best of my ability - I am only six months you know!
You can look at Auntie Julie and Uncle Lowell's blog if you want to see more pictures.The next few months will be busy for mom and dad - they are moving into a new house!! I refuse to pack any boxes but I might help them out by learning how to crawl and mess up some cupboards for them!
**I have become THAT mother!!! The one who narrates for my children and makes it sound so cheesy. No more I vow, no more! This will be my one and only Ty narration. ;)
1.9.10
maria aliciana
27.8.10
august activities
here, on one of the last days of a beautiful august, is a quick photojournal of our recent lives in chilliwack.
we have been eating LOTS of wild salmon. the sockeye run in the fraser this year is the biggest since 1913 or something crazy like that. i am going fishing for alaskan koho with fraser and arie in october, so i though i had better refine my gutting and filleting techniques.
kylie refused to take more than a couple pictures of me. she missed the actual gutting process, which was quite fascinating.
i picked this salmon up on the reserve. it had come out of the river 2 hours earlier and made a fantastic dinner. we just threw it on a cedar plank with some butter and salt and pepper and let the salmon shine. i need sharper knives if i am going to do this more often.
ty and i have enjoyed playing with our toys and wiggling around on the floor.
although i havent been biking as much this summer as last summer, i have still gotten in some big rides with my buddy chris and my other buddy niko. chad and i made it out to whistler to bike the park once, and i hope to get out again to do some xc with julie.
speaking of chad, he is now famous in the fraser valley for his pork displaying abilities.
last monday i skipped out of work early to attend our friend mark and nadia's wedding on jericho beach.
it was a beautiful day, nadia was a beautiful bride and the setting was fantastic (as was the food). the groom's dutch family and the bride's italian family had great fun together.
ty got to hang out with his buddy quinton. below you can see ty transferring his cold to quinton and his family.
back when i went to UBC and stephen and amber lived just up the street, we used to come to jericho beach a lot, but we hadnt been back for a while. it was nice to stroll on the beach with brad and launa in our wedding finery.
the next day we loaded up the subaru and began our drive out to alberta.
we stopped for a hike in lake louise. kylie almost drowned in the dreaded lake louise beach sand, but luckily got away with only sandy pants and a dirty camera.
we drove out to moraine lake and then on to banff where we picked up dinner and wandered around the town.
now we are back in lethbridge and my cousin giselle's wedding is today. julie, lowell and i are doing the photography and video, so it's going to be a busy southern alberta cowboy wedding. yeehaw!
we have been eating LOTS of wild salmon. the sockeye run in the fraser this year is the biggest since 1913 or something crazy like that. i am going fishing for alaskan koho with fraser and arie in october, so i though i had better refine my gutting and filleting techniques.
kylie refused to take more than a couple pictures of me. she missed the actual gutting process, which was quite fascinating.
i picked this salmon up on the reserve. it had come out of the river 2 hours earlier and made a fantastic dinner. we just threw it on a cedar plank with some butter and salt and pepper and let the salmon shine. i need sharper knives if i am going to do this more often.
ty and i have enjoyed playing with our toys and wiggling around on the floor.
although i havent been biking as much this summer as last summer, i have still gotten in some big rides with my buddy chris and my other buddy niko. chad and i made it out to whistler to bike the park once, and i hope to get out again to do some xc with julie.
speaking of chad, he is now famous in the fraser valley for his pork displaying abilities.
last monday i skipped out of work early to attend our friend mark and nadia's wedding on jericho beach.
it was a beautiful day, nadia was a beautiful bride and the setting was fantastic (as was the food). the groom's dutch family and the bride's italian family had great fun together.
ty got to hang out with his buddy quinton. below you can see ty transferring his cold to quinton and his family.
back when i went to UBC and stephen and amber lived just up the street, we used to come to jericho beach a lot, but we hadnt been back for a while. it was nice to stroll on the beach with brad and launa in our wedding finery.
the next day we loaded up the subaru and began our drive out to alberta.
we stopped for a hike in lake louise. kylie almost drowned in the dreaded lake louise beach sand, but luckily got away with only sandy pants and a dirty camera.
we drove out to moraine lake and then on to banff where we picked up dinner and wandered around the town.
now we are back in lethbridge and my cousin giselle's wedding is today. julie, lowell and i are doing the photography and video, so it's going to be a busy southern alberta cowboy wedding. yeehaw!
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