Dean's Park

On one nice day in the beginning of September we went to visit Dean and Stephanie and went to Terry Fox School. What a great playground. B went to the top of the spiderweb. The big kids Dean and Clay went on the whirly whirly pole. Ry played basketball with Dad's help and Mom and Ry went down the twirly slide. (I played with some new actions in PS--so vintagey!)

B's in Kindergarten ALREADY!

Time sure does fly! B is now in kindergarten. He has to wear a uniform and he looks so cute. Here are a few photos of his first day as well as at school when we had his first meet the teacher nite!

Doing homework!

PNE Family Fun

We had never been to the PNE with the boys, so this year we decided to drag Gramma Raine with us! It has been a tradition in my family to go with my Oma as a young girl--I remember her buying the lottery tickets for the house and she would never win. It has also been a tradition for the past 8 years to go with the my girlfriends....and we always had so much fun! Here are a few fun pics-B got to go on the bungy trampoline and sit in a fighter jet. Ry had fun jumping down the stairs, running down the hills and petting the animals.


Watching SUPER DOGS!

Ry had a nap while....

B went bungy jumping!

B's Second Wedding!

What a unique wedding! We went on a dinner cruise that left from Granville Island and went around Stanley Park to the Port of Vancouver. Jake and Molly (Clay's cousins) got married on the boat then we went for photos around Granville Island. B got some serious motion sickness on the boat, so he passed out at around 8 pm. We were trying out our automatic ISO and got some wicked night shots--the sky almost looked blue, not black. All and all a gorgeous day! I LOVE VANCOUVER! (Sorry for another slide show, but there were just too many photos to post!)

Don't You Wish it was Summer?

You're in luck! July is how far behind I am with my blog. Isn't it refreshing in the middle of winter to see some warm sunny photos? Brayden tried out his new slip and slide. He ran and slid about a total of 5 times just to get the shot, then he didn't want to do it anymore.


The picture with Ry sitting in the chair has a funny story! I was sitting on this chair and had to go into the house to get a snack or the phone and I came outside to see Rylan sitting in MY chair with a cheeky little grin on his face! Smartie pants for 20 months!

Playing in the water! I love these shots because when you have a fast enough shutter, the water looks so cool!

(fyi-I really want to blog more regularly; however, just to let you know HOW much time it takes to post ONE photo--here is what I do:

1. Edit in Adobe lightroom (wonderful for those who like to dapple in some light editing, I might add)-saturate, desaturate, white balance--whatever I see fit. 2. Open in photoshop. 3. Do a little defog, tweak it a bit more. 4. Change image size to 1 inch by 2 inch 5. Save for web. WHY do I do all this? Well, I am a little cheap! I don't want to buy any more space on my blog and if I were to post images at full quality--it would take up all my space AND it would take all night to upload and even possibly time out!)

The "Blue" Park is the Best!

Our boys love the blue park at Mill Lake (well, so do we)! It is small enough so they don't get lost, it has lots of variety and no drug deals at the bathrooms! (Questionable). This is one of our fav hot spots in the summer.

Shuswap Tradition

Every year, the Wassen clan goes up to Auntie Bev's cabin the second weekend in August for some fun in the sun and water sports. This year was the first year I got to drive the jet-ski. Rylan was scared spitless of the BIG boat, and B loved doing bum drops on the trampoline. We brought our fancy camera so we could take some cool night shots as well! Enjoy!

Minnesota Trip

Since there were so many great photos, check out the slideshow! This was our big Mom and son vacation in July--Clay had to work...enjoy!

McKee Park

After the Canada Day parade, we stopped at "eat fresh" (Subway) to pick up food for a picnic lunch. The boys always ask to stop at the park on McKee Rd, so we decided to go there to eat. B had so much fun on the "whirly whirly" ride at the playground. It spins around using inertia--Clay even tried and got it spinning around and around. B thought it was the coolest thing and was laughing his head off! Ry was also being a daredevil climbing to the very top of the playground all by himself.