Each year we try to do something together as a family. This year, like last year, we decided to go to Big White for all the fun you can have on a Canadian family holiday in the snow. However this holiday had a few unexpected twists which did not include broken bones thank heaven.The first night Shane and I went up with Celia, James and the boys. We settled in easily to the condo we are now all familiar with. Had a nice relaxing evening .... boys played in the...

Our first flight leaves Kelowna at 7am... we fly to Vancouver and then Calgary before arriving in Heathrow. Gotta love those five in the morning wake up calls! Coffee!!!

That title needs a little explanation for sure! Let me start by saying that we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the USA which began with a (all too short) visit with my cousin John and Sandy. Having American cousins always makes for some good conversation when we get together. One of the stories they told us described the ingenuity and genuineness of the American people. In Montana a Taxidermist set up shop next to a Veterinarian..... seeing the incongruity of ...

As I write this last entry I sit in my home gazing out over the smoke filled Okanagan Valley. We began this journey going north through the smoky Chilcotin area of BC. Now that smoke has drifted down the province reminding us how fragile our earth The experience we had these past almost three weeks is difficult process. Yes I can blog about it but there is more to it than just words.I will always be so very grateful that the four of us shared the time together...

“Three Bucks And A Doe Ho”… sung to the tune of Three Coins In A Fountain.Help, I’m stuck in the car with a singing Colleen!! This singing streak started with our visit to the Canner at Port Edward (what we’ve been calling ‘Count Kevin’ for some obscure reason). Arriving at the canner site Colleen started off with “Cannereee, Canneraah, Canneree, Canneraah…with a flat fish on my back”.It just gets better...