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Little Jail Birdie is Set Free from Behind Bars

We dragged one of Jennifer’s mom and dad’s old single mattresses back with us to PG from Victoria. Jasmine had become quite adept to hurdling the side rails of her crib and we were naturally worried that she would not always land feet first. And so with much sadness we disassembled her baby crib and moved her into her “big girl bed”. As you can see from the picture, she has found more uses for the bed than simply sleeping, particularly when she has Uncle Dave as an audience. We’ve pushed the bed up against one wall to prevent Jasmine from falling out when sleeping (has happened twice already) and stuffed pillows under the opposite side of the mattress. It ain’t perdy but it works…

G'ma in the George

Meri, Matt's mom, came to visit for a couple of days this week and we took Jasmine to Fort George Park to enjoy the great weather we have been having. Meri seemed to be reliving her youth when she couldn't resist the urge to run through the waterpark sprinklers with Jasmine and play on the park swings.

Backyard Bonding

Our neighbours Michael and Trish have a Japanese student staying with them for a month named Marika. In order to introduce her to some fabulous Western food we invited them all over for an outdoor fire-cooked dinner of hotdogs and smores-what could be better? Marika noted that she had seen hotdogs on Japanese TV, but hadn't ever tried one. It was loads of fun teaching her how to roast a marshmellow and even more laughs watching her eat it! Ahh, the things we take for granted...

Look What the Tide Brought in!

This photo was taken on Canada Day which started at Hubble Homestead (public farm and historical site) and ended with a dip in Summit Lake at Andrea's family's cabin (my brother's girlfriend). In her lifejacket, Jasmine couldn't move her head or bend over so we just placed her flat on this inner tube and floated her around the dock. I look at this picture and realize that my baby has truly been replaced by a little girl...Daddy's little girl.

Cool Chick

Jasmine and I spent a morning at Ness Lake last week, 20 minutes Northwest of Prince George. We were the only ones at the lake park that day and Jasmine enjoyed building her first sandcastles. Being at the lake really made me wish we could own property on one, a place we could visit all summer long (without having to pack for an hour or two before hand). We have been looking at lakefront properties without any luck.

Erin and Heath Armstrong were married in July at Erin's parent's house in Metchosin overlooking the ocean and fields of flowers. It was a gorgeous day (though hot, hot, hot) and Erin, as you can see, was beautiful...Heath looked pretty good too ;o)

Matt and I MCed the reception and had the best time celebrating such an exciting event in our friend's lives. Hooray for Love!

The is Navgit our neighbour who rings our doorbell asking to play with Jasmine. They get along really well and share a common love of Dora the Explorer. They swing together reciting the lyrics to songs from the cartoon and chase each other around the raspberry bushes. We are all very sad that Navgit and her family will soon be moving down to Abbotsford. We will miss them and all the curry chicken and fresh samosas that we've grown accustomed to.

The Manning family came to visit us in July which was great fun dispite the fact that Nicky was so tired by the end of the of the week she was medicating herself with Timmy's X-Lg double cream. We checked out "Noah's Ark" just outside of PG, a farm with lots of animals, a barn full of slides ending in hay bails, and a old merry-go-round ride that had the kids squealing as loud as the pigs!

The Birth of a Blog

Our family website has become too large and difficult to maintain so I'm going to give blogging a try. This way we can share photos, stories and updates more easily and you can receive regular updates when we post something new.

Hope you like it...let's get blogging!