Would you hire this crew?

"The guys" from Victoria have spent a couple of weeks up north helping with all the work that Dave and Matt have here. This is a shot of them at the mill last week. Danny, Dave, Matt and Jeff. What a handsome bunch...

A Horse Named Andy...

Whenever we visited the farmers market in Prince George, Matt would take Jasmine on a pony ride while I zipped around and got my shopping done. This is Andy the pony that is bearing her 36 pounds, led by Andy's owner "Grizzly Man".

When I ask Jasmine in the morning if she had any dreams she often replies that she dreamt about Andy the pony.

October in Victoria

Jennifer is finished her second residency at Royal Roads University and has another 7 months until she's finished her Masters program. During our trip down to the coast we got in so many visits with friends. These photos are from some of our visits: with pregnant Erin (17 weeks) and Heath(note: he is wearing a Halloween mask-really he is quite handsome!), to Goldstream park to see the salmon spawning, Dad Brandle's birthday, and dinner at Tracey and Pete's place.

Halloween Goonies

Once again we celebrated Halloween in Victoria during my 3 week residency at Royal Roads University. We took Jasmine (the ladybug) to the new and improved Westshore mall to trick or treat in the afternoon and then on to visit friend's houses. Matt and his sister Lisa took Jasmine to Metchosin firehall for the bonfire and she came home very tired and sugardrunk. The weekend before Halloween we celebrated with Nicky and Scott, Tracey and Pete, and Jennifer's family at Tracey's mom and dad's place for a bonfire. The kids had so much fun running around chasing the dogs and each other in the fields near the fire.