Babies are so great for preoccupying you during boring speeches

I stole this pic from another blog, purdy ain't it

All aboard to Victoria for a Bday BBQ at Marm's for my brother. Lesa took this great pic on her ferry ride down from Vancouver. Our ferry ride across to Comox was more eventful than usual as there were like hundreds of dolphins putting on a spectacular show alongside the ship!

This is Matthew and Tom and Krystle....many of you have yet to meet these important pieces of my life!

Happy Birthday Matt! You're still a schnurp!

My angel

Tommy takes cameras very seriously

Lesa said she looked like a british cop in my hat and we all lost it!

Recently, Marm was declared a Queen of the Nile, for all the fundraising work she's done for Shriner's Children's Hospitals.

A closer look at the gorgeous vintage crown

Mennonite Gothic

I had the best time with my mom. It's been almost 20 years since she's been to the coast and it was so wonderful to be with her in a place that has never left her heart.
She bought us piles of groceries, did mountains of dishes and folding, spent hours making cool crafts with Em, and forced us to go on a date.
We talked and talked and laughed ourselves sick as always. I mostly enjoyed having someone so cheerful to hang out with me and Tom, drinking coffee in the wee hours of the morning when I usually have to listen to the blissful snores across the house by myself.
She got to witness a few of Tommy's milestones including some of his first tastes of real food. My mom took most of the pictures which only means that there are too many pics of us and too few of her.....

On one scorcher of an afternoon, we took off for Lund Harbour to relax in a historic restaurant and poke around the art gallery.

Why do we look so mennonite when you put us all together?

Toasting Ruben, my mom's hunky mexican husband over a kid-free mexican fiesta while taking in the gorgeous view. Salut Rube!

One morning at the Farmer's Market. Mom thought it was cool that it was out in the middle of the bush. We picked up some hippie bread to go with my home-made crabcakes that night, dee-lish.

Until next time Nanny!