Our family of 5 made the yearly pilgrimage back to the beautiful mountains of British Columbia to see both sides of our families and re-set our travel medical insurance. We've managed to take this 3 times now and each year we are amazed at the beauty of the mountains, clarity of the air and vastness of the BC lakes. The kids were delighted to see their Hanson cousins- this year with an additional 4 sweet kids due to Trevor's new marriage to Shona:) There were many busy moments, but Grandma Diane loved having her house full of action while she prepared yummy meals. Additionally, our kids also had to endure all the medical visits as we were home in Canada- so between the dentist, eye doctor, doctor and public health nurse - we were busy! I loved catching up with a few dear friends as well- it is so hard to fit in a life time of family and friends who are like family in a few days :(
After we had time with the Hanson family at the farm we moved over to my parent's house in town to see them and my sister's family who travelled from Kelowna! More fun cousin times with only 6 kids - but lots of action and yummy food. Papa and Gramma Ruth always make sure that there is a banana split night, campfire & s'mores night and lots of home-baked treats. Papa took Luke 4-wheeling up to the top of Mt. Thompson where there was still snow while Gramma Ruth opened up her treasure chest of memories with the girls. The highlight for my mom was watching the girls try on wedding dresses from 3 generations- it was pretty neat to see the vintage dresses on the girls and then scary all at once because that "day" will be here all too soon!
We then decided to drive to Kelowna for a couple days to see more family and a dear seminary friend's church. It was awesome to swim in the lake and see beautiful Kelowna, BC. We certainly packed in all the fun we could.
It was bittersweet to cross the border into the states for Keith's final semester of his MDIV studies. We love BC and all our family there and yet we love Louisville too and all our "family" there! It is going to be interesting to see where the Lord leads us after December 2012 :)
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| playing on the slip n' slide a grandma's house |
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| Luke and Kaden |
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| the best view in Creston |
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| the cousins made shirts and dodged mosquitoes |
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| my pretty girls |
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| fun at the park |
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| Grandpa Morris and Grandma Diane |
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| having a water fight with daddy |
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| Kootenay River still high in July and close to flood stage |
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| Town of Creston |
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| Gramma's idea of fun- memories |
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| trying on wedding gowns from 3 past generations |
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| 4 wheeling with Papa |
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| the McBlain family |
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| Handy cousins |
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| Tea party with Gramma Ruth |
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| Late night cards |
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| Picnic in Grand Forks |
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| The Keiths our for a tiki tour |
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| Uncle Don , Taya and Asia |
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| The Foys and Boltons in Kelowna |
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| the home farm |
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| morning elk |
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| Trev, Shona, Jeff, Jacqueline. |
1 comment:
It's so nice to see pictures of your whole family. You guys all look so great! Your parents have hardly changed since we last saw them in Kamloops. Please greet them for us.
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