Birthday party

To celebrate my one grandson Landon turning five and also my other grandson Harper turning two I attended their joint birthday party at Sunnyside Pool in Surrey.  It was a great day and the pool was rented just for the birthday group.

Fearless Harper makes a leap of faith to Momma Kiara's arms..

Landon adjusting his new face mask. He loves snorkelling.  He's like a little fish.

G Dad Richard with Landon.

Note the hair!  Nana had to dive down to retrieve face mask on bottom of pool.  Totally unexpected but how do you say no to the birthday boy?

Harper sharing with Dad...

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

Pretty awesome birthday cupcakes courtesy of creative GG Susan.

The craft table. Getting creative!

Dad cooking up a storm.

Auntie Belinda and G Dad on the sidelines observing.

Mom "embracing" her inner child!

Weekend in Qualicum

On Saturday my good friend Kathy and myself headed over to Vancouver Island to visit long time friends Janet and Marg.  Marg travelled up from Victoria and we met at Jan's in Qualicum Beach.

We stop at the Shady Rest Restaurant for a little sustenance.  Weather was warm and the beer was cold!

Marg, Jan, me and Kathy.  So great getting together.

The clouds move in but it's so peaceful at this part of the beach.

Practicing our selfies!

Sunshine Coast

My sister Sue and I decided to take a little road trip.  We headed off on Tuesday catching the ferry at Horseshoe Bay.  Forty minutes later we pull in to Langdale and drive a few minutes in to Gibsons.  This was the home of the TV show 'The Beachcombers'.  

Molly's Reach is where we stop for lunch.

Really tasty and a cold one always goes down well.

It's cloudy but the rain held off.   More conducive to shopping which we do.  Great shop called Swish which I could have gone crazy in.  After about an hour we tear ourselves away and head up the coast to Sechelt.

We continue north and arrive at Ruby Lake where we spent the night in a lovely cottage.

Very picturesque.

This is the lagoon at the Ruby Lake Resort.  We looked out at this from our cottage.

Lots of wood carvings scattered through the property.

So calm and peaceful.

We dined at the Italian restaurant on the property.  Great food and we just walked across this floating bridge back to our cottage when we were done.

Lots of whimsy...so cute!

In the morning we head up to Skookumchuck Provincial Park for a walk in to the Rapids.

There was a little bakery/coffee shop at the entrance to the trail.

So beautiful. The walk is under a canopy of trees and takes approximately one hour to walk in.

Still going strong!

We arrive at the whirl pools just as the tide is rising.  This is a popular place for kayaking however on the day we were there we didn't see any one.  Quite the challenge.

A quick stop at the museum on the way back.

Back in Gibsons we drop in on Christie who was my friend when we were five and lived in Burnaby.  Haven't seen each other for 58 years!  Was great catching up.

Practicing selfies....on the ferry heading back home.  The Sunshine Coast is definitely a place to come back to.

Sunday Night Market

On Sunday we headed to Cloverdale where the Sunday Night Market takes place.  Not too much was happening but the food was great!  

We had some really tasty East Indian cuisine.  Here's Kathy and Marlene sharing their dinner.

The weather was great.  Didn't purchase anything except food!