Couple more July photos

Just a couple more piccies from the Mayfield branch's first visit - they're in Alaska right now, kayaking with killer whales, or somesuch.... We meet up with them next in Tofino in a couple of weeks time - looking forward to it.

Late July

Sorry, we haven't posted anything for a while.
It's been an entertaining couple of months, as a few things have been going on - major change has been moving house yet again - we're currently staying at Mark and Paula's house, and trying to earn our keep by mowing the lawn....
We move into our new gaff in Deep Cove next weekend, and we can't wait (though Mark and Paula's house is very nice!) - finally, I'll have more than one pair of shorts, we can break the kayaks out, we can have our own pictures around us, and my climbing gear can see the light of day. Oh, and Holly can have her toys.

Major highlight was CCTJ staying with us a couple of weeks ago - some photos from a trip to the Okanagan - probably more to follow.......

Start June.....

One more photo - commuting via seaplane - the only way to get around...
Also, just a note to say that my wife is now a stunning brunette - Holly doesn't know what's going on.

OD here - you've probably already received an email about my 60km walk in August in aid of Cancer Research. To those that have already donated many thanks. To those who opened the email and have forgotten about it, this is a reminder. To those of you that don't know quite what I'm on about please click to find out more. I'm almost half way to reaching my required target of $2,500 so please dig deep......

More May

More photos really - some more from the trip with Iain and Sara, and general photos from around and about...

Early May

Well, it's been an interesting month - as I'm sure you're all aware, we've managed to buy a house, but we don't get to move in until the end of July. Until then, we're still living out of a suitcase (except OD who has every single item of clothing - strange how every box we took out storage contained her clothes........).
Life post-looking-for-houses has been lots of fun, and we've regained our weekends - good-bye to looking around badly decorated houses in north Van, and hello to bouldering at Squamish - a good swap.
Unfortunately, we need to move out of our bat-cave for the month of July - probably a good thing really, as the unremitting pinkness of it is starting to get to us (though I think Joe would like it...) - it might start to have a deleterious effect on Hols if she thinks she's growing up in a pink Barbie world.....
Bunch of photos here (and probably a few above as well) - we've had loads of visitors recently, and it's been great to see everybody - first the Brackens where we had a great w'end in Whistler; then the Gibbons/Zancanaro team (no photos unfortunately), and finally the Wright-Barker combo - we had a Rambo experience in the interior - splendid.

Done and dusted....

Final update. The survey went ok - needs a bit of work but it's not falling down so all systems go for moving in July 29. Anyone fancy popping over to give us a hand moving that weekend?????

Other news .....Holly took her first steps last week and can now (when she can be arsed) walk/wobble from one side of the room to the other. Crawling is still her optimal mode of transport. New words the last couple of weeks include ambulance (ambua), train (doo doo), bicycle (bicika), hi, bye bye and door. Oh, and yeah.....she's still very cute!

A home....finally!

So - finally, we struck it lucky on the 5th house offer and we are very pleased indeed! Managed to find ourselves a pretty cool pad in Deep Cove which backs onto a forest park, is approximately 200m from a beach and jetty from where to launch the kayaks, approximately 10 mins to a ski hill, 20 mins from work and 30 mins from downtown.....and we also have enough room to grow into and to house any straggling visitors. It's old and needs a bit of t.l.c. so we're having a survey done on monday and assuming it's not falling down and we don't back out, we'll be moving in on 29th July. The photo gives you a general idea of what the water and views are like in the area. This is a link to the house details. Come and visit us soon......
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