wee little lovelys

Butchart Gardens

December 15, 2015

To celebrate the December birthdays of Debbie & Senna, we met up at Butchart gardens recently. Despite the heavy rain, we all found time to revel in the nighttime festive splendor of it all.

Hidden amongst the tour were displays depicting scenes from the “12 days of Christmas” song. The kids’ goal was to find all of the displays and their reward, given by the front desk, was a free candy cane (which they achieved, obviously). After riding the indoor carousel, getting drenched from the rain, and after many oohs and aahs, we all sat down to have some hot cocoa and warm up before we went our separate ways.

We are looking forward to Christmas dinner with everyone in a few weeks time.

Halloween 2015

December 10, 2015

We had a very fun Hallowe’en this year. Harry Potter is a big hit in our house so Claire & Rhys wanted to dress up as Harry Potter & Hermione. Of course we had to join in the fun too. Jimmy went as Hagrid and I went as Professor McGonagall.

We met up with some friends in their neighborhood which is perfect for trick-or-treating… houses are close together and almost every house participates. We were outside for approx 1.5 hours and the kids collected way too much candy. In fact, we are weeks away from Christmas and we still have loads left. I think next year we will factor in a candy tax for our efforts in the costume design and facilitating trick-or-treating 😉

Ice skating

November 25, 2015

Claire & Rhys’ out of school care program ran a Pro-D day skating camp. They have never skated before so Jimmy and I took time off school/ work to go with them. Oh man! I forgot how hard it was but fun for sure. Jimmy was so good at it! Claire loved it and Rhys is still unsure.

Claire vs the monkey bars

November 6, 2015

All summer long Claire was determined to conquer the monkey bars. At the end of August Claire finally conquered them and Jimmy captured the moment with some photos & a video. When Claire puts her mind to something she won’t stop until she gets it. She is a very determined girl and Rhys is a total monkey who has a small part in the video too 😉

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Spooktacular Thanksgiving

November 2, 2015

The Miller clan gathered together for Thanksgiving this year. It is turning into a bit of an annual tradition… a visit to Galey’s farm followed by a yummy potluck style dinner at our home.

Galey’s farm has train rides with silly Hallowe’en decor along the way, a hay-ride to a large pumpkin patch where we pick out pumpkins, a petting zoo, a large corn maze and a haunted house area which Rhys refused to go to this year- too scary!

We always so much fun getting the family together and sharing some laughs. This year was a bit different because it was pouring rain when we were at the farm and we still had a great time.

Grade 1

September 8, 2015

Claire & Rhys entered grade 1 this year! After a truly amazing summer we were all excited for school to start. Jimmy, Claire & Rhys all headed back to school on the same day with Jimmy starting his 10 month program at Camosun college.

We have a new and very busy schedule this year for our family and so far so good. We do love our weekends though as we can all move a little bit slower.

Parksville with friends

September 5, 2015

Every summer a bunch of our friends that I have known since University organize a group camping trip. This year at the end of the summer we all met at Parksville.

On the way to Parksville and on our way back home we had some time to visit the Chemainus & Ladysmith skate parks. No vacation is complete without a sk8 adventure.

We had such a great time visiting with friends and having some solo adventures as well. The only downside was Claire getting stung three times when running through playground and a hornet got caught in her jean jacket, Ouch!

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Alberta Part 3 – Medicine Hat & family!

August 27, 2015

After our fun time in Drumheller we caravanned to Medicine Hat and had four sunny days that we spent with family.

Our good friend Annalee drove from Northern Alberta to visit us while we were in Medicine Hat. Thank-you for making such an effort to see us! We had a wonderful visit with you…. ice cream, swimming, and a lovely lunch out.

I was able to visit with my Godparents- Aunt Linda & Uncle Norman, we had a family BBQ to celebrate my Mom’s birthday and we visited the Medicine Hat skate park and various tourist spots around the town.

Thank-you for the wonderful visit everyone! We will be back soon. xo