a pretty big nut, but....

We are back from the wedding on Powell River, up the Sunshine Coast. It is definately a mill town, but is actually quite beautiful in its surroindings. Lots of clear water looking over Texada, and Savary Islands to name a few. It was absolutely scorching hot all of the days we were there, and as we had reserved at the "Old Courthouse Inn" there was no air conditioning - only a fan to blow the warm air around. Never the less we had a great time.


We arrived Friday around 2, in time to check in and unpack a bit, wipe down and re dress for the rehearsal dinner at 4. The ceremony and rehersal and rehersal dinner were held at Sarah's (the bride) Mom's house. Marnia and Ed's place is in Malaspina and is perched over the water with a magnificent view and lush gorgeous gardens where the ceremnony was held. Here is the crew waiting for Sarah to come down - more photos to come later.....


After much precision and practice about 20 of us headed down the steep stairs to the water and swam and drank and had an amazing dinner put on for us. We were very lucky to be a part of that. Eme really enjoyed the water with her Dad, it was suprisingly warm and delightful. And of course Eme was a dream, no fussing, lots of laughs and good eating. Such a good girl.

Saturday was the wedding and because Phil was in the wedding party he was gone most of the day. We managed to sneak in a nice breakfast as a family (Eme was up nice and early both days - 6 ish with the sun) What a great treat to start the day. We had a breakfast wrap and coffee at a cute little cafe called River City and managed to run into the bride and her mom who had already been at the hall and were getting muffins for the masses back at the house, and it was only 8 o'clock. Yikes - oh happy wedding days.

Phil headed off with the boys at 10 ish and I managed to get a quick last minute shop in while Eme was napping and before Phil left (amazing what you can do when you are up at the crack of dawn). And for those of you who care I did get a new bathing suit to relpace my old black sturdy racer and this one is colourful and pretty! Who knew PR would be the place to get a new suit.

Now for the pictures.... below is Eme playing on the slide at the park while we were passing a little time before getting ready for the ceremony. She had a blast on the playground, sliding, swinging and of course eating dirt. What a face!


Here she is getting aquainted with the finer things in my toiletry bag, plus the TV remote to boot.

I have shots of the wedding on a disc that I will show soon.

We headed home first thing on Sunday as we didn't make a reservation initially and when we tried on Friday there were none to be had so... we were on the 9:30 from Earls Cove to Saltery Bay and then headed down the coast to Langdale for the 12:50. Unfortunatley the River City was closed on Sundays (go figure... I guess everyone stays home on a Sunday in PR) so we hit up the A&W with the local seniors and a few mill workers and had a bacon and egger and some of the worst coffee ever. We counter acted this with a pit stop at Wheatberries in Sechelt for a real cuppa and a muffin, hmmm hmmm good.

We hit the ferry terminal by 11:50 so headed up for a quick hello to Gram who is but a short 5 minutes from the terminal - nice to say hello, see John and Jenn and Mitchell and Cassidy, plus more and sneak a little cottage cheese and fruit for Eme.

We high tailed it back to the terminal and just made it on, PHEW! Home by 3 ish and in the pool by 3:30 - a perfect end to a hot day. Mom and Anna were here to greet us and then we had a great prawn salad for sups. AHHH

So in a nut shell that was the weekend.... a pretty big nut, but....more to come...later

First time at the beach

Well, it was Eme's first time at the beach today and she loved it. She sat in the sand for close to an hour and played with a margarine tub and a plastic spoon. So much fun. We were up the Sunshine Coast to visit Grannie, Gram, Poppa, Aunty Jen and Cousin Cassidy and Great Aunty Pop too. It was quite the luncheon and we (Mom and Eme and I) were also blessed with an hour of Uncle John to boot.


It was very hard to get her to look at me, she was so enthralled, this was as close as it got. I was meant to have a shot of Eme in the water also, but I think something happened to those shots so, next time...

Here is Cassidy enjoying the surf. She was great, helping with Eme all day, practicing her "babysitting skills" and excelling at it!

Looking forward to next time gang!

XOXO

A tie over!

It has been far too long, but what can I say...summer weather is here, Eme is having shorter naps and my evenings are spent watering. I know there are plenty of bloggers out there that have all of this and more and still manage to post almost every day, but alas I am not one.

Eme is almost walking. She pulls up on everything and nothing, holds her balance moving up and down and has attempted a step or two, but is very leary. If she would just forget that she hasn't tried it, she would do it I am sure.

I regret to say that it will probably be as long or longer before my next post. We have a family gathering this weekend, a wedding next weekend and then a break I think. There will be lots to report, and I will surely take a few pics along the way. Lately I have been taking more shots with my Canon EOS, I love film. It does make it harder to share, perhaps next time I will get them on a CD as well.

A few pics of the little lady to tie you over, although I fear many of you have already seen them.
No birthday shots for me, sorry! There are two and they are both on film.....so happy days ahead. Love to all! XOX

Look at this face!!! Couldn't you just eat it up?!

I do believe there is a similar one of me and my Dad floating around out there.
Seaside perhaps, rather than poolside.