Fall

 We're well into fall now (I know because I've seen Christmas decorations in the stores) so some new photos are long overdue

Summer came and went so fast, but this photo captures some of the fun times!

 

The kids were on the cross country running team in Sept/Oct. This was Rowyn's first race.

Gryffin took the races very seriously of course.

All the leaves fell at once over Thanksgiving weekend. That's Rowyn under her poncho : )

Is Rowyn smiling because she buried her brother in the leaves?

Just kidding about the leaves, see how well we get along?

This one will make a perfect Hallowe'en owl (see below)

Turns out we've always wanted a skeleton to play with....meet our new friend Frank!

Look what we caught in our web on Oct. 31... a not-so-friendly-neighbourhood Spiderman/Venom

May we introduce Monsieur Morgan, visiting from Paris, and his belle amie, the princess pirate (you met Frank earlier).

Hiking the Squamish Chief trail

Up we go.

Hug a tree!

Taking the secret way to the top!

The view from First Peak

Another year flew by and Gryffin turned 11 on Easter weekend. So we had an Easter egg cake on his birthday. Because of the long weekend, his party with his friends was delayed a week, so the lucky boy got 2 birthday cakes! I think it was all part of Gryffin's evil plan to make his birthday celebration last as long as possible.

Don't eat us!! We're too cute.

The usual suspects get ready to eat Penguin cake after a couple hours of fun on the trampolines at Extreme Air Park.

I don't think IKEA would recommend 5 kids on the top bunk! 

A sleepover followed, then a full day of Nerf-gun fighting... It was a marathon birthday party weekend. The boys slept in the living room, (they really did sleep!) not in the bunk bed, but they just couldn't resist checking out Rowyn's bunk bed and playing with her lego.

Hanging out at Dr. Sun Yat Sen gardens

When we visited Dr. Sun Yat Sen gardens in Vancouver's Chinatown in February, Rowyn snapped these great shots.

The kids find it hard to resist a climbable tree!

Door!

We finally got a new door in February and we really like it.

Rowyn's Piano Recital Feb, 2015