Gryffin's 10th Birthday - Minecraft!

For Gryffin's 10th birthday he planned a Minecraft birthday party. He's been reading handbooks and playing the game for many weeks now, so he had a lot of ideas for the party. He set the agenda, but left the practical details up to us. Scott and I got to learn a lot about Minecraft while getting the party organized!

 

 The calm before the Minecraft storm....

 And then the kids arrived!

 Out for a very rainy scavenger hunt, the kids defeated monsters with their diamond swords

 There was an Enderman at the school, 

 

A Creeper about to explode,

and a Ghast in the backyard

Happy Birthday Gryffin!

 Give the Creeper a hug, it may just be your Dad!

Just hanging out on the sunny day after the party.

December 2013

Rowyn and Poppy (please let me go, pleasssssse!!!)

Gryffin and the Grouse (do you see the grouse?)

Hiking Mount Seymour on Remembrance day.

Stuart McLean - The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Concert Dec 3, 2013

Can you please get us a bigger bed, I'm tired of stinky feet in my face!

I love my sister, but can I please give her bunny ears?

Smile!

I love you! And yes I am giving Rowyn a Noogie

Rowyn's first piano recital - Dec 15, 2013

 Gymnastics performance - Dec 15, 2013

Summer time!

a random assortment of photos from our summer so far....

Climbing in Squamish

 

Gryffin at triathalon club

Rowyn at swimming lessons

 Picking strawberries on Canada Day... enough for strawberry shortcake?

 Making whipping cream for the strawberries

  Strawberry shortcake!!

 Okanagan Lake

 Chillin' out on the lake

 hiking in the Okanagan

 Goodbye to Tillicum Daycare

 Rowyn turns 5!!

 Calla and her fancy cupcake

 Rowyn learns the ropes at Circus camp

 Seaweed brain at Jericho Beach 

 Rowyn's Birthday party at the Pony Meadows

 Rowyn rode Sierra,

  Gryffin rode Nikita,

 It was so much fun!

"I want the spotted pony! Which one do you want?"

Garage update

 It was a wet day back in May when the back yard was dug up for the garage foundation.

The start of the footings and foundation forms.  

 Forms all ready for the concrete.

 A few friends to help pour the concrete.

 Concrete poured and 7 cubic yards of gravel waiting to be shovelled. The first of 2 piles that had to be moved. Oh what fun!!!

 Poured the garage floor in July after some of the walls were up. Concrete was supposed to arrive at 8 am but the day before a plant shut down caused a change of plans and it couldn't arrive till 1pm. It turned out to be a hot day and made for a bit of a tense pour. Thank goodness the driver was awesome and stepped in to give a hand.

 Rowyn checking out the new floor!

 Walls are up and the roof is in place. Building inspectors Gryffin and Rowyn checking out the quality of work. They both approve.

 Can the help get any cuter then this?

 Gryffin checking out the shingles.

The garage door is on and we're now trying to finish up all the little details so that the siding can start going on.