What a nice weekend!!

Well the weather finally got nicer. We went golfing on Saturday with Teresa and Lawrence. That was fun. Ralph is still busy working on the deck. He is making progress, but it's a big job and it takes time.

On Sunday Kelli did Profession of Faith. It was a really beautiful service and so wonderful to hear her give her life to the Lord. We all went over to Ed and Janice's house for lunch. It was nice to be with everyone. We realize how blessed we are, when we have the whole family together (well almost everyone!!). We missed those who were absent, (Liz, Karen, Rob, Kristen, Andrew, Laura, Jay, Jordan and Hailey), but we understand that when the family gets so big, its just not possible to have everyone there. You were all in our minds and our hearts...

I'm looking forward to a nice summer.

My trip to Stanley Park

Tonight I walked to Stanley Park. It's about a 25 minute walk from my hotel. The grey sky was still there and it was still drizzling rain, but I thought it would be better than being couped up in a hotel room. The walk was nice and invigorating. The park is huge. I didn't really see that much but I walked for about 3 hours. My feet are sore :-) but I enjoyed it. I got lost a couple of times and I was worried that I might find myself in park when it was dark out but I'm discovering that it stays lighter here much longer than at home.

By the end of my walk, the clouds had cleared and blue skies arrived. They are calling for a beautiful day tomorrow. I expect to be finished sometime in the early afternoon. My flight isn't until late in the evening, so I'll see what else I can visit while I'm here.

I was very surprised to see Starfish when walking along the coast. I thought that they were only further south, but I guess I was wrong. I was amazed at the number I saw.

Nothing but rain

Well, Vancouver being what it is.... we've had rain for two days... Not just a drizzle, but a torrential downpour. I didn't get a walk yesterday because it was just too wet...

Today I ventured onto the Sky train. It was fun. I was able to make it to work in 15 minutes and all for the price of a TTC fare. Not bad.

A visit to the Harbour

I had a really good day today at work. We're all ready for our workshop tomorrow. After I got back to my hotel, I decided to walk down to the Habour and see what was happening. The Habour is where the cruise ships come in and leave. These are the cruises that go up and around Alaska. Lucky for me, there was a ship that was preparing to leave. I walked around and took some pictures of the Habour. There were many planes landing and taking off. I believe that these are site seeing tours and the like.

There certainly is a lot of shopping in this area, but I find it very expensive. I'm told that the average housing price here is $750,000. I find that unbelieveable and hard to fathom. The taxi driver told me that so many people commit to these 40 year mortgages... unbelieveable...

The flowers here are all blooming. You see so many Rododendrim's... almost every house has one in bloom...It's an interesting city...

Vancouver bound....

This week I'll be spending 4 days in Vancouver. I'm right downtown in the heart of the city staying at a hotel called the Metropolitan Vancouver Hotel. It's a really nice place tucked in among many businesses. I was really surprised to see how much development is taking place here.

The flight was uneventful. I finished reading two books and I also enjoyed the movie the Bucket list. It's quite moving and very funny.

Today I'll work with my collegues to prepare them for a workshop for the next two days and then I have another meeting on Thursday to help prepare another collegue for his session. I'm looking forward to working with them as it's a different part of our business, so I'm sure that I'll learn alot.

I hope you enjoy nice weather this week. It looks like rain here.

Our Family

How blessed we are to have a healthy and happy family....

Our little angels

This weekend we had a really nice visit with Laura and Jay, Jordan and Hailey. I thought I would share with you a few of the pictures that I took. Doesn't Hailey look like a younger version of Ralph...