You know you are getting older when......

Your youngest child gets his learners license and is now allowed to drive.
Congratulations Clayton.

Current pictures of Whistler Blackcomb - for Paul

Looking at Blackcomb from Whistler

Looking at Whistler from Blackcomb

Red Chair on Whistler

Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain

Dolls

Mom R has made over 750 of these dolls for underprivileged children throughout the world. Each doll is hand knit and no two are alike. These 75 little dolls will be held and loved by children in Ecuador.

Wild weekend weather

This tree took out the power to Deep Bay and blocked the only road in and out. We were on the wrong side of the log to get out.

The tree was cut in half to allow traffic to pass around Noon.

The entire South Coast (Greater Vancouver and Vancouver Island) got hit by this first major storm of the season. It started up island early Sunday morning and got worse throughout the night. The power went out around 10 pm and came on for a few hours in the middle of the night. When we woke, the power was out again and when we left at 1 pm it still hadn't come back on.

Ordinary game, great atmosphere, got to see Beckham play.

This was taken from my camera phone. The stands were full when the game began. An announced crowd of over 48,000. Beckham played well, but did not have the opportunity to unleash one of his patented curling free kicks. The game had its moments with the Whitecaps awarded a penalty (shot right at the keeper) and a streaker in the second half. All in all a fun night out. I will post other pictures or video if I get them.

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps

The high cost of ferry travel to the mainland means that trips are infrequent and it is usually a large event that brings you over. This one qualifies.
Clayton and I are going over for the match with some of our soccer team. It is being played in BC Place Stadium (45,000 tickets sold to date). The game gets underway at 7 pm, and BC Ferries has added an 11:30 pm sailing back to Victoria to accommodate island fans. (the last ferry is usually at 9 pm) It should be a fun event as David Beckham is one of the best in the world and always plays to win. Beckham was #7 for club and country with Manchester United and England. Clayton has worn #7 since as long as he can remember.
Question is, who to cheer for? The local club, or the soccer icon?

What a creation........

We had about a week of very nice weather here in Victoria. Last week we hit 20 degrees which broke a 40 year old record for the daily high. Cold crisp nights, even scraping the frost off of the cars in the morning. Yowzers! Back to the mild rainy weather today. Don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour this weekend. Winter is coming fast.

On another note, I received a very pleasant call a few weeks back from a high school classmate I had not spoken to since 1978 (thanks Cathy). Our class is having a 30 year reunion next summer in Ontario. I have had the opportunity through email to connect with a number of old friends and even get some updated pictures of their families. Thanks for the notes and pictures Ken, Sharon, Mary, Cathy, Richard, Sylvia, Marg, Mike, Ethan, Wills and Lorraine. Of course I can't forget Henry, Maurice and Anthony. I may even post some pictures from our old yearbooks if I find the time. Ciao for now.

Japanese Maple

These blah, blah, blah, bladie blah blah......we have one in our yard.
This one is from M&D R's place (photo courtesy of Mom R)

Fall is here!

Not exactly the brilliant fall colours of Eastern Canada (and other parts), but it still is pretty. Loads of rain and wind lately. Speaking with my Dad on his birthday (Oct 18), he mentioned that Ontario is still enjoying warm fall weather. Unfortunately for us on the West Coast, summer ended and there has been nary a respite heading into winter. There is already snow on Whistler mountain.

From our family to yours

Happy Thanksgiving