I do love my family. Remembering moments in photos is so important to me, hence the endless photos. My husband is less likely to pose for me, but the girls are still willing. Chelsea has taken to being on the other end of the camera now too, and some of these are her doing (especially the posing Natalie).
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Family...
On a sunny end of summer day...
I do love my family. Remembering moments in photos is so important to me, hence the endless photos. My husband is less likely to pose for me, but the girls are still willing. Chelsea has taken to being on the other end of the camera now too, and some of these are her doing (especially the posing Natalie).
I do love my family. Remembering moments in photos is so important to me, hence the endless photos. My husband is less likely to pose for me, but the girls are still willing. Chelsea has taken to being on the other end of the camera now too, and some of these are her doing (especially the posing Natalie).
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Whiterock
We got to start and end the summer off at Whiterock. It just amazes me everytime we go how absolutely beautiful God's creation is, in both nature and the girls he's given to us.
Just a note: this collage was done with Shutterfly instead of Picasa. The free download program seems to have some more options for collages, but is also not as easy to work with.
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Abbotsford Police Challenge
This is the second time I've run the Abbotsford Police Run, the last time was several years ago, and I ran the 5K. This year I ran the 10K in my best time yet. Official time was 56:17 (2 minutes and 20 seconds better than my run in May, yeah!). I'm not very fast yet, but just wait, I'll get there.Barb (a part of my extended, adopted family) did the run this year too. So proud to see how well she's done. Check out her blog listed on my side pannel. Love ya Barb!
Official race times (for 10K) are: http://www.raceheadquarters.com/results/2009/run/AbbyPoliceChallenge2009OA10K.html
Next race: well, there's one in October, but if Chelsea agrees to run with me, I'll just do 5K and stick with her on that one. Otherwise it'll be a while for me. I think I need to focus on other things for the fall (including exercising with my friends again, this lone running is getting boring).
Monday, September 14, 2009
The rest of summer
Oh, we've had a fabulous summer. Kept busy by doing lots of small things throughout the summer. I was fortunate enough to take a lot of time off this summer to be with the girls mostly, as Depak and I alternated vacation weeks so that someone would be home when both girls were home.
So... here's a little summary:
Camping with the Keis, and our new friends Michelle and Josh was such a treat. If it weren't for the rain that sent us home a day early, and the noise level on our first night, it would have been fabulous. The weather was good, not hot, but not cold either. The treasure of the trip was bonding with friends of all ages. Natalie and Josh developed a real sweet bond, which brought them in tears to say goodbye. There is no lack of love between the girls, they treasure any time they get together. And Tim being a teenage boy did not at all feel out of place; he is so adaptable to any environment. All in all, we had a good time.
Chelsea got to go to summer camp again this year at Timberline Ranch, but this year she got to go with both of her best buddies. This year her cabin won the tidiest cabin for the week (tied with another girls cabin) so they got to enjoy a icecream sunday. We were so shocked, we'd love to see her room tidy every day. I must say, since camp, she's become a lot neater than before. And Natalie definately missed her big sister.
We got to go to Cultas Lake Waterpark with a bunch of people from church. I didn't get the greatest photos (forgot to take pics of the actual big slides), but we had a lot of fun. Nat went down two of the large twister slides. The rest of the slides were just too big for her. Maybe next year.
Hanging out with friends is always a favorite, and we got to spend a very hot day at the end of summer with Tiffany at the pool. Yeah. It was nice to keep cool in the pool.
So... here's a little summary:
Camping with the Keis, and our new friends Michelle and Josh was such a treat. If it weren't for the rain that sent us home a day early, and the noise level on our first night, it would have been fabulous. The weather was good, not hot, but not cold either. The treasure of the trip was bonding with friends of all ages. Natalie and Josh developed a real sweet bond, which brought them in tears to say goodbye. There is no lack of love between the girls, they treasure any time they get together. And Tim being a teenage boy did not at all feel out of place; he is so adaptable to any environment. All in all, we had a good time.
Chelsea got to go to summer camp again this year at Timberline Ranch, but this year she got to go with both of her best buddies. This year her cabin won the tidiest cabin for the week (tied with another girls cabin) so they got to enjoy a icecream sunday. We were so shocked, we'd love to see her room tidy every day. I must say, since camp, she's become a lot neater than before. And Natalie definately missed her big sister.
We got to go to Cultas Lake Waterpark with a bunch of people from church. I didn't get the greatest photos (forgot to take pics of the actual big slides), but we had a lot of fun. Nat went down two of the large twister slides. The rest of the slides were just too big for her. Maybe next year.Hanging out with friends is always a favorite, and we got to spend a very hot day at the end of summer with Tiffany at the pool. Yeah. It was nice to keep cool in the pool.
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