Our trip to BC

This is extremely late, but I thought I'd attempt to get a couple pictures at least from our trip to BC. We thank God for the opportunity we had to see a bit of that beautiful country!

Our gracious hosts, Jack & Corrine Hummelman, and his brother & wife, took us for a trip to Mt. Whistler, and we even enjoyed some amazing rides on different gondolas and a ski lift up to the very top.

Here I am at the top of the world, with my own miniature version of the 2010 Olympics symbol (I left my mark there).

And John & I even sat on the real one for pictures. :)

The next couple are from White Rock, at the coast of the Pacific pretty much.

Milestones to Give Thanks For

This year there's been other milestones for people in this extended family that haven't been posted on here so I thought I'd do a post to honour them all still.


1) Two weeks after Dad's birthday, the baby of the family turned 35! Congrats Maurice!
We praise God for the way He has worked in your life to bring you to where you are today!


We pray He'll provide good employment soon. (M lost his job a few weeks after his b-day :(

Anyone need a good IT guy? Maurice is a diligent and careful worker, a kind and fun man. )



Wasn't he a cutie!? He was a real charmer too - still is, eh Rachel? Mom?

Of course this picture doesn't do justice as its one of those school mug shots and of course, he had just tried his hand at haircutting!


2) One week after Maurice's birth, Mom's only sister in Canada, Marianne, got married.

Mom was thrilled to show off her new baby boy - and the other 4 kids who were in all in the wedding party!

Mom's family - those who made it from Holland. Mom looks pretty good for just having a baby!

Here's M&Evert's clan today, 35 years later:

Krista (their older daughter) made a beautiful album for her parents which we got to view at the cottage. These photos are from her too (Thx K!)
Congratulations Tante Marian & Oom Evert! and may the Lord grant you many more years together in health and ever closer communion with eachother and the Lord.

Congratulations also to Oom Evert who turned 65 in June! Pray the Lord's blessings on him.


3) In August, Ralph & Sharon's oldest daughter turned 13! Wow! Congrats Rachel C! Rachel is a sweet, caring and willing helper for her mom. She is a diligent student and becoming quite accomplished at the piano under her cousin Heidi's excellent tutelage! She's also working hard at sewing with Oma and we've enjoyed having her over - on her birthday - and other occassions when she's been over to sew....


4) In September, Betty & John celebrated their 10 year Wedding Anniversary in Vancouver, BC! Happy Anniversary and may you be blessed with many more happy years together.


5) 2 weeks later, Rachel Joy, the joy & pride of Maurice's life, turned 30! Congratulations, Rachel! We pray you will have many more years of happy service in your home!

Rachel is a very capeable homemaker and decorator and she spear-headed a house-improvement project for Dad's b-day which took place while we were away camping in Sept. The girls did a great job with the painting and it sure is a huge improvement. We're ready for visitors now :). Thanks Rachel and & everyone who helped!


6) Christine & Maurice's 4th child, Joshua Ralph, turned 13! Wow! a house-full of teenagers they have there - and not just their own, but usually a few to a lot of others. Congrats Josh! Josh is a sensitive, thoughtful boy whose becoming quite handy with his tools and loves to help his dad out. We took him for a trip with Maria to the apple orchard and fun animal farm up north where they had a great time - even though it was raining!


There were a good number of other birthdays and anniversaries celebrated but I can't keep up with blogging as it is so I'm not attempting to post on them all - just the milestones now.


Of course, I should mention the Grand Patriarch & Matriach's anniversary on Friday Oct.30 (because every year of marriage after 34 is a milestone now a days.) Pray for the Lord's blessings on them too and more years in good health together.

While John and Betty are out West...

Sarah and Josiah are staying with us for a while! On Saturday we went out to enjoy some free activites downtown.

A Few More

Blogger isn't letting me move pictures around in my posts anymore - which makes it hard to do an organized long post! Anyways, here's a few pics I missed in my earlier post...

(This picture of Kenny was from the play.)

Rock Lake Lodge 2009

Another week at Rock Lake Lodge has come and gone! We had a a wonderful time together, despite the wetter-than-usual weather!

These boys had a picnic down the lane one day...

while Anneke and Sarah had a picnic at the scenic lookout on the cliff.

CRAZY SLIDE RIDES

William chortled right along with his wild older cousins.... while maintaining a safe distance playing on his own little slide. :)

The game pieces were missing from the Chinese Checkers, so Opa and Josh improvised...

Opa and Oma and all their Grandkids

The Whole Clan

SAND SCULPTURE CONTEST

The WINNING ENTRIES:

A crocodile, by Heidi, Joseph and Josiah

...and a car accident, by Josh.

Some other sand creations made one day were a whale, an octopus, a leatherback turtle and a shark.

The kids enjoyed craft time with Oma once again.

And again, the kids put on a grand

PLAY PRODUCTION

The Escape

The Bad Guys

Mean-looking, aren't they?

The Capture

The End!

By the

CAMPFIRE

Joanna Enjoying a Roasted Marshmallow