Tulip Hill

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Chilliwack - playing

This time around I scheduled us to hang out in Chilliwack for a whole week. My sis Marina & her little guy Connor came out to camp with us for the last four days. We played, made several trips to the lakes, visited some farms, local small businesses & spent some great time just being with each other. It was Great !!!

We were so not ready to leave.......

Chilliwack - Jim's birthday

This handsome guy is my dear friend Jim and it was his 35th birthday right at the beginning of our visit. I love this shot of him. It's rare to catch him relaxed around a camera. I was being cheeky & he couldn't help himself !! I just called to ask his permission to blog it...he said " sure, as long as there are good ones !" Well I hope he agrees...cause here it is......

Jim, Joy, Hailie along with Jim's sister Angela & her man Jorge, his uncle Danny, aunt Joy and three of their grandkids came out to our campsite for a birthday BBQ. It was really hot so baby James stayed home with his Nana. We ate way to much, had a crazy fun water fight and really enjoyed celebrating with each other.

It's going to be a GREAT year Jim....I just know it !!!

Love you !

The Edmonton leg......

Our visiting time in Edmonton was way to short !! We hung with my sis & family for most of the weekend. Josh & Anthony squeezed in every gaming minute available & went off to see a " guys" movie in 3D on their own while us " Girls" & littles did some shopping & lots of baking. Thanks Josh for being such a committed uncle !!! Cheryl was nice enough to give me complete access to her nice new kitchen. In return I indulged our sweet tooth with a little, okay maybe a not so little cheesecake smuthered in fresh berries Mmmmm. Had a VERY special visit with a special guy from our past ( post coming soon) & visited with Melissa & her crew then it was time hit the road again.

I think next time we'll need to plan at least a week if not two !!!

My littlest sis.....

........her husband Josh & son Jared have just relocated to Edmonton. We had talked about how nice it would be to try and get a current family pic while we were out if it worked out. Well after seeing all the bare wall in their new place it became a priority ! I'm so pleased with what we ended up with....

and last but not least my personal favorite.......

Monday, July 19, 2010

Kindred spirits

While living & working in Edmonton I had the good fortune of meeting the beautiful Melissa & shortly there after her wonderful family. Melissa & Chris have six great kids ! Two bio daughters & four adopted little ones. They even have an " Ana" of their own. Over the years I have snapped several shots of Melissa & her little ones. This time around I was looking forward to helping capture images of her whole family. Especially her two oldest girls....Madi & Emily.