Late August/early September 2015

We were going to a barbecue at someone's house when E realized she could make her shadow look just like an arrow by putting her elbows up and out with her hands on her head and her jacket held up by her arms. 

http://youtu.be/T-cGqNoPuJ4

Such are the little details of life. 

This is J's braces highlighted at the orthodontist office just after they changed the elastics to a new set. Purple this time. 

Nana and J got a chance to ride an ATV out the back 30. 

Then he got to drive it! Pretty stoked about that. 

On the same trip up to Duncan we got a lot of apples from several different trees.

Dehydrated a lot of them and also the pears. 

L

Long Beach Day One

Lookit! Its sunny and gorgeous.  A bit of mist burning off down the beach.  We are getting set to be in the waves for a long time. 

Wetsuits are essential. We got some Canadian Tire ones so we have long legs and arms now. Much warmer for me.

And we have two good boogie boards and one that is good for the little guy.

I'm going over there, ok?

To meet up with those guys.

This guy hung about that day and snapped the pics. He was happier than this most of the time.

The water pooled in the legs of my daughter's wetsuit. All swishy and warm.

Lise

Tofino Trip

Near the beginning of August we went out camping at Tofino for five days.  The most important thing to do on the way out there is to stop at Coombs for ice cream. 

This was the view from our campsite down to Mackensie Beach.  There were a whole lot of kayakers taking ages to get themselves going.  We figured it was a youth group trip on a multi day trip.

Our friends and our site were side by side by side by side.  That was cool.

Out tent can look like a big sow bug.

It was only a bit coldish when it wasn't raining. But we had two straight days of solid rain that tested our rain gear and tent very well. Our tents passed with honours.  My rain gear proved less reliable.  Time for new rain pants.

Canteloupe as bowl for risotto. Why not?

Lise

Long Beach Day Two, Three, Four, ...

Important: Many bunwiches for cold and wet and very hungry boogie boarders.

They have already been out in the waves for a long while.Came in to refuel.

Give us the Bunwiches and all the other food or we will make troll faces!

You can have the food. Your troll faces make me squint.

I don't trust those three with their troll faces.

Body surfing tires you out.

Lise

Extreme Air and cool bridge

On the day to come back home, we checked out the Langley trampoline park. I dropped the rest of my family off at it for an hours jumping and I went back and loaded up the car.

When I came to pick them up, they were good and sweaty.

This is one of the main bridges across the Fraser River that we drove under the edge of on the way back to the ferry.  I think the support looks like the plant Red Hot Poker. 

All bristly at the top.

Lise

Fort Langley

This August long weekend my cousin in Fort Langley organized a family reunion.  It's been years since we have done that.  It was fun.  We took the whole weekend and our camping stuff and set up in my cousin's backyard.  The weather was great.

Playing cards late the first night with the door open to the yard resulted in major mosquito bites for some of us. But it was really fun.  The game was called Oh Hell.

Next day we had a walk around into town and this is grapes.  Massive grape vine growing up another tree.  Grapes all over the place on it.

See how big it is?

Footbridge going up over the train tracks.  

We waited for a train because why not? But it didn't come before we got bored and decided to keep on going and find some shade.  

Did I mention it was hot. By the time we took the long way around to town it was time to find ice cream or gelato more precisely.

Mine is grapefruit sorbet. Mmmm.

Then we still had to walk back. 

Past the restaurant my cousin and her family own and run.  Super popular.  Yummy food. Cool setting.

It's called Beatniks's Bistro and it gets really busy.

Lise

Gluten Free Bread and Sushi

I have had a recipe for easy and tasty gluten free bread saved on my phone for over a year now and finally got around to making a loaf.  Well, it actually made a loaf and a half.  It was really good.  I ought to make it more often.  To that end, I bought a large bag of millet flour. 

We had a go at making sushi at home.  I have done it lots in the past and I usually tend to overfill the rolls.  This is where Jeff is really good at keep the measurements precise.  We get tastier sushi that way.

So everyone got to make their own roll.  Custom.

Lise