Remembering The Little Things

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Last Night

Our last night with Tom and Patrice we got a babysitter and went out for a nice dinner at the Genoa Bay Cafe. It sure did not look like much from the outside, but the food was AMAZING. The drive out was beautiful as well, and the little cafe was on the harbor where you could boat right up to the restaurant. After dinner we walked on the docks and checked out some million dollar yachts. It was a very fun evening, and Steve and I both feel so blessed to have such wonderful, loving, caring, generous parents. I am so happy to have them in my life and love how they are always so supportive and encouraging. Steve really appreciated being able to work with his dad this past week, as Tom went to work with Steve for a few days. We had such a wonderful time together and made so many new memories. We love you guys A LOT!!!

The Genoa Bay Cafe from the dock

Tom and Patty

My hubby... I love having him around this summer!

The most wonderful in-laws a daughter in-law could ask for!!!

School Friend

Thursday morning Auntie Leah and Auntie Sarah left, it was so nice to have those girls for a visit. In the afternoon my good friend Amanda stopped by for a quick visit. I have know Amanda since Junior high school and we have stayed in touch since. Her little girls are the same age as mine and when we lived in Calgary we had lots of play dates. Her husbands family lives up in Comox, so they usually visit the island once a year. And last

year when they came out, I was back in Sicamous visiting my parents. And this year they were out the same time as the Fitzpatricks, but we still were able to squeeze in a visit! It was so wonderful to see her. She is always so sweet and bubbly with a big smile on her face. And the girls hit it off right away, dressing in their princess dresses and making friendship bracelets. I love this girl and miss her and her girls a lot! But I have been trying to get them to move out here!

Taiya all grown up!

Heidi, she has grown so much!!

Danika took this candid photo of us

I found this photo of Danika and Taiya from our old condo in Calgary, I think the girls were about Adessa and Heidi's age!

That evening we went for a nice walk on the Crofton sea walk, it was a beautiful evening!

Snow White

On Wednesday we went to see the Snow White play which was at the Chemainus Theater. I bought tickets for Patrice, Danika and then a couple for Lize's birthday present. Adessa couldn't come because she was too young, so Auntie Leah and Sarah watched her.

We had so much fun, and the girls LOVED the show. I think the highlight was meeting Snow White at the end of the play, but the girls were so star struck all they could do was smile and giggle. After that we walked over to the Hansel and Gretel candy store and bought some amazing candies called 'Bon Bons,' they were so good!!! It was such a fun way to spend an afternoon!

Grandma 'Trice' and Danika

Best Buddies, Lize and Danika

The girlies with the whole Snow White crew... they were all AMAZING performers!

SNOW WHITE, she played the part sooo perfectly. At the end of the show there was a Q&A and one little boy asked her if she collected shells at the beach, in which we replied, "Oh I love to pick up and admire the sea shells, but I leave them at the beach because that is their home!" Danika thought that was so neat!

Girls Day

My wonderful father in law watched the girls for me on the day after we got back home from the chalet, so Patrice, Leah, Sarah and I went into Victoria for the afternoon. It was pretty cold downtown so we went for appetizer's then walked around, checking out the Fairmont Empress, the ships in the harbor, and the stores. Then we went to a nice Irish Pub for dinner. We had lots of fun together, and I am so blessed to have such wonderful in-laws that I get a long with so well and love so much!!!

The ships Leah sailed on for 5 days when she was in school

My mother in law and I enjoying a cider

My pretty sister in laws!

In the Empress courtyard, it was like the secret garden

Friday, July 15, 2011

Our Winter (supposed to be summer!) Vacation

Last Friday the whole Fitzpatrick family met up at Mt.Washington where we rented our friends chalet for the weekend. The Chalet is huge! It fit us all comfortably and we had such a great time. The weather wasn't what we were hoping a summer vacation would be, but we still made the most of it! We stayed inside, played lots of games, used the hot tub and ate lots of food! Sunday we ventured down the mountain to Miracle beach just outside of Comox. We had some nice weather and the girls played at the beach.

The hot tub, where the girls spent most of their time

Auntie Amy!

Miracle beach... where I was enjoying Danika's and Emilie's beauty salon, where my hands and feet were exfoliated with mud

Auntie Leah and Emilie

My little blondie

At the hill Auntie Amy and Uncle Chris bought Emilie and Danika tickets to go on the bungee trampoline, it took Danika awhile to warm up, but once she did, she loved it!

Dessa with Grandma and Grandpa

There was a giant wall of snow and we spent a couple of hours each trying to climb it, we had so many laughs!

Patrice conquered the wall with much help from Tom and Steve

Daddy and his girls

We tried to go on a hike we heard so much about, but once we got there, people were in their snowsuits, snowshoeing and cross country skiing, so we weren't able to go on our hike and got a picture instead. And had a few snowball fights!

The loft where the girls played games and built a fort

snow angels in the middle of summer!?!?

Lots of fun game times!

Pretty insane, apparently Mt.Washington had record breaking amounts of snow this past year and this house collapsed!

Fitzpatricks Arrive

Last week Tom and Patrice came over and brought Emilie with them. We had a nice couple of days before the rest of the Fitzpatrick family arrived. We went for a few walks and Tom went to work with Steve and helped him finish off a job before we went away for the weekend.

The completed front landing

Turned out beautifully

Our walk with Grandma and Emilie to the ocean

Grandma

Fun, toothless times on the tire swing!

Wedding Time!

This summer we were invited to 7 weddings, and unfortunately could only make it to one of them. It was for our good friends Nathan and Amelia. Steve worked at Camp Qwanoes with Nathan for a year and Amelia was there in the summer and fell in love with our girls. So last weekend they tied the knot and invited the whole Fitzpatrick family to enjoy their special day.

It was perfect, beautiful weather, at a golf course in Victoria and the bride was stunning. She is one of those girls who always has a smile on her face and spills joy out onto others. Steve had a lot of fun preparing for the festivities and said it was the most easy going, fun wedding he has been in! The girls did so well, we were so proud of them, and we had so many people come up to us and tell us how well behaved our girls were. Adessa was so good and when the dance began she was the life of the party! She stood in the middle of the dance floor and kept spinning in circles, and everyone was taking turns catching her, what a girl!