Since the last post, it has been an exciting week! Little brother Ali (I know, he's taller than me), and his fiancé arrived in Abbotsford on Friday and it was so good to catchup with him and meet Megan! It's almost been two years since we said goodbye to Ali, and he hasn't changed a bit!
And it didn't take for the little girls to give hugs and cuddles!
On Saturday, Steve, the three oldest and Ali and Megan went to Mt Baker. The weather was perfect, 10 deg C and clear blue skies. They had a great day! When they came home, a few young people came over and we had pizza dinner. Later, Arnold Selles came as well.
Sunday during the day we had family time. In the evening Henry and Corrie Klos came over and Megan discovered Corrie was her second cousin! Small world!
Monday we went to the Boeing Future of Flight in Everett. It was amazing. The tour took us right into the construction plant of the Boeing 747, 777 and 787's! Incredible the sheer size and magnitude of these huge birds being built right here under one roof! Lots of facts and history. And if it ain't Boeing, we're not going!! Unfortunately we couldn't take photos, but these came from a book.
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| One of the engines |
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| Captain's speaking: Ready for takeoff! |
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| The building on the left is the plant and on the right are the paint shops |
It was a really nice day! We could even watch them take completed planes (minus the paint job) for test flights on the runway built for that purpose. 
There was also a viewing platform and Mt Baker was very clear and spectacular!
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| Ali and Megan with Bill Boeing |
To end the day, Ali and Megan shouted us dinner at Maccas.
And Tuesday we had to say goodbye to Anthea as she heads back to Australia. She was here for 4 weeks but the time just flew by! She made some good friends and Taleesha especially will miss her. And so will we :( But she has plans to move over half way this year so it won't be forever.....!
She has since arrived safely and is back to dealing with warm weather!
She has since arrived safely and is back to dealing with warm weather!
Last Thursday, Erika and myself made a big batch of sausage rolls ready for our Australia Day celebrations! The pastry sheets are huge which makes it quite easy for making the rolls. And they turned out delicious!
And Anthea got to practise her braiding skills on the little girls!
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| The klomp at the Dutch Windmill! |
On Thursday evening both Jaclyn and Stefan had basketball games. They did well. Jaclyn even scored a basket!
I'll finish the blog here, and continue part 2 in the next blog.
Enjoy!
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