Part 2 - Whistler Mountain!

So while the boys went on their fishing trip, us three, Veronica, Caren and myself went to Whistler for the day! We had lunch at the pub and then headed up the mountain on cable cars. To get to the top took 30 minutes! The views were amazing. We then went even higher! Coming down we also spotted some bears. And just at that point, the cars stopped for a minute or two, so we got a real good look at them! It was a fabulous day. Boy, did we have some laughs! 

Taleesha did some washing and ironing!

And the corn keeps growing!

That ends that installment. More in Part 3 when we went to Palmer Lake!

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Part 1 - Boeing/Museum, Seattle and Ross Lake

I finally have some time to update the blog! It will be a number of installments but here is part 1!

We went with John and Caren to Everett and dropped them off at the Boeing Factory. While they explored that, we went with the little girls to the Children's museum. It is a fantastic place, with hands on stuff. For example, there was the pizza parlour room. The patrons sit on bar stool in front of the counter and the kids are the servers and serve up (plastic) pizza and drinks etc. 

Shantel loved the 'theatre' room. She dressed up and danced her heart out on stage. The audience sounds of clapping and cheering was very authentic!

One room had reflections so here is the girls with their reflection on the wall.

Log cabin making with Steve and Taleesha.

Under three years olds had their own little room so Taleesha was thrilled to climb the castle!

The water room was Taleesha's favorite. The kids donned water proof coats and explored with water.

The second favorite room was the construction room. Complete with hard hats, vests and belts they really look the part!

After picking up John and Caren again, we headed into Seattle and went up the needle (eye tower). It was a beautiful day and the views were fantastic. Here is Mt Rainier in the distance.

The following day we farewelled the boys on their 3 day fishing trip to Ross Lake. By the sounds of their stories, they had a great time and even caught some fish!

While the boys were away, the girls came out to play! That will be next installment......!

Our Aussie family arrives!

Two weeks have flown by! And it's been busy but wonderful! Shantel finished her swimming lessons.  She really had a great time learning the basics of staying afloat and learning some basic strokes.

Taleesha playing with Bennett!

Friday afternoon, it poured with rain. At that very time, we were driving through the rain and heading for Abbotsford airport to pick up brother John and SIL Caren. And so amidst the rain, the plane landed and before long we could welcome them with open arms! It was wonderful to see them again. 

  

Our church had organised a Dine and Dash that evening, so we thought to introduce our visitors to the Lynden hospitality right away! So with 15 minutes to get ready, we headed off to the various addresses for appertisers, dinner and dessert.  It was a fun way to meet lots of people, but they were certainly ready for their nest by 11pm.

The following day a big Houweling BBQ was organised in BC. We had a great turn out with wonderful food and even we met family we hadn't met before! They had a pool and hot tub so the kids had a ball!

Tante Fien and Hester. We all wore name tags so we know who we all were! Very helpful!

On Saturday morning Sumas had its annual parade. The kids have worked out now that parades mean lollies (candy) so they were well prepared to catch all the flying candy by making sure they had a bag to collect them in!

The rest of the weekend was taken up by visiting uncles, aunties and cousins. On Tuesday it was Canada Day so along with John and Veronica and cousin Rob, Steve and Colby we headed to Whatcom Lake and enjoyed a relaxing day. John had his boat so the guys did some skiing and took the kids for a ride. It was a very pleasant day.

A trip to Edaleen's Dairy ensured Caren got her super duper icecream!

In the evening we had a bbq at our place along with John and Veronica and our next door neighbours. We headed up the mountain before it got dark for a spectacular view of the valley below. It was an incredible sight.

And Wednesday we said goodbye to Jaclyn who left for Australia. She flew on her own and has since arrived safe and sound and is getting all acquainted with Anthea and her friends!

In the evening we had dinner at Hester's. Yum it was delicious!

The boys learnt that this is the best way to get the fire started!

On Thursday we headed up to Mt Baker. We went right up to Artist Point and really enjoyed seeing the walls of snow where the road had been cleared and Steve and John and girls went up the slopes and down on the sled. It was still quite chilly, around 10 degrees and even the top toilets were totally covered in snow.

And Friday was the 4th of July; Independance Day! Caren and myself went to Hester's and had a very relaxing morning. The boys bought a few fireworks and so once it got semi dark, we did a few for the little girls. Once they were in bed and it got really dark, the boys got their crackers out and set them off. We were very proud of our private mini display! All night we could hear the crackers going off. Fireworks are legal in America within a certain timeframe. Some places they are banned but in general, anyone can buy them and set them off.

Mini fireworks for the little girls!

Saturday the boys along with Dave and James headed to Goat Mountain Trail and did a hike to the top. The views were spectucular and the hike grueling but the views were certainly worth it!

Stefan went for few days with his friend Alec and his family to Okenagan and had a great time!

Well, that's a run down of the last fortnight. It's been a really nice week catching up and showing our guests the land where we live. Next week is pretty busy too but more on that once it's happened.

Thanks for popping past. We pray all is well where ever you live. God bless.