Family picnic at Cabrillo Beach

Grace is visiting Jon from Wisconsin this week.

Sydney, Debbie & Bill - tidepools in background

Misha

More March

Spent one weekend helping babysit Lillie and Misha. This was taken on a lazy Saturday afternoon after a trip to the library!

Celebrate Debbie's birthday for the first time in 12 years with her!
(Also pictured are Lillie and Les' mom, Mary.)

March Women's Retreat

Lunch at Oceanside with Mum and Debbie.... lots of yummy Mexican food!!

Our first women's retreat with all three of us together.

Carrie & Dawnita

Me & Debs

Dawnita & me

The nice young man who changed our flat tire on the way home.

Spring

My wee flower garden

Birthday

I had fun celebrating my birthday with two special friends this year for dessert at the Cheesecake Factory!Becky, me & Jennie

WBC February Women's Retreat

We had a women's retreat with our church during the first weekend on February at a beach house in Capistrano. It was beautiful and refreshing... here's a few pictures:Mum and I in front of the house

Most of us

Playing games

Seagulls on the beach

Jennifer & Carrie

Travel to the USA

Goodbye to Susan's house in Elmira, Ontario...

Passing snowy fields as we head towards USA...

Heading straight towards the border... ("the road goes ever on and on")

The bridge across the river dividing the two nations...
Waiting at the border crossing... (took about an hour of waiting in the car line)

Niagara Falls in the Winter

We had a little road trip with the family over to Niagara Falls on New Year's Day. It was soooooo cold! We thought about tailgating our picnic lunch... for about 10 seconds before deciding a picnic in the van would be much better:

It was a beautiful view... lots of ice, powerful falls etc. The rest of the photos are taken on the edge of the Niagara Falls, Canadian side.

Christmas in Canada

First cousins: Julie, Joshua, Jeannie & Nathan (their dad, Uncle John, is a missionary pilot in Africa), Susan (Bill's sister) and Bill

Empanadas in Canada - we found a little Colombian bakery a few minutes from where the Letkemans live. They were yummy. (Meat filled turnover cornmeal pastries.)

Games played at Letkeman home.
The Letkemans - Ron, Susan (Bill's sister) with Lindsay, Matthew and Daniel.

Our New Year's Eve feast - cheese fondue, fresh bread sandwiches.
The countryside around here. Bill's sister lives in a small town in Ontario... about 15 minutes from "city".
Puzzle time.

The weather... comparing Celsius to Faherenheit and Canada to California!
Uncle John and Bill fixing his laptop.

Christmas Caroling

A group from our church sang Christmas carols at a convalescent home yesterday afternoon. We had a good time sharing a little of the joy of the season with these folks.

The Carolers:

Eric & Darlene - a beautiful duet:

Bill's Graduation - Part 3: Graduation Party

We invited our church friends over for dinner to celebrate Bill's accomplishment... I didn't quite get everyone captured on my camera (sorry Lukes!) but here we are, enjoying the time of celebrating with Bill.

Enjoying unexpected gifts!