Grandma with Both Grandaughters Sleeping on Her Lap

Ahhh....this was so sweet I had to post it. When Mom and Dad were here last I came home one day to find both girls sleeping on Grandma......classic:

India Goes to School

Our little India is now in pre-school. Check out these photos of her in her new school uniform.....it is so cute.


We were so lucky to get her into Beacon Hill Montessori Preschool. We were on the waiting list for months but found out in late August that she was accepted. This school is in an old beautiful heritage house that had been lifted 15 years previous with the school now in the basement. Mrs. Lange is an incredibly gifted teacher who India adores. Here is her bio:

Mrs. Lange has been supervising and educating children for most of her life. She has been professionally teaching young children for over 25 years, is a licenced childcare provider, and an accredited Montessori Preschool Teacher. The Beacon Hill Montessori Preschool has been developed and operated by Mrs. Lange since 1994.

India calls the school the 'Chicken School' as the school keeps chickens. Getting into the school was the sole motivator for her to become potty trained.

Landscaping at 2721 Fernwood Rd.

Well this work has been on my mind for the last 5 years or so. The original developers never finished the landscaping properly and it I never had the time to properly fix it up. So now it is finally done and it looks great! It will take years to pay off but it is worth it in order to attract the kind of rental rates and people I am looking to continue to keep in the units. Colin, from Mowing Around, did an amazing job with the design and work. I would highly recommend him for any landscaping work that needs to be done.

In the beginning there was chaos and weeds!!



But then came the light,



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Visit to Double Mac Farms

On all of our visits we like to go up to my buddy John's farm. This year they have begun building their beautiful new house. All I can say is wow!! India had a wonderful visit.



Check out the size of this bull!



India the soccer star and Malcolm the hurdler:



The house:



John and the boys:



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Spa and Home Theatre Day in PG

Trish and Bernadette organized a spa day when we were in PG. To counter-act all that feminine energy Dad and I installed his home theatre on the same day:



And the theatre:



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Trish's Birthday in PG

Mom organized a surprise Birthday party for Trish in PG. I think everyone had a great time:



Ahhh the blowing out of the candles:



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Naramata 2007

We had another wonderful visit at Naramata Centre again this year. This place is truly magical. To be able to allow your child to run about and not to worry about her safety is hard to quantify. Below is India with 2 of her friends she met:



Here is India sliding down the plastic waterslide at one of the evenings activities:



Here is India getting her face painted at another evenings activities:



Sunset and a rainbow:



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The Professional Shoot

The woman who cleans our place every couple of weeks is also a photographer. We had her come and shoot our family about 2 months ago. We just got our pictures back and we are completely stoked. Here are some samples:




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Mom and Kendra's Birthday

Seems like Mom and Dad are usually down here for Mom's birthday. Well this year we were lucky enought to also catch Kendra's birthday. This was a great night..the food was unbelievable!!





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Another Visit to the Petting Zoo

Continuing the tradition, when my parents are in town we always head to the petting zoo. This time we had the Kippings with us:



This is by far my favourite photo from the day:



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Niece and Softball Tournament

My sister and brother-in-law were in town for their daughter's softball tournament. Here are a few pictures:



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My New TV

What else can be said...you move into a new house, go into deep debt so what is your next step......by a big ass LCD TV.....oh yeah and pick up an AppleTV while you are at it. Here is my new Toshiba displaying the screen saver from the AppleTV:

Our First Night of Possession

My Mom and Dad were all ready in town to assist us and they joined us when we took possession. Trish's parents and sister also showed up a little while later. We enjoyed some wine and a bucket of the Quernel's Best!!



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We Take Possession - June 28th, 5:00 pm, 2007

I guess this ranks right up there with burning your mortgage papers - god that seems like it will never happen considering the mountain of debt we are now in! Regardless it felt good to accept that key:



Mike McCulloch was our realtor and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone. He definitely has the art down pat and his low pressure approach is refreshing.

India Gives Flowers to the Queen

India's Grandpa Schiedel's work was celebrating it's 60th anniversary and decided to have a Queen impersonator come down to assist with the celebrations. India and another little girl presented the Queen with some flowers. Unfortunately some people took this little gathering a little too seriously and Trish was unable to get close enough to take a picture of the girls presenting the flowers.





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Our New House!!

Well it is finally a done deal. We take possession of our new house on June 28th. Although the house did not come cheap (with taxes it is $600,000), it is completely a move in with no need to do anything. This is exactly what we need with the new baby. We are so excited to have insuite laundry and a yard that we can hardly contain ourselves. Below is a picture of the front:



Here is a picture of the backyard:



My favourite part of the house is the kitchen:



The house also has a suite which will be a 'must-have' mortgage helper. I was able to rent it in one day! Here is a picture of the suite:





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