The Five Minute Photo Shoot

Charley is such a photogenic dog! She's probably so used to having a camera shoved into her face that she figures she may as well just pose for me or it will become an all day ordeal!

I just love her to bits!

Sunshine On My Shoulder (and shopping!) Makes Me Happy

Vancouver here I come!

A short two hour flight and we descended down to the runway in Vancouver. My chariot awaited me at the front entrance of the terminal. The top was down and we drove into the city. Another sunshiny day! We dropped off my gear and we headed to Granville Island with Jen.

Jen and Keira on the ferry.

A bit of shopping, a quick dinner of pizza at Olympia and a disappointing trip to Marble Slab rounded out the day. We took in a couple episodes of SATC before bedtime.

Granville Island...Cascadia.

Monday brought another city shopping/photo walk day. After joining Susan and Keira for a scrumptious sushi lunch, I hit the mall and Robson. That evening we Skytrained it to New Westminster for Greek food with friends celebrating dual birthdays.

Susan and Keira after a sushi lunch.

The last day in Vancouver took us to Metrotown...shopping again. What else is there for two ladies in the city to do!?

Over the shoulder.

I consider myself so lucky to have spent my last nine days off this year with both of my children. The sun shone the whole time. What a way to close off summer!

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None Left

Trevor is expecting...

Well... I have used up my last week of holidays for the year. I can't fathom the thought of no more until the spring of next year. Thank goodness that Keira will be coming home for a lot of long weekends in between that time. That will feel like a bunch of mini holidays!
Birch trees and the onset of fall.

On September ninth I flew out of Comox Airport up to Dawson Creek. Trevor and Laura were waiting for me with huge smiles. It felt so good hugging them both. Five months of not seeing my boy is torture. Dawson Creek area is not at all what I imagined it would be like.
Tourist at the Alaska Cafe.

I never expected gently rolling hills, fields of farm land and such open spaces. I had thought thick forests of short coniferous trees with a small town nestled amongst. Hardly any conifers...stands of birch trees, shrubs and fireweed. Dawson Creek itself is wide spread with retail buildings spaced far apart. Not really a walking shoppers paradise. They have every business that we have in the Comox Valley...plus one that I had thought had died a death a long time ago! Can you imagine...Robin's Donuts! That's a double double for Trev every day.
In front of the art gallery.

I only spent a few days there but we managed to pack quite a few things into it. Trevor took me up to his work yard, showed me his truck and introduced me to his boss. He then took me for a drive around the area and down the Alaska Highway.
Peace Park.

We spent a day shopping in Grande Praire, hitting up the mall and

Costco and searching for the elusive maternity shop. Yes...you heard me right...I'm going to be a grandma. It wasn't until we heading back to Dawson that we spotted a shop and Laura came home with some lovely maternity clothes. As you can see Trevor wanted a new top as well!

Happy mama and son!

We spent another day wondering the streets of Dawson, lunch at their favorite spot, Hug a Mug. Nice little deli with good food. We took the opportunity to do a bit of a photo shoot at some of the obligatory tourist spots. The Alaska Cafe, Mile 0 marker and the art Gallery to name a few.
Quiet evening at home.

One evening was spent with Laura's mom and sister celebrating Trev's belated birthday. Extreme Chocolate blizzard cake...decadent!

Trevor with his Beast.

Another evening was spent watching Braveheart. We've seen it so many times but still remains a favorite. Seems like they like to watch old sitcoms...Seinfeld especially.

The view from their balcony.

On the last day, Laura, who is suffering from morning sickness and fatigue, stayed in bed and Trev took me to the airport. On our way we stopped for Robin's coffee and headed to Peace Park with the camera and spent a little one on one time.

Quick stop at Beaver Lodge.

As he drove me to the airport, I choked up and the tears started, just like this very moment. I miss him so much and like a typical mom, I am crying...

Dawson...Here I come!

In a little over two hours I am hopping a plane out of Comox and heading to Dawson Creek to see my two sweethearts. I can't wait to touchdown later this afternoon and give and receive a couple of big hugs! Of course I have camera in hand so expect a few photos later next week.

Auf Wiedersehen!