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| We had a belated celebration for Judy, because she was in Vancouver for her actual birthday! |
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| Judy making sure all those candles are out! |
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| Chester + Judy = love and happiness |
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| Helene and Mia |
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| Keith and Jay relaxin' after finishing their birthday cake |
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| Josh and Camron |
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| Cheryl and her girls |
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| Judy opening her gift from us. She promised the card wouldn't make her cry... |
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| Keith, Jay, and Mike's reaction after Judy finished reading the card! |
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| Jay, Chester, Rowan and Josh roastin' smokies and hotdogs 'round the fire at the cabin! |
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| Ready to eat |
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| Jaylene |
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| Josh |
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| Rowan and Josh at the campfire |
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| Chester's first veggie dog |
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| Mike's definitely-not-a-veggie dog |
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| Rowan's baked goodies made Mike extra happy! |
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| Jay, Josh and Rowan ready to go quadding in the snow! It truly was a fun-filled weekend. When we weren't enjoying ourselves outside, we were in the cabin playing board games (backgammon, Scrabble and Scattegories), eating, chatting, and watching movies before bed! |
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| Dracula doing quiz corrections in my classroom |
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| The skeleton is doing a re-test |
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| Tiffany in Wonderland and Shantana the Spanish dancer |
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| Michael's going to eat the jack-o-lantern's lid... |
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| Evangeline's first Halloween in Canada! |
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| Sandeep getting her face painted |
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| Ofnilieta, the peaceful witch |
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| The Maguire's came a trick-or-treatin' |
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| Helene, Keith and Cheryl all have October birthdays! Here are some photos from the Macguire Birthday Gathering! |
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| Mike and Irene relaxing on the sofa |
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| Helene, Meeko, Camron, and Mia peeking over the couch |
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| Keith and Cheryl`s new kitchen! (It`s beautiful and really opened up their house.) |
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| Judy balancing the cake while we sang Happy Birthday! |
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| That`s the way to do it: Three people blowing out the candles gets the job done! |
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| Yum! Birthday cake! |
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| Visiting around the dining room table |
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| Present Time! Keith and Cheryl watched Helene open her gifts before tearing into their own (or in Keith`s case, having Camron and Mia tear into his!) |
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| Helene looking through her new doodling book, one of her many gifts! A wonderful way to spend an evening! Happy Birthday x 3!!! |
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| Brushing Deja |
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| Headin' to the beach |
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| Mia and Keith, playing a little Frisbee along the way |
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| Uncle Mike demonstrating the all-time #1 form of entertainment: Imagination! |
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| Upside-down Helene with Uncle Mike! |
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| Mike, Keith, Charlene (Keith's mom) and Judy |
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| Helene with Grandpa Mike Maguire, |
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| Irene and Mike chatting on the beach |
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| Mia and Cheryl! |
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| Judy with Charlene and Mike Maguire laughin' it up! We were so happy we were able to see them during their visit from Ontario. Their next stop was Alaska to visit Anna (Keith's sister) and her littl' ones! |
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| Helene viewing Grandpa Maguire's photos |
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| Mia... |
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| ...catchin' a ride with Uncle Mike! |
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| Mike, with Helene over his shoulder, and Camron headin' back to the property. Another fun-filled day spent in Tagish with family! |
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| We built half a shelter over the firepit... |
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| and a roof for our well using wood we found around the property. |
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| We pulled out all of the flattened raspberry bushes and fireweed (both of which can have incredibly strong roots!). |
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| We moved one of the garden beds to the entrance, put it under the sign, and filled it with soil. Then we did some FireSmarting: clearing out brush, pinecones, and dead trees and branches. |
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| Our property is finally beginning to look a little more loved:) |
