A September Visit to Vancouver!

We snuck off for a spontaneous Vancouver vacation before school began! This is the courtyard of the hotel.

Views on a long walk to find MEC

Out for dinner

YUM!

Chillaxin' in the hotel room

Mike outside of the hotel

Across from the hotel

Checkin' out Mike from afar

Love the contrast

We had an amazing, stress-free vacation together!

Before heading back to the airport we hung out on a pier...

...and enjoyed the views.

Found this cute little beach

...with footprints in the sand!

I love vacations with Mike!!!

Boogie Boarding in the Yukon River!

Josh and Mike kicking up stream

Put Mike in the water and he's happy!

Deja kept me company on the rocks as I watched!

Josh is havin' fun too!

Mike adjusting his boot

Jay, Mike, and Josh heading into the spin wave

Mike giving Jay a few pointers

Jay soakin' up his advice like a sponge

Mike, Josh, and Jay were all able to surf the wave! They had a blast and a lot of laughs!

Building a 3rd Deck (before the snow fell)

Mike teaching Josh how to use the chop saw

Josh took over and did a fine job!

Mike did all the drilling.

Jay and Irene staining the lumber

I stained the top of the deck.

Mike and I were pretty happy! No more weed pullin' in the side yard!!!

A week later, Jaylene and Mike put the gazebo together! Mike drilled it into the deck floor.

Looks much better than before, and this area will get so much more use!

Another angle...

Mike checking out the area we gravelled between the mortared wall and our fence. (What a hunk!)

This worked out well too!

At the Tagish Property for Discovery Days Weekend...

First job: Removing the fridge that conked out, taking it to the dump, and replacing it with this fridge from the front porch. Refrigerators are heavy! However, Mike and his four women (of four generations) managed to push, pull, lift, carry and move both!

Jaylene's pretty tough!

Cooking dinner after our work was done

Jay changed into her "warm cabin clothes"!

For the majority of the following day, we worked outside, while the dogs lounged around.

Irene

This is me doing a little beetle dance:P (I'm sure Mike enjoyed taking these pictures!)

Trying to figure out where the little bugger went.

Judy came to the rescue...

...and made sure the beetle had truly flown away.

Jay taking a little break with Layla

Time to arm myself

Jay stirring up her cauldron

Over a few different visits, we tidied up this area of the property.

Putting away some of the gear after clearing and fire-smarting

Jay

Deja, still content

The lilies Irene planted...

...bloomed beautifully and brilliantly!

Workin' away while Mike snapped photos

Deja alert, but relaxed

This is the mini-garden that Irene and Judy planted in the raised garden bed .

Mike trying to get a gas weed wacker to work...

Jay jumped in to give it a shot!

Judy, Irene and I weeded this area of gardening soil.

Jay on the quad

Irene taking a little break from weeding

Judy having a wheel-barrel of fun

Mike

A radish poking through the soil

Surprised at how well the garden survived

Jay took her grandma on a quad adventure!

Mike's four hardworking women