Right now we’re in full Olympics mode!! The openingsshow in Vancouver was fantastic and made us so proud to be a Canadian resident!! And thanks to our wonderful neighbours Mike and Alison we finally have the Olympic mittens too now! As for the games… Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer has Gold and mogul skier Alex Bilodeau [...]

RIP Melissa
Our hearts broke when we learned of our friend Barbara’s daughter Melissa’s unexpected passing at age 23. We don’t know what happened, and no one should ever have to deal with something like this, but Bar least of all. She just had a hard year after getting a new kidney, lost her dad and [...]

Happy Holidays everybody! Click on the card to see the big version!
Fijne feestdagen allemaal! Klik op de kaart voor de grote versie!

Our second year in Canada was fantastic! We enjoyed the winter wonderland in the first months, sadly had to say goodbye to Spooky (who was almost 22 though!!), and by the time it was [...]

Finally we put our pictures online from our last Cypress Hills trip. We didn’t get completely snowed in and were able to drive around in Winter Wonderland a bit before going home. We didn’t spot any moose, but we did see several deer.
Eindelijk hebben we onze foto’s van onze laatste Cypress Hills trip online gezet. [...]

We’re in Cypress Hills for the weekend! Last minute decision.. we rented a condo from the Cypress Park Resort Inn.
We zijn in Cypress Hills voor dit weekend! Op het laatste moment besloten.. we hebben een apartement gehuurd van de Cypress Park Resort Inn.
This morning we went for a walk in gorgeous sunny weather…. and then [...]

It’s our second Halloween here, but the first time I’m giving out candy to trick-or-treaters! Unfortunately there weren’t a whole lot out tonight.. I had 17 kids, but it was fun
Here some pics from me being the Crazy Cat Lady at work, my carved pumpkins (first time ever, not bad huh?) and one [...]