Entries from September 2007

September 23, 2007

Jandi in Vancouver

Jandi arrived in Vancouver earlier this month, much to everyone’s delight. We have literally walked her off her feet since then – seeing the sights, and getting help with our day to day routine. The weather has been fantastic, which is very lucky of this time of the year. Jandi even takes Charlie to the [...]

September 23, 2007

Jamie at Preschool

At long last, Jamie has started preschool, Monday to Thursday afternoons. It is located about 2 minutes walk from home, and called Lluvia (pronounced you-vee-a appartently). His teachers’ names are Krista and Ward (a man teaching pre-school- fancy that!). Both seem to get along with Jamie well and ‘just love his little accent’ (who has [...]

September 23, 2007

The students are back in town!

This week is the first week of teaching here, and the students are pouring onto campus in huge numbers. This weekend 500 students are expected to move into the dorms next to our apartment. So that means 500 students in 500 SUVs with 1000 parents in tow! It is an incredible sight to see. As [...]

September 2, 2007

Road trip

The trip to Edmonton was a busy time for us all – I had a conference to attend and Paul had the kids full-time (which is a job and a half!) Having the world’s biggest mall nearby helped!
We drove back to Vancouver through the Rockies – had one night in Calgary with my cousin Kate [...]