Camping...no, not me....!!!

Ter and Lar are still crazy enough to like camping - even with 3 dogs...!!!! They took their foster dog Maxx to his new forever home in the Okanagan and then back in Parksville decided to have another night of fun under the stars.....








They set up at Rathtrevor and invited us over for dinner - Larry's famous rosemary prawns, no less - so we had a great dinner, wine around the fire, lots of laughs - and then got to go home to our warm house and comfy bed.








Camping with dogs is not for the faint hearted.....you have to take fencing to keep them on the site, all the beds and toys and food and stuff - and all the people paraphanalia......yikes!! Then of course they all sleep in the tent together.......

Happy Birthday Terri!

Lar, Michele and Bill joined us in celebrating Terri's birthday on the 12th!










We had a grand dinner with this wonderful dessert (thanks, Michele!) of cheeses and fruit - NO gluten!!!













Ter and Lar...................












Miki and Bill.........














Oh, and of course Bailey was invited and was the star of the show again. She and Chiik had a cautious encounter, but the 2 older cats slept through it all. Wonderful celebration with dear friends!

Bailey!

Friend Michele got a new puppy - please meet Bailey, one of the all time cutest damn puppies ever!!!!!












We all had a visit at Ter and Lar's, where Bailey stole the show, despite 4 other dogs doing their best not to feel left out.











Maxx and Bailey discuss whose bed this is anyway........?













Ter with TG and Bailey......awwww factor +10!!!

Rosie in Parksville

Just after the kids week, we had the wonderful treat of having Rosie with us for 3 days!! As always, it had been tooooo long since a proper visit, but with the dearest friends it seems like no time as passed. Here Miki and Rosie cook up a storm!!

But my bad - we spent so much time talking, laughing, crying, eating, drinking and enjoying each other, your trusty blogger didn't take many pics.....!













Terri and Larry came over one evening for a visit and glass of wine.....













So we all got caught up on our respective lives. Can't wait till the next time we can all be together.

Kids week in Parksville!

We had a wonderful 9 days with the 3 grand kids - swimming, beaching (is that a word?), camping, golfing, fishing, bumper boating - and there are way too many pics to put here.













So hopefully you can click on the link below and see the album of all the pics and fun times. Can't wait till next year - only with a different configuration. We will have Amber with a friend/cousin and same for the younger ones. Too much of an age gap at this point for an extended period. Still, we all had fun and it was great to have them all here.


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