Saturday, September 15, 2007

Riding the DIGGER!

BaBa (Grampa Tobie) called one day and said to bring Derek down for a ride in the mini excavator he has been working in, so we did! BaBa calls this his Phone Booth ;p
As you can imagine, Derek was thrilled, seriously... (he is always very serious about these things;)


There is Uncle Jeremy at the top doin some serious digging too!

Brrrrruuummm! Derek got to ride in this Excavator twice, the second time BaBa let Derek take over the controls and he did really well! There were a few small holes in the driveway afterwards but he got the idea and did some turning and dumping too.

Great Brothers think alike :D

Sunday, September 09, 2007

We are back!

As most of you know, I finally got my Green Card and went to BC for the first time in 3 and 1/2 years! I planned to go for a week but as things worked out we (the boys and I, sadly, Brent had to stay home) were there for 3 and 1/2, hmmm, one for each year? ;p
This was Derek and Caleb's first visit to where Nanny and BaBa live, Powell River!
So, here are some pictures to start us off, we went to this beach about 10mins south of my parents house. At low tide it is amazing!

Donnkersley Beach


Stephanie with Caleb. So lucky to see her as she is going, in October, to live in England!
The fearless water walker... even after many mouth fulls, he splashes on! Hmmm, this one is not Donnkersley, it is right below where Mom and Dad live, oops ;p
Derek loved that inflated chair, and Nathan made it lots of fun, here Caleb joined in for a minute but he was not impressed!!
Looking slightly Royal on his personal flotation device that is actually not his ;)

This was too cute, just as we were thinking of going, Derek took off across the sand to where this little girl was playing by herself. When we got there he informed us they were building a sandcastle :) Then Derek showed interest in her boogy board (?) so they took it to the water and she told him to get on! They were about the same size and not really in the water so her attempt to pull him on the wet sand was quite hilarious :):):)
Anyway, Derek definately has no problem finding and making friends!