{precious}

She's a little bit of sunshine,
She's a smile to light your days,
She will steal your heart and
keep it with her warm endearing ways,
She's your precious little daughter,
With a sweetness from above
Who will fill your years with laughter
and your lives with lots of love
Author Unknown

A SPECIAL PERSON ENTERED MY LIFE
I REMEMBER HOLDING YOU SO TIGHT
I REMEMBER LOTS OF LOVELY TIMES
AND I SHALL ALWAYS CHERISH
THEM IN MY MIND
YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
YOU ARE MY FRIEND
OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER
WILL NEVER END
I HAVE WATCHED YOU GROW
I LOVE YOU SO
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW

This Girl can Jump.
This Girl can sing.
This Girl can do most anything.

This Girl can laugh.
This Girl can cry.
Sometimes I think this Girl can fly.

This Girl can hope.
This Girl can dream.
This Girl glows like a sunbeam.

This Girl is sweet.
This Girl is tough.
For the love of this Girl,
I can’t thank God enough.

{heritage festival}

love, love, love this festival. Canada is a big melting pot of cultures and the Heritage Festival is a great way to appreciate the various ethnic groups of the world. dancing, food, merchandise...

kuten aina, kävin skandinavian teltalla ostamassa karjalanpiirakoita.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEcXIVk8hfI

{west coast trip, day 10}

day 10

the drive home.

supper at Earl's in Jasper.

bye, bye gorgeous views.



{west coast trip, day 9, pow wow}

day 9

drove to Kamloops.

shopped.

supper at East Side Mario's.

Kamloopa Pow Wow. sorry about the poor quality of the videos. obviously i had my camera on the wrong setting. you can still get the feel of the event from the videos. what an awesome experience! gotta love the first nations culture.

{west coast trip, day 8, white rock}

day 8

another beach day. this time to enjoy the low tide and tide pools.

Jay & Sienna made a sandcastle.

watched people wakeboarding.

looked for small crabs under rocks.

walked the beach boulevard and checked out shops. nothing really to buy. touristy stuff. check out the fancier than fancy jeans i saw. me not likey.

had some gelato.

walked to the pier. watched people diving & catching big crabs.

supper at milestone's.

it's not poop! :)

sea creatures make these piles on sand when they burrow their way down. pretty cool. 



White Rock is really close to the U.S. border. you can see U.S. from here.