Happy Birthday Pete!

Happy Birthday Pete, from all of us here...This pic is just to remind all that you are able to catch the odd fish occasionally! Hope you are having a lovely time in Portugal and know that the Canadians are all thinking of you on your birthday (assuming Pip has any idea of what day of the week it is: he's having waaaay too good a time being a student!).
Love, Chip, Dara, Tim and Pip

Happy Birthday Sis!

From Canada to China, our birthday wish: have fun

But just how many times can a girl turn twenty-one?

All our love & happy birthday Bev,

Chip, Dara, Pip and Timmy

SHOULD HAVE BEEN WIV THE PHOTOS....

JUST A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF OUR WEEKS FISHIN ON THE TAY.......WE HAVE RENAMED A BRIDGE OVER IT .. JIMS BRIDGE .... AS WE TOASTED HIS LIFE WITH A WHISKY AND FLOATED SOME OF HIS ASHES FROM THE BRIDGE INTO THE FAMOUS TAY....JUST AS A REFERENCE IT IS NO MORE THAN 200 YARDS FROM THE FAMOUS MEIKELOUR BEECH HEDGE THAT CONTINUES GROWING EVER SKYWARD. SCORE FOR THE WEEK PETE AND BRIAN NIL ..JAMIE FOR THREE DAYS ONE....HOW THOUGHTLESS CAN THE BOY BE ! ! ! HOPE EVERYBODY IS WELL AND PIP HAS HIS NOSE TO THE GRIND STONE......(I BET ...) LOVE TO ALL KIRSTY KEV AND IZZY WE WILL MAKE SURE MOM GETS TO YOU ON TIME HER FEET DONT TOUCH THE GROUND THESE DAYS HUH ?

LOVE PETE AND PAUL ETC.

TRIP UP NORTH......

Not bad for 50!

Here are some pictures from Chip & Dara's romatic getaway to Stratford (Ontario - but still on the River Avon).

Lovely Victorian architecture.....no thatched cottages here!

Note the stylish birthday top and necklace - thanks Pete & Paul!

"Western University Mom" T-shirt in honour of Pip...

All dressed up for the theatre and on our way to see King Lear.....

Hope everyone is well and happy.

Love C,D,T and P in absentia

Quiz Time

Thanks for the quiz Bev - answers are posted under your pix in Comments...Now for a couple from us...

1. Which WW1 battlefield is the top picture from?

2. How is Timmy walking on water?

Love from (just) Chip and Dara, as Pip is at a foam party (?) and Timmy is at Camp...

Hi, Everyone!

Just back from my 3,000 trek around Europe - feel in need of a holiday! Quiz for Chip and Co -

where in France did we see this Canadian flag, and what is the second one (at the same place)? At last, I made it to the Ferris wheel in Vienna!

New Adventures for Pip

Before
After

Well it doesn't seem a minute since he was starting Kindergarten......and here he is moving in to his room at University. All much more complicated than when we went up to Cambridge with one small trunk. "Move in day" was set up like a military operation and involved 2 full car loads of "stuff", internet conenctions and cable TV in his room to organize, smart cards to load with money to pay for food and more.........!!!

Note the English flag on his bed. By the time the decor was complete it also included an English Rugby scarf. Mind you there was also a signed Canadian Football jersey, Hockey posters and a basketball net. Posters included the Beatles and Che Guevara........so nothing new there. Have had a 5 word text message since we left him "Sweet. Will call tomorrow. Pip" - which we take to be encouraging!

Hope family journeys in Scotland, Greece and Germany all going well and looking forward to your travelers' tales.

Chip, Dara, Tim and Pip in absentia.