The Man, The Legend, The King of Pop

I don't care if people think this post is cheesy, but I just had to take a minute to express my love for Michael Jackson. No matter what people have said and continue to say about him, it never bothered me, and frankly I never believed any of it. All I know is that almost every single one of us loved his music at one point in our lives. This man never had a childhood and gave up his life to give us the most amazing gift. I saw him in concert years ago and loved every second of it, he put on the most amazing show. My earliest memory in my childhood was when the Thriller video came out - I was probably only 3! They released a 2-hour behind the scenes 'making of' the video that we watched at my old house with my parents. We danced the whole time and were glued to the TV.

Anyway...totally cheesy but I always loved and will always remember Michael Jackson. I hope my kids learn to love his music as I did. I also hope his kids can live a normal life after all of this craziness! In the words of Michael "before you judge me, try hard to love me". RIP MJ!

I wasn't too sure about climbing up that hill in flip flops...

Horseshoe Bay

This past Saturday I decided it was time we started to explore the surrounding areas of Vancouver. We went to a quaint little town called Horseshoe Bay for lunch and then Whytecliffe Park for a little adventure with Marley. He climbed up the little 'island' and waded in the water. It was a gorgeous day and we plan on taking more little road trips to continue to explore Beautiful British Columbia!

The Pages Week in Vancouver

On May 30th we had our really good friends Eric & Emily come to visit us! They were here for a whole week and we had so much fun! We started their trip with a BBQ on the beach with them and some of our Vancouver friends. I took them sightseeing all week too - the aquarium, gastown, the lookout building, chinatown, richmond for lunch with sam, granville island, a walk through Pacific Spirit Park, and we ended the week with a good 4 hour hike through Lynn Valley Headwater. It was so good having them here with us, we were pretty sad when they left. Hopefully we showed them a good enough time so they'll come back to visit in the winter! hehe. My parents and sister, brother-in-law and nephew are our next visitors...July 1st! It will be good to have more familiar faces up here!

Abby Visits Us (& Vancouver)

Abby recently came to see us for her vacay, it was her first time to Vancouver and we showed her as many bars as possible! ;) Actually we did quite a bit. We went to the aquarium and saw some beluga whales, to Granville Island to walk through the market and eat lunch, up and down my favorite streets, picnic on the beach (where we got very sunburnt), evening at an art gallery full of naked ladies, picnic at the park, and probably the best part was crabbing in Deep Cove with our friend Patrick in his dingy "Nemo". We caught lots of crabs and cooked them right there by the beach. It was a gorgeous weekend too, Abby got to see lots of flowers still in full bloom, and how nice it is to sleep with no AC and the window open! (Though now summer seems to be in full effect and what I wouldn't do for a ceiling fan and AC!) To sum it all up - We had lots and lots of fun and hope she comes back to see us soon!!