Slice Girls! North Vancouver Teens

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Meet the Slice Girls!  A North Vancouver group of teen girls who attend Cap Church.  I had never met any of these young women before Tuesday.  First impressions... these girls truly care for one another, they're wonderfully unique and each one, beautiful!  We met at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver where we found a great mix of beach, park and architecture.  The girls picked the location because they had a lot of good memories there. The girls were great sports and we had a lot of fun working with all of you.  Stay tuned for a link to your gallery!  Special thanks to Lara who made the trek out from Abbotsford, through terrible traffic, to help out!

Mother's Day & Mother's Day Eve

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Mother's Day at my house means getting together with lots of family.  My mother-in-law had 8 boys: they're all married up (well almost) and most have kids.  Below are the cutest ones - just kidding!

We celebrated Mother's Day Eve at my house.  I got to 'boss everyone around' (said my 5 year old).  So I told everyone we were going on a picnic at the beach.  My husband will not ordinarily picnic at the beach as he claims that his food always gets sand in it.   So this was indeed my chance to 'boss everyone around'.  We had a really nice time actually (which I was quick to point out every few minutes or so).   And yes, there may have been a few bite fulls of sand.   We topped off the evening with Baskin Robins ice-cream and my son claimed "this is the BEST Mother's Day Eve EVER!"   I will have to say being a mom to a 5 and 8 year old is a lot easier than being the mom of babies and toddlers.  For those of you out there who can't see the end of the breastfeeding, diaper changing, sleepless nights circle.... i promise you the end will come and believe it or not it will seem like a really long time ago.

Littlest One

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This is my littlest one.   He's 5 and totally great.  My husband and I say we want to be like him when we grow up.  He's got lots of forgiveness and hospitality built into his soul.  He's also precocious.  Last night he tried to pull a fast one.  After verbally offending his dad who was taking a shower he decided he better take a new course of action quickly to avoid punishment.   Taking advantage of the fact that the water was running and dad was having a hard time hearing too much, he pipes up, "hey dad, just wanted you to know, Starbuck's food isn't very good".  To the outsider this looks like a complete tangent but to my littlest one,  he was making a quick get a way.  Husband ends up cracking up and littlest one is home free.   Pretty good for 5.