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Near the end of the ski season we took Chevy all the way up to the TOP of the mountain on the Quad chairlift!!

Chevy skied allt he way down “Grandfathers Trail” which is about 2 miles long!  She got a little tired a couple times where she got a ride from her Mama..

And she got a few turns with her Dad-dad:

Chevy not bothered at all by the experience of being way up in the sky on the chair lift:

We went for a visit to Uncle Greg’s house and got a ride on his quad:

and visited with the giant “digger” that was working at his house:

Since we were in driving in that end of the valley, we stopped at Mama’s work and got a ride in her firetruck!

Chevy got to play with the siren on the truck the whole way down the runway!

My little giraffe:

Chevy wearing her pretty, new dress:

“CAW-CAW!”

My little artist:

Chevy is getting to the stage where she can “help herself” to things!

Skiing with Mama and Auntie Jenny:

My little lion:

Visiting the horses that live up the hill from us:

Chevy at the Kelowna Energyplex.

Chevy not jumping:

Chevy getting air on the trampoline:

First “Boo-boo” worthy of a cool Dora bandaid:

One sunny afternoon we went to the park near our house:

My “rowr” Dinosaur:

Chevy was helping me pick up a “few things” at the store.  Somehow we ended up with a whole bunch of jello and dark chocolate (none of which was on the list).

Chevy wearing her pretty, new dress at her friends party to welcome her new baby sister:

Mama was at work, Dad-dad was watching Chevy for the day.  Chevy was too quiet and Dad thought to investigate.  Couldn’t find her….looked EVERYWHERE!  “Oh my god…Barb is GOING TO KILL ME….I lost Chevy!!!”

Hanging out with Dad-dad at the beach:

So we finally get to make a trip down to the coast, hang out in the old hood and visit some good friends!

Chevy and Jess finally meet:

“How do you do?”

Chevy 1, Jess 0.

Daddy’s girls:

We stopped at the YVR Firehall and Chevy got to drive Mom’s old firetruck!

Siobhan meet Siobhan! They are about 2 weeks apart:

The coffee ladies!

Trying out some potential skis:

Chevy’s new pony!

We got a bunch of good people together and look what happens….a baby party! There was one more girl but she was 2 weeks from arriving…

and look who else showed up!!

That’s Ingrid (Roach) and Annie:

My little bedwarmer:

A visit with our old landlord, Allison and her family:

and with the ski patrol director from Cypress, Chris & his family:

Followed by a late night play-date with Kainoa and his mom Nicole Hylands:

“Hey, Kainoa, check out my kung-fu moves!”

Chevy 1, Kainoa 0.

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Then it was off to the Sunshine Coast. We dined with Bjorn and Joanna, visited the Dunkerton family and stayed with Redneck Jeff and Lee.

Lee was kind enough to watch Chevy so I could play with Jeff and my sweetheart!

Checking out the Sunshine Coast art work:

I’ll tell yah……it was awesome to be back on my bike and to find that I haven’t forgotten how to ride the coastal wet, slippery roots and still hit the drops and gap jumps was a very cool feeling indeed! =D

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…and finally, PICTURES OF THE MONTH:

Siobhan turns 3 months!

Scary bear:

Chevy’s first snow:

Meeting Santa:

and my favorite:

=D See you next month!!!

Thanks for all the great times and memories guys! I’m gonna miss ya’ll!
Here are a few pics from the last (night) shift with my boys….

YVR’s latest and greatest Fire truck: Oshkosh 6X6 with a huge lighting plant on the roof!

Here I am in Red 6, one of the newer Oshkosh 6X6′s….don’t usually get to drive this baby, but hell, it was my last shift….

This is the one I always get to drive. E-ONe Titan 8X8. She’s an oldie – but I love it!

I think Sponge Bob sums it up well for me…..
*sniff* I miss you guys…..