A SUMMER TRIP TO VANCOUVER

We spent the last week of June in Vancouver.  The weather was lovely, downright hot, and our trip was very relaxed.
Kayley has become VERY fond of her bike.  Here she is on a trip to the local park.

One of our first visits was to Grenville Island.  Kayley particularly likes an area that has arcade-type games.  When you win, you get tickets.  The tickets can be traded in for little items - rings, frisbees, whatever.  Glenn had said one was dull - but a great winner for tickets.  I won big!!  167 tickets in one fell swoop!!

Another day we went to the science museum with Kayley and Nathan.  Kayley had a play date with a buddy named Allie.

While the kids were playing a girl came and asked if we would mind if they participated in a science experiment.  Kayley at first thought it was a good idea, but when faced with the project, thought better of it.  Allie went along.  They then asked if Nathan would participate.  He was shown a blue dot.  Then a blue circling dot.  Then cartoon like images of people.  His favorite seemed to be the blue circling dots.  The cartoon people were supposed to be black.  I guess so.  But they didn't do anything and were extremely cartoon-like.  I don't think he gave them much information.

We spent an afternoon at Jerico Beach.  The weather was amazing, and the scenery from that beach spectacular.  

Krysty and Kayley often feed bunnies at one end of Jerico Beach.  I imagined one or two forlorn bunnies.   I was incorrect.  There were dozens of them 

Kayley came up with an idea to feed the bunnies using a stick and a carrot (of course).  The bunnies fell for it all the time.

We walked back to the car.  Charlie and I walked home from the beach, a lovely walk.

Back at their condo, Krysty and Glenn decided Nathan was old enough to try out his "space station" entertainment center.  It was quite a hit.

A few weeks before we showed up, Glenn and Krysty had bought a mountain of Legos.  There were several sets dumped together, and apparently caused Lego madness.  Here's a few photos of our obsession.

It really was a great trip - and, yes, I'm a Lego fanatic.

WALLY'S VET VISITS

Wally the dog has had a bad tummy since the day we got him as a puppy.  His solution was to eat grass, leaves, anything green.  The vet told us that he was trying to cure himself.  I had always thought he was a bit OC.  His stomach got worse.  We took him to the vet who did a quick endoscope, and told us that Wally had colon issues that he, the vet, couldn't really fix.  He sent us to another vet.  After a scan and a doggy-colonoscopy - we found out that Wally had polyps, a very irritated colon, but was fine.  She put Wally on a course of meds that really fixed him up.  Unfortunately, at the same time, she found that Wally had a skin cancer, and she recommended that we have it removed.  Below are some photos of dog post op.

Note Wally's silly cut around his legs.  When they give IV to dogs they have to be trimmed.  We've had several people ask us if Wally was some kind of poodle.  No.  Just a Bouvier with a silly cut.