The McLaughlin's

Jim, Jenni, Haley and Jay.

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Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Our trip to Victoria





Wow this is so cool!









How far did you say it is again?



I just love this picture of the kids!!

It was Jay's idea to climb the tree and pose like this! I think I may have a future photographer on my hands.

The Wax Museum


Wow they looked so real!

I think Haley thought they were going to reach out and touch her. I have to admit that I thought the same thing with one or two the statues. But she particularly like the dog in this one. It reminded her of her friends dog Tonka.









My favorite part of the museum was the Royal family. It was like seeing them in person.





Jay was so excited to recognize the statue of Terry Fox. When you looked really close to the statue you could even see the sweat on his brow!





The Last Supper, they decribed each person in the picture and what biblically happened before and after the supper and the role that each person played. I thought it was very cool that this one was part of the museum! Great for the kids to see and hear!



There was also the scary part of the tour but the pictures are to gross to put in here you'll have to go there and see them for yourself.

The Parliment Buildings


We thought we would show the kids the Parliment buildings. They had never seen anything like it and thought it was amazing.

Here's Jay getting the lay of the land!








Haley spotted these 2 ducks resting in the shade and tryed to get closer to them very stealth like I might add but to no avail. They scurried off. I guess kids make them nervous...gee I wonder why?



Awww! They really do love each other!

You'd never guess that there is 2 1/2 years between them. Jay's almost the same size as his sister! My 2 babies...their getting so big! I don't know who told them that they could do that but I didn't!

The Babysitter


My Aunt found us this wonderful babysitter so that we could bring the kids with us to the island and still be able to go to the party. Her name was Michele and she came with this bag of all kinds of thing to entertain the kids! I couldn't have asked for anyone better. I have to say that if we lived there I would definitely hire her again. The kids said that she was nice and fun which are two things hard to find in a sitter.

Oak Bay Horbour

On Sunday morning we went to Oak Bay Harbour. Mom had told us the night before about the seals and the kids wanted to go see them. I couldn't believe how these seals behaved, if you didn't feed them fast enough they would splash you with their fins. Haley and Jay thought this was great! I didn't though since I was the one that got all wet! The seals were eating little peices of frozen fish that you could buy at the bait shop for $1.95. Cheap entertainment!





I think Jay wanted to bring one of them home, but I had to say no to that one. I figure 1 dog, 1 cat and a rabbit is enough. But what a fun time! I wish we could have stayed there longer.

Monday, May 08, 2006

Girlfriends





Haley and her best friend Hannah. They have so much fun together! Especially in Moms hot tub!

Mom and Jays Birthday Party


Mom and Jay shared their birthday party as they usually do. It was a ton of fun! I just love giving Jay presents, (and you to Mom) he gives such a great reactions. It doesn't matter what you give him socks or a new truck he gets excited!

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Our Little Girl


Look at that form!


Delta Gymnastics meet May 7/06