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Here are 2 videos for you......
This first one is of us on the beach where we found tiny baby crabs!

The 2nd one is a short drive down Ladysmith main street & the Xmas lights they have out!

I hope you enjoy!

Lukies
xoxox

Photos in Qualicum

We went up north a bit on Friday for an overnight stay to check out Qualicum Beach again. It's somewhere that has us thinking.... While there I tried to get back into Photography. Our plans on where to live will come in another post, but for now I hope you enjoy some of the shots I took!

Here we are around Nanoose Bay just south of Parksville. Actually this area was off the main road called Dolphin Dr. ~ we took this detour just for Callym :)

These photo's are from one of the Provincial Parks in Parksville called RathTrevor Beach Provincial Park, it was SO windy out that day~ but we were rewarded by seeing a SeaLion group playing in the waves!

We took a special trip to Cathedral Grove. It was pouring rain & I couldn't get many good shots due to the dimness & the rain, but here are a few that worked. The trees were over 800 years old. It was a majikal feeling walking thru this forest. We can't wait to go back again & again!
(we found out after that they filmed part of Star Wars Return of the Jedi in this forest, how cool is that eh!!)

Running!

If on Sunday before the Grey Cup starts u have a minute. Think of Callym & I, we will be running in the Ladysmith Cinnamon Bun Fun Run! Whoohoo!!!
Thx

oscar & callym

Hi Friends in Grade 3.
We live by the beach now in a cabin with 1 bathroom 2 bedrooms 1kichen and a living room.  This is what we saw at the beach: a small white jellyfish, a trout-like fish about 1 ft long, a little fish about an inch long with wing fins, dead crabs, bald eagles, and about 40 sea lions!  We had a treat at the bakery before the sea lions.  Oscar and I each got a small loaf of chocolate chip bread.  School is fun but no one plays football.  Wylan, Marcus, Owen, Ashton, and Charley K I hope you are still playing even in the snow!  We're only getting rain and the snow doesn't stay.  Are you having fun in the snow?  What kind of Art projects are you doing?  I miss all of you in Grade three and I hope you are all having a fun time. 
From Callym

Hi Friends in Grade 1.
Hi Everybody.  Are your teeth falling out because mine are?  I live in Saltair.  I'm staying in a cabin right now.  I saw lots of jellyfish.  I saw a big trout and lots of litle fish.  The town is pretty.  In Ladysmith they are doing a light up where the town has a whole bunch of lights that Santa is going to turn on tonight.  My class is made of Grade 1 and 2's and for lunch I play outside first and then eat for 10 minutes while the teacher reads to us.  Her name is Mrs. Horncastle.  Talk to you soon.
From Oscar.

say cheese! more random photos

It's pouring out again. I'm not complaining. Better then the nasty windy cold. But I wish I had a rain coat.

Here are a bunch of photos I have laying around. Hope you enjoy!

Everyday Oscar comes home from school & wants to check out the ocean. You know he's found a few washed up jelly~fish, a bunch of crab~shells, a tiny fish swimming around & more!
 This is just outside our door & down a bit. So cool to be so close to the ocean!

 This is a yummy kombucha squash & black bean stew I made. I was so yum! Want the recipe?

Here is Chris giving Twinkle a little taste of the great outdoors. This was last weekend. Was it as nice there as it was here? Sorry, I won't joke like that anymore. Anyways, see how close the sea is? Nice eh?

This is the coolest fish skeleton I've ever seen. We found it in this off to the side area of the Ocean. Maybe you'd call is a bay or inlet. This is where we always see huge seagulls & a few gorgeous ( & massive) bald eagles! Not sure who ate this guy tho...

Callym wearing his winter beach gear! Can't see his 'bogs' but he is, & their cool!

This is in Cowichan Bay (or Cow Bay as the locals call it). We came for coffee & found Sea Lions! This is more a photo of the boats & far off island.

Here you can see the massive Sea Lions sunning themselves!

 And here again!

When you live in a tiny place, don't have most of your toys, have to share a room with your brother & don't have your friends around it can get pretty crazy. Good thing there's LEGO!!!

Oh ya, remember when Callym got his head glued together that day after running into the fence playing football at Angus ...... well, the glue is still in there! It just won't wash out no matter what he does! so we are cutting some of it out here.... poor Callym!

2 bald eagles in the tree top. They're always around, Chris loves seeing them!

 A LEGO creation by Oscar (thanks so much Uncle Wally & Aunty Barb!!)

 A creation by Callym,

 And another by Oz

Here we are in Coombs at the 'Goats on the Roof' store. It was cold the day we went, so I think the goats were hiding inside somewhere dry. Pretty cool place tho, we'll come by again!

Here we are driving home from Coomb near Nanaimo. A cool shot of us coming up to a cloud, getting ready to drive thru it......

 so crazy cool!


 here are a few more shots of the Sea Lions, this crazy (I Mean CRAZY!) guy came so close to them, I thought he was going to be attacked!!! Nuts~O man!!!

another shot of the harbour, this is still Cow Bay!

Here's Callym with the Sea Lions (at a safe distance!)



This is my fav shot of the mountains. I love the look of the cut up rocks along the highway!

Whoohoo, found a pirate ship! (may have to zoom in to see the flag)

Oscar showing us how delish the chocolate chip loaf he ate was!

Here is the mass of big seagulls that came swooping down when Callym dropped his chocolate chip loaf :(

This weekend is a fun adventure with the LadySmith Light up show & our trip to Qualicum, so there should be more photos & stories to come! Have a great weekend! Miss you all!!!

Lukies