July

Well, the month of July is continuing to get even hotter… We live overlooking the lake; you’d think we’d go swimming more often!! More biking and X-Box-ing for Brice. He has been spending huge amounts of time around the neighbourhood with all his buddies building tree forts in the back field, swimming in his buddies’ pools, keeping in close contact with Mom with his walkie talkie which allows him more freedom.





We had the arrival of another new family member... our budgie, Captain Beaky, flew in for a visit and decided to stay. Brice caught him out in the front yard, and after no one claimed him we decided to keep him! Welcome to the menagerie!



We made a trip down to visit Ann (Bre’s mom) and Steve ( her dad) for an extended weekend at the beginning of the month. More eating and relaxing being spoiled by the wonderful company and fantastic food!

They had left a vehicle over on the mainland and had planned to leave Brice at Nana’s while they headed off to deliver it to California and have a nice road trip. Plans fell thru and James went to pick up the SUV and bring it over to sell in Nanaimo. The ferry ahead of James has an engine failure and managed to crash into the marina near the ferry terminal, holding up ferry traffic ALL DAY!! The ferry James was on sat out in the water for about 8 hours before letting the passengers off. At that point, he would have been waiting days to get him and the Montero back across, so he came straight back over without even setting foot on dry land. Poor guy!! When traffic died down a little, he and Bre headed over on the last ferry with sleeping bags, set out to go camping in the Montero that night and catch the first ferry in the morning before it got too busy. They had a very ‘interestingly exciting’ trip, and discovered that Bre was NEVER again to eat garlic tops. (Especially when confined to a small, closed space)


James and his diesel facility kept gradually getting bigger and bigger! He moved into a commercial location (Bre was very happy to have him not creating oil slicks at the house anymore!!) and after setting up and accumulating the required equipment, sales finally began!! Things are still moving slowly, and after one step forward and three steps sideways, they keep going ahead with only minor frustration!