happy birthday, grampster!

we had a yummy dinner at Merriweather's to celebrate grampie's bay

memorial day bbq

good times bbq-ing for memorial day at grammie & grampie's house. although no celebration is complete without a selfie stick and s'mores!

more christmas!

grammie arrives with LOTS of gifts

even thad has to help bring them all in

and grampie too!

more gifts still!

big CHEESE with grammie

jackie got operation…the crew operates

playing uno never gets old

Skype time with captain, aine & nana (and mia, john, sarah, saoirse & wally!)

merry christmas!!!!!!!!!

christmas eve

yay!!!! it's almost christmas!!!!!

grammie's festive decor

christmas eve kisses

merry christmas, grammie & grampie!!!

festive trio

christmas eve couple

grammie & her ciopinno

back at home…the house was ready for santa's arrival

cookies, milk, a note AND a thank you note

thanksgiving

handsome guys

lots of lairds

grampie, jackie & grammie 

thanksgiving mascot

cousin olivia came to visit

thanksgiving was also patti p's 70th birthday!!!

we clean up well

me & lin

more photo ops

early birthday gift from patti p & steve-o

steve-o & the turkey

thad & the birthday girl

one last treat…after pumpkin pie & red velvet cake

on the road again...

we left thad in quadra to do more fishing, and hit the road with grammie and grampie. we spent the night in victoria, before heading for portland in the morning. such a fun, family-filled vacation!!!

goats on the roof…at goats on the roof in coombs, bc

pizza + caprese salad at cuckoo

jackie got his own pizza

jackson started a marble collection

walking around in victoria…look what we found!

the parliament building in victoria

jackie + grampie checking things out

we took a stroll through the beautiful empress hotel

city lights

an awesome street performer juggling flaming pins!

en route to portland…jackson did NOT like gram pie's choice of music

grammie to the rescue, with her bottle of magical lavender oil