This is where we were last weekend in the hot hot heat. Cooling off in a waterfall! Nathan thought it was fffrrreezzing!!

Camping at Buttle Lake

Potluck and Pizza

Hi Guys,

Looking foward to our get together next week at the Falls. Thought we might want to do a little bit of planning so we're all on the same page. How about a potluck on Friday night and then mom does her pizza thing on Saturday?

A Definition

Define:

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1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man, or little mischievous boy.

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Memoirs of Kiara

Hi gang, just wondering if we are going to get a blog
about Kiara's trip to the land of the rising sun.

Mexican Booze Cruise!

The PA families have booked a mexican cruise from Jan.14-21/07.
It leaves from Los Angeles and goes to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and back to LA in 7 days.
The total cost per person including air fare, cruise, air taxes, port taxes, and transfers is $1032.
All meals included, alcohol , soda, and graditudes are extra.
Very limited space available. If you would like to join us call Dianne at twin travel 724-6501. She would be happy to assist you.
This is on the Royal Carribean cruise line. The ship(not called a boat!) is the Vision of the Sea. Look it up on line. It even has a teen nightclub on board!
Anymore info needed feel free to give me a call.
Bon Voyage!

Women of Faith

Calling all Colyn girls

Yvonne is organizing some tickets and hotel rooms for Women of Faith on November 3-4 for the church. We thought it would be fun to have all the Colyn girls go and stay in a hotel in Vancouver and hang out for the weekend. I know that Mitzie is going to come, I am going to go, Mom is going to go and Yvonne is going to go. Aliza will check Colin's schedule. What about the rest of you. Even you two who live in Langley. We would have a blast all together. Please let either Yvonne or I know within a week, so Yvonne will know how many tickets she has for the women at church.

Thanks.

Hope you can all make it. Would be a blast and you have lots of time to organize for babysitters.

See you there.

Puyallup Rod show..

A good time by all was had last weekend at the
Good Guys show in Washington..
In a nutshell, cool cars, a cool break in, cool air conditioning,
cool beer and cool vodka. and cool winnings at the casino.
Thanks for coming along, Collin.
Let's bring our rods next year..
John

Wet tents and Whiskey Jacks

Hi y'all - here are a few pics from our recent camping excursions. The weather wasn't the greatest but we got to see some new things.

The boys did their first backpacking trip in Strathcona park. It was about a 4km hike to Lake Helen Mackenzie. It went well even with the snow. The bugs were a little crazy though. No-see-um soup anyone?

The boys enticed a couple of Whiskey Jacks with some peanuts....

...I guess it was hard for them to resist a face like this -

Thanks to everyone who took us in to wash our clothes and dry out our tent. Can't wait to see you all in a couple of weeks. Crayfish beware - the Colyn's are a comin'!

A way to keep in touch

Hello everyone! This is Ella! How is everyone? We have been out at Stamp Falls for the past 12 days and so we all smell like smoke but we've been having fun. Oh yea.. we've sucked up really well to the new "rangers" and so when you guys go for your week without me you are already in their good books. My friends and I spent 4 nights out there... yup in the rain too... and we had so much fun! But anyways.. I decided to make up a blog to let you all know what I'm up to while I am away in Denmark. Only 17 days! :) It's just like this one so you will all know how to post comments on it so that I can hear from you all too. (I will keep checking up on our family blog too so that I can see what everyone is doing here!) The address to my blog is http://www.whileiamgone.blogspot.com I am excited to be able to keep you informed about what I am doing. I'll post pictures of me with all the good looking danish boys I meet too! ;) Okay well I have to go and pack for Teen Camp now. It starts tomorrow and I have absolutely no laundry clean! I will hopefully see you all once more before I leave. Uncle Henk & Uncle Al's family, we will probably see you the night before I fly out, as we are going to Vancouver the night before since I fly out at 8:30 am. Everyone else, I really really hope to see you all. [Hey Simone!!! Want to give me a call if you get this today!! I will try and call you later.] I love you all! Ella <>< xoxo
PS: Uncle John I don't know how to post a link straight to my blog but I'll try again. If you know how you could do that so no one has to remember the address.

Blueberry blog

$1.20 lb.........we picked $9 worth

Yum Yum !!

Camping at Rathtrevor.....Beautiful!

2nd generation Alberni Valley Times Carrier

Joel just got his first paper route, its the exact same route Colin did when he was 12 years old.

Nathan

He's a pretty funny little guy right now. "Good morning Mama."

Victoria Colyns' return

Hello everyone, we went to Holland and had a great vacation; went to some soccer parties, visited touristy sites and ate a lot of euro-style fast food. It was a fabulous time. Jacq and the kids even made it to Paris.

HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY SIMONE

we'd have a small fire if we lit 15 candles.

Hi, I am 4 now!!!

Hello Everyone,

Today was Tuesday July 11. My birthday party was a smash. We had a Princess theme as you can tell by the pictures. All my friends came, 6 Princesses and 2 Princes. We had cupcakes, planted Princess plants, made necklaces, and played on my new trampoline. I'm very happy to be 4, I can tell that my parents love me very much, they are very proud of their big girl, I love them too.
See you soon in Port Alberni
I love you all
Anna Simone

Sayounara

I am all packed up and I am ready to leave tomorrow for Japan. I am very excited about this trip. Thanks (arigatou) to everyone who sponsored me one way or another to make this trip possible. Thanks for caring about me, and I will see you in two weeks!!
(I will talk with you Joel when I get home. That would be terrific if you would go to Japan in the next year or two.)
- love Kiara xo

Rathtrevor

Thanks Weezie for squeezing us in with you for a night!! We are looking forward to the family camping at Stamp Falls. The third picture isn't the best picture of Aliza but you should see her on her new bike.....she's a hot mamma. It is sooo COOL!!

Camping at Stamp Falls

Hello everyone:

I am reserving 5 campsites at Stamp Falls for August 1. That will get us out at the campsite and then she will put us in the campsites we would like to have. So those of you who can arrive on August 1 please do so, so that we can get someone in each site. Please let me know if this is not going to work so I can cancel the sites. I have booked campsites 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8. That is all together and then we will have to double up in them. Hopefully that will work out.

Pics of the Family

Hello everyone, here are some recent pictures from our trip to Poet's Cove on Pender Island. We went with some friends from Calgary, very nice place, good to have connections with people like that. We all as a family should seriously think about finding an ocean getaway for ourselves, little fishing, little swimmin, lotta ya ya!!
Hope to see you all soon, Rachel and I have taken the first week of August off for the family campout, about August 3-8, I hope we picked the right days and maybe someone is up on looking for a campsite???? Are we booked somewhere???
Love ya all