Thanks

Thanks to Henk, Rachel (& family), Jake, Jacqueline for being here for my last Sunday in Duncan. It was great to have you here. See you at the party!

Oysterpaloosa '07

We should leave around 830 am .

Low tide on Saturday is at 10 am for Toquart bay.
We could all meet at Johns place? by about 8-815 .

We still need some dry firewood and a Coast Guard approved stomach pump!

Get a coffee and pack all ye culinary d'lites.

Da bus waits fer no one!

Opa & Nathan

Hi everyone, we have been looking at pictures of Opa and find it is bringing us joy thinking about these times. Please share pictures that you might have. This one is of when we just moved into our first home in Campbell River, and Dad was tickling Nate with his beard.

Memorium for Opa

Hi everyone. I just posted the presentation from the service online.
You can get to it here: http://www.colyns.com/opa

Please forward the link to others near and far.
Let me know your thoughts, etc.
Thanks, John and family

Willem Colyn - June 4, 1931 - December 10, 2007

He was a strong and faithful family man and loving Opa.

His wisdom, sense of humor and devotion will be missed!

Until we meet again Dad.

We love you !!!

We love you Dad!!!

We are praying that you are comfortable and peaceful!!!

The Emperor's New Clothes

Here is a picture of dad taken on Sunday afternoon. He has since then been moved into his own room (not in ICU anymore). Now visiting will be a little better. I don't really have the most recent updated news so I will let Aliza add that, I just wanted to put the picture on for all to see.

Happy Birthday Hella

Happy 43 birthday Hella.
Hope your day is full of fun, laughter, and lots of love.
Have a good one!
Tequila anyone?

Update on Dad.

Hi everyone.

Well, Dad is in the Hospital, and so far he has Pneumonia in both lungs, also some type of infection going on. As of this morning they did not know what it was . He has a rash and swelling in his feet, and something affecting his liver. We are very happy Dad finally agreed to go the hospital, he should have gone a week ago, but would not. Now that he has antibiotics helping him fight this off he should get stronger and then they will run more tests. We will keep posting and calling as we know more.

Let it stop, let it stop, let it stop....

Hi Family, hope you are all having a nice white Sunday. We are presently at around 14 inches. Crazy eh? Hope you are all well and we hope that Dad gets better soon. Dach.

Can we get an update ?

Hey Opa we love You! We are praying for you. Nick, Bas, Simon

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The Big Partay is going to be at Colin and Aliza's this year, we are making preparations as we speak, walls being moved, additions added, tarps and tents, its going to be great! Can't wait to have you all here. We will probably have the gift exchanges done early in the evening so we can play with our new stuff and let Willem and Helle go to a special 40th birthday party, because people who turn 40 in the new year are really really special. The usuals are required, something yummy to eat and drink and lots of energy to do what Corrie is doing!! WOOHOO
I love my sister.

It's Official

Hello All. Well it's official. Come January 17th I will be the new chaplain of the Nanaimo hospital. So if you are ever there getting some work done be sure to page me. My last service in Duncan will be on December 30th. Darren

Coffee?

Thanks Amy for making coffee this morning.
I guess the other ones responsible for doing it
were a little shellfish. :)

How Egg-citing!

After we came back from a great weekend in Port Alberni Ezra found that his hen finally laid some eggs. She is a little lonely lately since a Red-tailed Hawk took out the last rooster.

2007 Birthday Party/Grey Cup Party @ Jake's

Kiara and Amy are inviting all the Colyn's to their Birthday Celebration on Sunday November 25 @ 2:00 p.m. @ Kiara's home. Kiara will be 14 years of age and Amy will be 16 years of age. Please join for cake and coffee.

If you can, please stay for the Grey Cup Game @ 3:00 p.m. Kick back and enjoy an entertaining afternoon of Football on Jake's new big screen T.V. Again, we will do the Football Pool -

50 cents a square. Please bring an appetizer to share plus your own liquor. We will provide punch, pop, water bottles, and supper.

RSVP. Thanks.

Mitzie.

Flowers

Recently i have been picking the last of my flowers. I am kind of happy to be picking flowers in November. It sure is great to have Kale, skimmia, amaranthus and black dogwood all for sale and knowing that i don't have to heat a greenhouse. The bottom arrangement is a piece i made for our church this weekend. These vibrant flowers only last a day or two.

WE'RE BACK!!!!!

D.J. Mix a lot..

After a bit of waiting, I finally got my shredder belt..
This thing works extremely well
Bring on the compost...

Cat Hang Time..

a story of two brothers

.....and so it went that the one brother worked hard every day hunting and gathering, while the other brother decided to pursue other interests... These pictures were taken about 15 seconds apart. Oh yeah Bas gave his "old lady" his Brain Bucket, while he uses a skiing helmet.

It's Alive!...

Aarons sez "Thanks Uncle Will"

too much candy!!!

I have never eaten so many OH Henry bars in my life!!!

One day I hope to be as creative as the Victoria Colyn's.....for now we'll stick to the easy plush suits :)
Ally the bright pink unicorn...with wings and William the the waddling penguin.
Oh yes and Evan sported the caterpiller suit I made 5 years ago.

Oysters are Viral..

Just checking if there is any interest
in Touquart again this year?
Saturday Dec 22 low tide is at 4:04 am
John

Dracula, a Hippy, Einstein and some kid Nathan found.

Hanna sliced her finger while carving her pumkin, ...4 stiches.
Carina's first published article.

Baptism for Evan

A quick note to let you know that Evan will be baptized on Nov.11 in Port Alberni.
We are thankful for the support and sense of community that we still feel from the Port Alberni church. It is exciting for us as Darren will be the one to do the baptism.

We thank God for the gift of children and thank him for welcoming us (and Evan) daily into new life with him.

Mom has offered to host lunch and coffee after church that Sunday.
Looking forward to seeing you all again!!

The kids carved their pumpkins tonight. We have scary in the middle, and cute on the outside.

This picture is a little less blurry, but Willem is not as goofy.

Looking forwards to seeing some other pumpkin pictures on the blog. Have a great Halloween kids and can't wait to see what everyone dresses up as.

Fall Pictures from Larmarque Road

First there were two.

Then there were three more

Now there are five.

Just a few pictures of the colours in our backyard. Now most of the leaves are on the ground but at least we captured the moment in spite of the girls not wanting to.

How about a picture of each family on the blog before Christmas. Looking forwards to seeing them all.

Sara and Carina get a haircut

Before

Getting started

Holding the hair

After

They raised about $600.00 between the two of them. Now they look like grown up little ladies with their new haircuts. Way to go girls.

Keeping the faith..

Slowly, my 56 merc project is coming along..

I thought I'd post a picture of the completed
frame. It has a mustang independent front suspension
and rear 4-link setup, including an aluminum fuel tank.
Next up is the brake plumbing and bodywork..
I will post more photos as work progresses.

Two of these things are not like the other

So i am at the trade show in holland and who do i see.....? Both of these two guys are quite well known arrangers in holland. I ask for their photo and what do they ask me... that will remain secret.....

Lucy and Evan....#25 and 26

These 2 together weighed less than the turkey that Yvonne tackled.

Sara and Carina, Locks for love.

Carina and Hanna singing a tune.

Anna @ School

Times are changing . . . we were able to get Anna's photo in digital form so we thought we'd blog her first school photo!

Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend.

Baptism

Hi Everyone

We are looking to see what the response is for Lucy's Baptism being on October 21, this is a good date for our pastor, can anyone who would like a trip to the Mainland please respond, we would love to see everyone, our house is open for guests.

thanks

Thanksgiving / Sunday

We've heard that a few of you are coming to town for thanksgiving. We look forward to seeing you.
The PA group has organized some time together for sunday. If you plan to come please let me know and pick an item or 2 to bring along.
Sunday coffee will be hosted by Jake and Mitzie. You can ask them if you need to bring anything.
Then to make it easier for all, we have booked the church basement from 3:oo-until approx. 7:oo
to share a turkey dinner. We will set up the wii game and movies for the kids as well.
This makes it easier for Oma and Opa as all going to their house gets to be a little too much for them.
I will do the bird and ham.If you could let me know what and who's bringing the following based on 35-40 people.
Potatoes, veggies, desserts, buns, salad, cranberry sauce,and beverages.I'm open to your ideas.....
See you all soon,
Yvonne

Family Pics

Thought it was time to update our photos on the blog as Lucy is changing everyday! We sent out her birth announcement to you all yesterday. We plan to come to Port for Thanksgiving, so we will see you all then.