Nine branches, One tree

After coming of an inspirational trip with Allan to the Appeltern Gardens, I have taken the liberty of using the muse of 'Toon van Ooijen' to remember this day. We miss you, dad and Opa.
Which stump of the tree are you?
Willem van Oranje of Roodcappje!

You're all invited..

Date: December 18 (Sunday)

Location: Yvonne and John's Place

Time: 1:00 pm

Looking forward to seeing yall!

A Repost of Memorium for Opa

 Thought I'd repost this link as some of you had asked..

http://www.colyns.com/opa/

Remembering Willem/Dad/Opa Colyn

Kiara, Emma, and Aalysia helping Opa harvest the potatoes.

What a garden ... and family ... Opa produced!

(circa 1999)

We miss you.

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

Happy 18th Birthday Kiara Maria

Kiara 1993 - 1 month - a cuddle from Oma VanderHoek :)

Kiara 2011 - 17 - a cuddle from Oma Colyn :)

99th Grey Cup Sunday November 27, 2011

B.C. Lions - 40 / Edmonton Eskimos - 23
Sunday November 20, 2011

'Lulay' your way to 5633 Strick Road next Sunday for the 99th Grey Cup Game ...
B.C. Lions vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers (in Vancouver).
If you are attending this event - bring ORANGE and BLACK.
Let us know if you are coming so we can coordinate a Half-Time Dinner.
BYOB. Bring snacks to share. Grey Cup Pool - $0.25/square.
Hope to see you ... game starts 3 p.m. :)

There is no pleasing you.....

Feeding the Homeless

Rotterdammed .... I love Gooooooooolden poffertjes!

The Family Circus by Bil Keane

"Remember Daddy, you don't hafta pay for Jeffy or P.J.

Children 3 and under get in free."

Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus died this past week at the age of 89.

The Family Circus has been running since 1960. I have always enjoyed reading

this cartoon script since having children of my own - I think all parents can relate!

Kind of reminds me of Ed and Corrie's family - one daughter and three sons :)

Remembrance Day - November 11

Sunday Dinner

Anyone want to get together to share a meal this Sunday?

Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can sit by the fire or go for a walk.

We are thinking about eating by around 4 but feel free to come whenever.

Give us a call and we can talk about who wants to bring what.

We'll be sharing apple cider, pork roast with apples,

apple sauce and an apple crumble.

(Yes, we had a bumper crop of apples this year.)

We hope some of you can make it!

Happy Halloween

The girls wouldn't wear it, but Ezra was thrilled.











Pumpkin time








Grant's pumpkin








Sara's pumpkin








Helle's pumpkin








Willem's pumpkin

October is Beautiful!

Grey Cup Game and Open-House at Jake's

Wow, this has been an incredible year of House Renovations!

We are now ready to host an event ... so please join for the

Grey Cup Game - Sunday November 27th.

Game starts at 3:00 p.m., but come early to buy into the

Football Pool (25 cents/square) and to get a good seat.

Please bring a Salad or Dessert to share at half-time - dinner.
RSVP.

"Paint the Neighbourhood Red!"

Here is a little collage of

our family and neighbourhood
"dressed" in RED :)

Pranking the prankster..

Will sold his pickup & plow at Ritchie Brothers this morning.

I decided to call him and update him on the live bidding.

...like the energizer bunny, it kept going and going..

Thank goodness he has a good sense of humor.
Cheers!

Thanks for the abundance

Thanks Ed and Cor for the great thanksgiving feast.

Great seeing everyone!

Have a good week.

We have so much to be thankful for !!!

What is about 15-20 pounds, smells so good, and fits perfectly into a roasting pan?

any thoughts......???

Come join us for Thanksgiving dinner on Monday, October 10th.

2pm - Croquet playoffs

5pm - Turkey dinner

Please let me know if you are able to make it and I can let you know what to bring.

Text or call me 250-650-3702

Tickets to the gun show...

 

 The FN M249 Saw, or Minimi

is a lightweight automatic assault weapon used by

the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M249_light_machine gun

It can fire 750-1000 rounds per minute of 5.56 mm shells.

Woopee!

Thanks Corrie and Ed

Yeah, I can hear. Thanks Dr. Howard

Happy cousins

Henry loves blackberries. Or at least smearing them all over the place.

Thanks for a great day Corrie and Ed. It was great.

A good excuse to come to COMOX

Come join us for an ocean view poolside BBQ with live band, poolside cocktails, beer keg, roast pig, fresh wild BBQ salmon, bocce ball, ending the day with fireworks while sipping port in a hot tub. ...oh ya and a private masseuse for everyone.

Wishing I could do all that for you ..... perhaps one day.

After church this Sunday, August the 28th

Please bring salad or appy to share - I will be flaming something up on the BBQ

text me or call - 250-650-3702 to let me know if you are coming

Hope to see lots of you !!

10 month Henry

these days go so fast
I think we should take this shot again in a year

Toothless Thomas!

Tonight was a big night for Thomas . . . he lost his first tooth!

He is thrilled by the gap and feeling very grown up.

Looking forward to seeing you all the weekend of Colyn camp:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA !!

Happy Birthday to our Big Girl, she's 9 years old !!

We had a great birthday week, finished off with a outdoor pool party at the Fort Pool today with 15 friends, in the rain !

We are so proud of you Anna, we love you so much.

stella @ 1 month

The graduate and the boiler room

I think Opa would have liked this one!

Congratulations Kiara . . . . . . . you are beautiful !! !

Kiara's Graduation Day from ADSS

Kiara with her proud Papa!

Kiara with her date Chris.
They looked so beautiful together!
Thanks Michell Colyn for the hair and make-up - great!
Thanks to everyone who dropped in at noon for a light lunch
and to bring good wishes to Kiara on her big day!
Thanks Auntie Corrie for taking pictures!

Tri-ATHELETES

This weekend Anna and Thomas competed in the Langley Triathalon !

They both did amazing! Anna made the newspaper

Coulson Field Service

Call us today for quick repairs of faulty joints, knees and egos. Give us two weeks notice, because the truck doesn't always start. Ask for Will or John. One of us may be working.