Tennis anyone?

I am back to work at school after my summer holidays. Holly still has a week off and today she went with my mom and Ivy to play some tennis. Check our her new racquet - a very nice present from Poh Poh!

At the beach

Today we met our Jericho friends for our annual Aunty Jan Keiki Day. It was a nice sunny day - we've been very lucky with the weather at these annual events!

These boots are made . . .

. . . for little girls?! Holly snuck into the closet and put on a pair of my boots! In a few years, I'm sure she'll be borrowing stuff from my closet on a regular basis!

Kitsilano Showboat

Tonight we had a performance with our Hawaiian group at the Kitsilano Showboat. Before heading down, we decided to have dinner at the Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company. On certain nights of the week, kids can make their own pizzas!

Cassie and Holly had fun rolling out the dough . . .




























. . . and adding toppings.



















Holly adding some cheese . . .














. . . and the final product.














Yummy!














Here is our M.C., Josie deBaat, who is also the kumu hula of our school called Halau Kia'i O Ka Hula (Guardian of the Hula).














Holly is part of the youngest group dancing at the school - this dance involves poi balls and is a traditional type of dance performed by the Maori in New Zealand.





























































These ladies are both in their 80's and you can tell when you watch them that they love to dance!















Switching to a Tahitian dance . . .










































Our finale, everyone comes on stage and we always sing "Aloha Oe", aloha, until we meet again . . .

Mini reno update

We now have a railing on our master bedroom balcony - here is Holly enjoying the spot where she THINKS Paul will be bringing us our morning tea/milk in the summer!















And here are Holly and Poh-Poh peeking from the "window" inside our family room (no railing there yet).

Dancing & Swimming

Today was the last day of Holly's week-long Dance Camp. She tried ballet, tap, Highland dancing, and jazz.

The class did a mini recital for the parents.



















Holly has had Miss Kathleen sub for her ballet teachers in the past, when they were sick, and enjoyed the week of dance with her.



















After dance class and a quick lunch (usually at Tim Horton's), we've been heading to swimming lessons, too this week. It was our first try at outdoor lessons and over the 2-week schedule, we were lucky and had only one day of rain!

Family Day

Today we had a family bbq at Burnaby Mountain - at the bench (some of my family are sitting on it) that was dedicated to my grandparents. It would have been their 73rd wedding anniversary!