Down to the Sea

I have been working nights. Yesterday I got home from work by 730 am, and snatched a couple hours of sleep. I got up and Heidi and I went to church, I really felt I needed to be there. Kayla's surgery is coming up on Tuesday and it felt nice to light a candle have a church full of people pray for her. Then we went out for brunch. I went home and went back to bed. While I was sleeping, Keith took his brother Norm( Kayla's dad) and a gang of kids down to Stanley Park in Vancouver. It was a beautiful day. The sun and fresh sea air helped everyone clear their heads and get their minds off their worries. Keith took the camera and he and Heidi took loads of photos so I could share in their day out to some extent.

Stanley Park is a huge forest in the middle of the city, the equivalent of Central Park in New York. This park juts out into the Pacific Ocean, surrounded on three sides by water. The North Shore mountains in the distance and the jewel of Downtown Vancouver gleaming in the evening sun, making this an absolute treasure to Vancouverites and the hoards of tourists that flock here each year!

The Stanley park lighthouse is one of my favorite local landmarks. It has also been featured on a blog template, some of you may recognize it. In this photo my youngest son David stands on a bench, shirtless and watches a cruise ship as it exits the harbour.

Blow this viewpoint is a seawall which passes through the lighthouse via a small tunnel. In this next photo the kids goof off by the base of the lighthouse.

There was still alot of damaged trees apparent from the winter storms. This old stump was cause for some climbing adventure.

The boy in the purple shirt is our nephew, Kayla's brother. The boy in the blue tshirt is another nephew, Keith's sister's son. It's great that these cousins have eachother for support at a time of such worry for another one of their generation.

My prayers are with Kayla tonight as she prepares for her operation tommorrow.My thoughts are also on the rest of the family who care for this gal so dearly.

WE LOVE YOU KAYLA!