Signs that you are in Maple Ridge

I took a little drive along 128th ave back in February, everything is a lot greener now!. This street is just six blocks south of where I live.

I thought you may enjoy some of the signs posted along the roadside.

This used to be a fairly quiet road, bordered by large acreages and farms. In recent years, it has seen a steady increase in the amount of traffic.


The neighbourhood got together and made these signs in a campaign to slow down traffic and make the road a safer place again.

Some of the signs , of course have been put here by the municipality. This is a common one all over Maple Ridge, also known as Horse Capital of Canada.

I love the rooster in this one!

Deer, horses, cyclists, pedestrians, bears and children, and even buses.....but what about us cows?

Birthdays Galore!

This weekend, my side of the family got together to celebrate my moms 65th. This is the first time in four and a half years, that all six of us (my parents and all four of us sisters) have been together. Three of us live in Maple Ridge, so we get together alot. Cathy on the left, lives about 400 km away, next door to my parents. Recently, she sold her business, so now she is free to come to visit. The sad news is, she and her husbands and two kids have decided to move back to England. We will miss them, but as my dad is happy to point out... That means some free accomodations when we go to England! He's always looking on the bright side!

My youngest nephew, Matty really loved Grandmas birthday cake, as pink and yellow are his favorite colours! He was good help to grandma in extinguishing the candles.

Here, all the grandchildren that were present, pose for a group shot. Three of them were not here so, its not a complete picture. Andrew in the center with the dog on his knee, is the oldest cousin, at 22 and Emma who is not in this shot, is four, and is the youngest of my parents nine grand kids. This was taken in our downstairs room. The pictures on the wall were painted by my grandfather. Two are copies of Casson watercolours. When he was learning the trade he would copy works he admired, untill he got the knack. The portrait, is of Andrew at about three years old.

We have had a few birthdays this month. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the birthdays of four men from Keiths side of the family. His dad, Harvey, in the center wearing a brown shirt is 77. Keiths brother in the red stripes is 39, and the two boys standing behind Dad, wearing gray, are our nephews Paul, 16 and Troy,17, who all have their special days within a few days of eachother.

My sister Carol, made both these cakes. The one for the men is a dartboard. I thought that was a great idea. With both Keith and I coming from families with four siblings, It sure makes for lots of family!

Apart from birthdays, we have been busy in our spare time, working on our yard, trying to get it nice for the summmer. We have added a large patio in the back, where it was always muddy. We have started sprucing up the front garden, and we are also putting in another shed, as I am tired of Keiths car parts and spare tires cluttering things up. Ill post some photos when we are done.

Have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

Lexie Performs

Last night Lexie performed this song at the schools fundraiser. Raising money for the grade seven grad party. Lexie is only in grade six, but our other niece Tasha will be graduating from grade 7 this year. She has been taking singing lessons for a few weeks and they are really polishing her voice. Sorry about the camera shake, no, there was no earthquake! I promised her I would get this posted tonight so she can have her Mom see it. So mom, what do you think?

My apologies for being so scarce lately. Alls well, just busy busy busy! Also kept at peek internet frustration levels with our net connection issues. But we have been too busy to look into it properly.

Will try to do some updates soon. Untill then, enjoy. If the video doesnt work, you can go to you tube to see it by clicking this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdp25aMaC18

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.