What to do on a wintery Tuesday!

I went for a hike in the Salina Reserve this afternoon to help some high school students release 9 baby Blue Iguanas. It was a beautiful sight to see them get their first taste of freedom. The students had helped raise $1300 for the project. The hike was just what I needed after two miserable days in the office! After the hike I found Rex, Jenn and the kids enjoying a picnic at Great Beach. Another Winter day in Cayman!

Christmas Concert

Hayley and Hunter at their Christmas concert, me and staff at Viviene's farewell party. Hayley did a flawless piano solo and one with her teacher. Staying home tonight; way too many late nights lately!

Lobster Season

Lobster season opened December 1st but this was our first chance to get out on the ocean. Got 5 nice ones (the limit is 6) and 4 conchs. A wonderful Sunday lunch! Aunt Shir Shir and Owen did the hard work; water was too cold for me!

AT LAST!

Thanks to a small group of staff and parents, the sand has been spread and the playground became useable early Saturday morning. Because of the obligations of piano and gymnastics, Hayley and Hunter were unable to have their first fun until Saturday afternoon. From the pictures I think you will agree that they were very happy to have it finished!

Nana spent the night so I could attend the Jazz Fest featuring Natalie Cole last night, it was great which is something coming from someone who doesn't like Jazz! The Trust AGM went off without a hitch on Friday night so a series of late nights this weekend. Murray's book signing a big success yesterday, very busy schedule over the next week. We are off to visit Uncle Gary then having company for dinner later... must be the season.

New Playground

Birthday (again?) weekend

A mostly uneventful weekend... kids and I stayed up late Friday night watching movies, Hunter went to gymnastics Saturday morning but Hayley was still not feeling well. She and I spent the morning together then had lunch and joined Hunter at Granny's for the afternoon. I cooked a big dinner for us Saturday night and we played all Sunday morning and also put up the Christmas tree. Jenn came home early afternoon acting very suspiciously. At about 2 people started arriving for a surprise birthday party for me. It was a very nice affair with far too much food; and a very unexpected end to the weekend. Hopefully some other pictures tomorrow...I am off to bed!

Winter has arrived!

Yes, a chilly 19C this morning and yesterday. Airconditioners were turned off and Hayley even put on a sweater! The usual activities on Saturday morning, then visits with Granny & Grandaddy, Uncle Gary and Family, then off to the Trial of the Pirates (Uncle Darvin was found "not guilty") and fireworks display. Sunday we never left the house and relaxed with a mixture of company throughout the day. Pics are kids painted for North Side District Day and going off to school on this chilly Monday morning!

The Party

So far only one picture that can be posted... Gladys and me dancing at Karaoke night, Little Cayman Beach Resort. Yes, this is what I look like wasted, not a frequent occurence and you probably won't see it again! But it was fun at the time. And if one must overindulge what better place to do so???

Little Cayman 1

Great weekend in Little Cayman but went from the airport to work and got home late. Got an aerial tour of the Sister Islands for my birthday and spent lots of time on the water. More pictures and accounts of the trip and pictures of the Birthday Party later after they have been carefully screened! It was not a pretty sight!

Buried Treasure

Our neighbors invited us over to help them find their lost treasure. It had been marked by a tree which was unfortunately blown away in Hurricane Ivan. So with the metal detector we found the treasure in a jiffy! But typical of pirates and treasure there was a little disagreement as to how the loot would be shared so smiles were scarce for a bit... I worked at the Mission House project all day and include a picture of how it is coming along. Off to Little Cayman tomorrow for the weekend. Can't wait!

Sunday afternoon

Yes, another picture of a sunny day at Rum Point. But it was very windy and the current was flowing like a river so everyone got a good workout just staying by the boat. To rough in the Western parts of the North Sound to look for conchs and they are protected by the marine park system on the Eastern side. So they were safe today! The kids had a blast with the company of Katherine and Whitney and were also joined by some of the Soto girls. Also you may recognize Rene in the picture; he's here for 10 days. Off to Little Cayman on Friday so we will take it easy till then!

Sunday November 5, 2006

Breezy, warm Sunday morning, and after a walk with Rex we played in the sandpile and got thoroughly filthy! Will give Rex a quick bath then out on the boat for a while (conch season has opened). We saw pictures of snow in Vernon compliments of Tanya... so it seems winter has finally arrived in the Okanagan. And here too. Brisk northeasterly winds are bringing our temperatures down into the mid 80'sF and signalling an early end to a thankfully uneventful hurricane season.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween From the Roulstones!

Friday Evening

Finally got the Governor Gore's Bird Sanctuary re-opened. Governor Stuart Jack was on hand to cut the ribbon and Hayley, Hunter and Katherine enjoyed seeing the whistling ducks with babies and other wildlife.

Snorkelling on Sunday

I worked on Saturday while H&H were at piano and gymnastics, then we had company over for dinner Saturday night (The Reids, Nana and Alyson). We went out to the Barkers Key area snorkelling on Sunday morning and saw lots of fish including Four-eye Butterfly fish, a large Barracuda and a school of Surgeonfish, then returned for a restful Sunday evening.

Just another Sunday...

After coffee with Greg and Nana we headed out on the boat for another Sunday in the sun. The early morning rains cleared away for a hot sunny afternoon with good company in our usual spot at Rum Point. This is the 11am picture and before the 40+ other boats arrived as the day progressed. Days like this make the work week a little more tolerable!

Saturday Morning

Quick pic's of H&H at gymnastics this morning. I went with them to see how they are progressing then they went off to lunch with Dine and Aunt Shir Shir. I am now going to work around the yard then fix dinner for them and hopefully we will be boating tomorrow.

Friday evening

We visited Jim and Susan and H&H had a nice swim before a fantastic Canadian Thanksgiving dinner (delayed a week so I could be there) prepared by chef Jenn. Its been a hectic week for all, the wiser of us will be off to bed early!

Home again home again continued

Hayley, Hunter and Jenn returned from Miami Thursday night.

They had lots of fun shopping and visiting Parrot Jungle.

Home again home again

I got back from Jersey today so here are a couple pictures from the conference: Eddie (St. Helena), Rhon and Karim (Anguilla) and me with the Jersey cows outside the nightclub on my last night. Same group minus Eddie but with Farah (Anguilla) and Lucy (St. Helena) having dinner. We hit it off as group from the first day and hung out throughout the whole week. I had never met anyone from St. Helena before and they have the weirdest accent!