Category archives: Alice & Shane

Kiel's little adventure in the snow sees him all geared up in his winter wear exploring the road leading up to the hiking trail. He knows how to get there and it is fun exploring everything with his 4 year old eyes. We check out the manhole, excavator and even discover animal paw prints! Imaginative and full of wonderful 'adventure' with gramma.

Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing was tough for everyone especially for our grandson. We finally agreed to reunite and have eggs hunting in May because of the good, warm weather. It was good to feel free and see happy face and excitement on Kiel. We are so happy to be with our family again.

In Malaysia, new mothers have help to take care of them and their newborns. Kasandra is determined to be independent and we are happy when she finally agrees to have us babysit our two grandsons. How difficult can it be right? We are so wrong – these 2 months old and 3 years old dictate our lives for 3 days and 2 nights!

I LOVE designing photobook and especially for our grandson, Kiel. It was such a joy to watch his facial reactions when he opened his birthday book and sees his photos on all the pages. Mission accomplished. Happy boy.

We took care of our grandson, Kiel while his mom was at the hospital to deliver her baby. Kiel had so many fun activities and we even brought him to the library. Kiel visited baby Aaron in a doctor's scrub costume and it was cuteness overloaded. He was so gentle and amazed at his little brother. Welcome to the world, Aaron. Kiel, you're a big brother now!

Halloween is fun when we have a 3 year old grandson to celebrate with. We were dressed up as The Incredibles, he was the hunter, dad's the big bad wolf and mom was the Little Red Riding Hood. I even bake spider cookies. It's great to see children walking the street trick-or-treating with their bigger siblings or parents.

When your baby sister (no matter how old she gets) bought a new house and wishes for a yoga deck as a house gift, big brother drove 8 hours to make it happen! We spent 7 days working on the decks and it was a great feeling to see how happy Maureen looked on the final reveal. The yoga decks are under the the blue spruce overlooking the creek.

Shane's track meet colleague Jim McLachlan's sweet corn field produces one of the sweetest and most delicious sweet corns I've ever eaten. It is located in the Otis Orchards in Washington State. The sweet corns are so popular that they are sold out amongst friends and neighbors. Harvesting and selling them is a fun time for family and friends meetup.

Our family has a beautiful wedding at Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic Peninsula. Ryan fell in love with this place when Shane brought him and his friends over here on a college spring break. He has visited this rainforest every chance he got and brought Kasandra along. We found a beautiful spot and Kasandra's mom officiated their nuptial.

Paddle boarding is a new water sport for me and I failed miserably on my first trip to Hauser Lake. Shane made it looked easy but it wasn't. I spent a week at the gym to improve my balance and today I am so proud to say I did it! We invited our daughter-in-law and grandson to join us to Hauser Lake and had a fun filled day.