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beach vacation 2015

sherwin — Fri, 22 May 2015 01:09:17 +0000

Last week we drove to Wilmington and Wrightsville beach for a short 3 day vacation. We got lucky with perfect weather and had a wonderful time. We arrived late Wednesday afternoon and squeezed in an hour at the beach before dinner. R couldn’t wait to get out her bucket!

Day 2: Beach Day! R brought her beach toys, even her magnifying glass and flashlight. She was READY. First, sandcastles.

We were so thankful to borrow an awesome beach umbrella and chairs from our friends. Made everything even more enjoyable.

Shell hunting.

At first not too sure about getting into the ocean… but she eventually loved standing in the water with the waves washing over her feet.

Beach selfie!

After a full morning of sun, we had had enough and packed up for the day. The rest of the day was spent eating (fish tacos), napping, and eating again (fresh seafood extravaganza) in Wilmington. At the end of the day, R declared it the BEST. DAY. EVER.

On our last day, we paid the beach one last visit before leaving after lunch.

Exhausted.

vancouver visit 2014 (part three)

sherwin-old — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:25:45 +0000

ferry ride to granville island.

the food. this is making me crave it already!

vancouver visit 2014 (part two)

sherwin-old — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:18:36 +0000

a new scooter from her favourite ee ee

soccer camp

my 10 year medical school reunion (that’s where she got her tiger face). and dinner with old med school friends jean and tony.

vancouver visit 2014 (part one)

sherwin-old — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:14:55 +0000

another summer gone… this time we spent two months in vancouver visiting family and friends. sounds like a long time but in fact it flew by. a few highlights…

family and friends:

shenanigans:

loving our old fisher price toys

found my old graduation hat

epic tiger face painting

little vancouver friends

maplewood farm

sherwin-old — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 06:56:52 +0000

we spent a beautiful morning at maplewood farm in north vancouver. the little farm was the perfect size for a small person, and after seeing all the animals, we had a picnic lunch before going home.

ponies.

sheep.

attempt number one to see the bunnies. all the bunnies were hiding (for good reason) from the stampede of children. poor bunnies.

goats.

attempt number two after our picnic was a success! the morning crowds were gone, and they left their unwanted parsley on the ground… bunnies were hungry for lunch!

christmas time in charleston

sherwin-old — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:02:08 +0000

we took our family on a roadtrip to charleston for a few days before christmas. we returned to the inn at middleton place because we enjoyed it so much the last time.

idyllic views on the middleton plantation.

hanging around on magnolia plantation.

seeing the sights around charleston. we got to enjoy the beautiful christmas decorations on people’s front doors. i especially loved the lush magnolia leaf wreaths.

the aiken-rhett house (1820). this house tour was particularly interesting as the house was preserved but unrestored, so we could see the mansion and its slave quarters in its original state.

eating. fried chicken, shrimp sausage grits, crab cake eggs benedict.

christmas fun and lights. we braved an obscene amount of traffic to get to the festival of lights…painful to get there, but fun once we arrived. there was a lot of christmas carol singing in the car to pass the time!

fieldtrip to ganyard hill farm

sherwin-old — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:03:54 +0000

i got to help out with R’s school fieldtrip to Ganyard Hill Farm.

the goats.

lots of corn.

class pic in the maze.

hayride!

and a souvenir to take home from the pumpkin patch. i know, she looks so thrilled.

wrightsville beach

sherwin-old — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:28:30 +0000

wrightsville beach is only a short drive from wilmington. we didn’t have very much time and the weather was looking unpredictable, but luckily we managed to fit in a yummy mexican lunch and some beach time.

my awesome fish taco. i need to learn how to make pickled onions…

a picture of me taking a picture of my fish taco. eek, i guess this is what i look like?! the camera looks so big…

after lunch we walked over to the beach and spent some time digging and making sandcastles. we’ve played on both east and west coast beaches this summer! whodathunkit?!

we were lucky as raindrops began to fall as we were heading back to the car, and the thunderstorm started once we were driving back to chapel hill. it was a great little 24-hr getaway. bye bye summer!

wilmington, nc

sherwin-old — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:30:46 +0000

for our last hurrah before summer vacation is officially over, we went on a short one-night roadtrip to wilmington, NC, a small city on the east coast of north carolina.

we arrived in the afternoon and it was pretty hot and humid, so we quickly needed a break. we found this grocery store where we had some homemade strawberry icecream.

dinner at dock st. oyster bar. we had fresh steamed oysters and i had a crab macaroni and cheese, yum!

after dinner, we walked back to the hotel along the riverwalk.

the next morning, we explored a bit more among the nearby shops at the cotton exchange.

historic buildings

and then we drove over to wrightsville beach for lunch (See next blog post!).

biking the seawall

sherwin-old — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:49:50 +0000

we took advantage of another beautiful summer day in vancouver and decided to try biking the seawall around stanley park. since it’s probably been over a decade since i’ve ridden a bicycle, i was nervous i would wipe out so we opted to rent a tandem-bike while helen pulled R in a chariot. a bit awkward at first, but we got the hang of it. beautiful views all around:

excited to wear a helmet (eventhough she didn’t need one)

totem pole stop!

our favourite tree i think we took this exact photo years ago.

picnic lunch at second beach

i love my auntie

fun day!