The Rivards

Our main reason for our trip to Invermere was to see some of the roofs that Francis had designed for many of the vacation cottages in the area.
Our first stop was at Panorama Mountain Village. Panorama is located in the heart of the Kootenay Rockies, near Kootenay National Park and only a 2 hour drive from Banff. The village offers year round activiites, such as skiiing, golfing, mountain bike riding, white water rafting, kayaking and canoeing, tennis, snowshoeing, and even dog sledding.

The inside of one of the cottages that Francis worked on. This is the fire place in the great room.

The kitchen…

The ensuite bath. Celeste seems to like that soaker tub.

The basement level has a bar…

The door to the wine cellar. Yes, it’s as heavy as it looks!

Another fire place in the family room.

The outside of the cottage.

With our tour guide, Leo…

A 200 foot deep gorge located in the middle of your tee off…hope you don’t miss

When we arrived at the hotel late on thursday night, Celeste was thrilled to discover that she got to sleep in a king size bed all to herself. Mommy and daddy had their own king size bed in the next room.

What’s a vacation without Barney.

Enjoying our breakfast the next morning.

Well, we’ve run into a few hurdles in opening our daycare, but any day now Interior Health will be over to inspect us and we’ll be a fully licensed facility. In the meantime we are having some fun…
Shynna decides she needs too cool off..

Caleb and Celeste hang out at the water table…

Dylan gives Celeste a push on the swing while Caleb tries out the slide…

The kids have a cool snack break on a hot afternoon…

Celeste and Shynna love beading…

Finger painting is a quiet but messy activity…

An introduction to water colour painting. Children are never too young to be introduced to the fine arts…

The girls take a load off after a hard day!

Here’s a video of Celeste counting. Every now and then she skips or repeats a number

This summer we’ve had Celeste in swimming lessons. She started in Sea Turtle and graduated to Salamander. Hopefully she’ll learn to float so she can graduate to the next level. Either way, she is having fun!

Learning to float…

Enjoying an icecream with Nonna and daddy on a sunny afternoon.

Obviously a big fan of chocolate.

On May 15th, just one day before daddy’s birthday, our neighbours Marlene and Luke had a third addition to the family…..little baby Dara. We took Celeste and Nonna out to the hospital to meet her.

Well, the minute Dara started crying, Celeste made a run for it.

Here’s Celeste and Dara just a month or so later. Celeste looks like she’s getting use to Dara. Maybe she’ll be o.k. with this baby thing, by the time her little brother/sister comes along in November.

On occasion Celeste decides that she wants to talk to someone from Windsor. Here she is chatting away on our cordless phone. It’s a good thing we have a really good long distance plan

This isn’t the best shot, but it does show Celeste’s fashion sense. For some reason she’s started wearing this baby hat in the middle of summer. She looks like “Celeste from the hood” in it