From Sept. 10
th -Oct. 03
Cynthia and I had the pleasure of our friends from Wales being with us here in B.C.
Dilwyn and Sandra
Byles, along with Barrie and Pat Davies made the long flight from the U.K. to the west coast and landed on Sept. 10
th. We picked them up from the ferry in
Nanaimo and in the first picture you can see them in the arrivals tunnel at the Duke Point terminal. We immediately took them to
Sproat Lake near Port
Alberni where we had rented a cabin for a few days. The cabin is situated next to the Martin Mars water bomber base on the lake and during the glorious weather we saw the huge flying boats practising.
In the second picture of Barrie and Pat at the lake, you can see one of the bombers at anchor on the lake. We spent two days in
Victoria golfing and shopping.
A highlight for us was breakfast at John's Place, where in picture three you see Barrie and Ben about to eat. From Victoria we relaxed in the
Comox Valley for five days before embarking on the
Volendam on an Alaskan cruise.
Picture four shows the Welsh contingent eating lunch on the ship
before we actually set off from Canada Place in Vancouver. We had a terrific week on board, and even though the weather was not good, we made the most of our stops in Juneau,
Skagway and
Ketchikan. We also had a very
interesting day floating around on the ship in Glacier Bay as we watched the calving of ice-bergs from the Marguerite Glacier in that bay. When the ship docked back in Vancouver, we disembarked and spent two nights in Whistler, the site of the 2010 Olympics. On our return to Vancouver, we spent
the last three days sightseeing and having fun in the big city. The time had gone too quickly for us, and before we knew it Cynthia and I were driving the folks out to Vancouver International for their return flight. It had been a great three weeks together and Cynthia and I look forward to the next group of visitors coming. Perhaps you?
Oliver James Davies weighed into this world at 9pounds 5 ounces on Friday October 12th at 7:49p.m. Andi and he are doing really well. Andi was supposed to have a Caesarean section done on Monday Oct. 15th if the baby had not arrived naturally by then as she would have been one week overdue. However, at her Friday check-up it was discovered that she had gained another 2cm. around the middle, yet the baby's head was nowhere near being engaged in the birth canal. Of prime concern was her blood pressure which was quite high. The doctor wisely suggested that as Andi would more than likely be in the hospital on Sunday in prep for Monday's scheduled section, perhaps they should move up the surgery and do it on Friday evening. Andi and Tim agreed to that so Oliver was born as stated above. He is lovely. He has brown hair and seems to be very content. Andi and Tim are glad to be through this time. Charlotte will be seeing him today, Saturday, and is quite excited. The Davies family would like to thank all of you who have held Tim and Andi in your prayers and thoughts over the past weeks and months. Thanks be to God for the good health of Mum and babe.
