Whales and Waterfalls

This past weekend I went to Victoria to visit my cousin Julia and we had the most wonderful weekend. It started with the best stir fry I have ever had from the Noodle House in China Town. We had somewhat of an early night because in the morning we went to Sombrio with Julia's boyfriend Benny and his roomate Max. Sombrio is about an hour and a half out of Victoria and it was a picture perfect day!

The waves were not that big, but perfect for me for my first time. Surprisingly I actually caught a wave and stood up, it was AMAZING!! Julia is a wonderful teacher. We surfed for a few hours and another huge highlight was that we saw grey whales. And not just any whale but a big grey whale that was only about 10-15 metres away!!! It was scary but spectacular all at the same time. After we caught a few more waves we took a break and we went on a little hike. We ended up finding a waterfall that actually felt like it was in another world. I felt that we were in a time warp experiencing something that no one else had. We had an unbelievable day:)

The rest of the weekend consisted of more great food, great coffee, beautiful walks through the park, of course some beers and wine and many laughs. 

I cannot wait to go surfing again and go back to Victoria and have another rockin' weekend with my cousin.

A Bell Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! What a weekend we had here at the Bell house. It was a wonderful holiday with the family and my cousin Jenny came up from LA to join us which was awesome and we also had a few new additions this year as well, Christina's boyfriend Kristian and Sophie's mom Helen. It was a fabulous dinner and lots of laughs. We all could not have asked for more and we were all very thankful.

I also attempted my apple pie baking again, and I must say I was pretty proud of myself! I was just happy that the whole family liked them as well, because there are some tough apple pie critics in my family. But I survived and ate way too much!!!  

The Quilt in the Making

As many of you know I have joined a quilting class and am in the process of making a quilt. I absolutely love the class and I am about half way there to the finished product. Nonetheless, I thought that I would at least update you with a little preview of what I have done so far. These are the first three blocks, and by the end of this week the last three will be done. I am excited to see it come together and of course share it you all of you.