Our Boyd Summer Vacation

Right, so August beat me to it. This post has been pending since mid July and somehow I got caught up in this brilliant July we've been having and it sort of slid to the bottom of the priority list. Apologies.

Here it is now. We kicked off this summer with a down right perfect two week West Coast family getaway.

Behold: Bowen Island Boyd Family Summer Vacation 2013

We sat on the cabin porch every morning sipping coffee and watching sail boats idle by below us before we headed down to spend the day on the beach.

And we did this every -

single -

day.

We bought a dingy at Walmart. Best $20 we ever spent.

 The beauty of having a sociable three year old is that he makes friends everywhere he goes, which is nice when it means parents can lie against washed up beach logs drinking cold ones and relaxing while their littles entertain themselves.

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Besides the beach there was also many a fabulous barbecues on the porch,

Yes friends, those are indeed bacon wrapped sausages you see on the grill.

 Canada Day celebrations in at the local community field, where face painting occurred,

water balloon fights with visiting cousins,

and plenty sun stroke induced afternoon naps.

I love these guys.

Sometimes he's so big, and sometimes he's still just my baby.

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Ten days into our sun soaked vacation we switched things up by heading back to the mainland to visit Jake's great grandpa at his home in White Rock. There was still beaches, good food and company, but White Rock offers up one added bonus that Bowen doesn't have.

Wait for it....

It's coming....

Yep, that's right. Our great Gramps lives kiddie corner to some pretty well used railroad tracks, and Jake was in train heaven. This particular freight train had over 100 cars, and we admired each and every one of them.

I have to say, White Rock, BC, also delivers some pretty spectacular July sunsets too.

We even made it all the way to the border to take in the Peach Arch before we decided to turn back and head to vacation bliss:

Our good old Bowen beach.

That's a wrap friends. I'd say I'll post every day for the next seven days but I'm not up for that kind of challenge. I will post again before August ends though - this summer has earned it!