I’ve just had a lovely weekend here in London with sunshine and 20 degree weather. I spent most of it in the parks and playing tourist on the South Bank, but in chunks, I’ve managed to finally finish grouping, editing and posting all our photos from the last while.

Rather than write a whole story about each, I’ll just list all the albums below maybe with a quick description, and the direct link to the album. Most are also accessible on Facebook, as this post will no doubt be shortly…

Final weeks in London

A couple of weeks before moving home, Lisa and Isla went out with one of their friends to Blenheim Palace.

The week before the move home, our close friends Tracy and Louise Baskin celebrated their 40th birthday by hosting a really cool party at The Crypt.

The next day we had our farewell party at The Windsor Castle

Over the course of our final few weeks in London, we spent quite a bit of time playing tourist and wandering around town. We also took a lot of fun photos around the house as we were packing up and getting organised. Here are some of our favourite shots from those final weeks.

First week in Toronto

The day after we arrived back in Toronto was Matthew Guzy’s 1st Birthday party.

The day after that – our second in Canada – we hosted a Welcome Home and Meet Isla tea party. We made three times as many scones as necessary (and somehow we never managed to take any photos of them) but it was a lot of fun and great to see so many old friends again.

During the rest of our first week back in Toronto, lots of other stuff was going on, with lots of family in town and many events and get-togethers. Here are some other photos from that first week back.

Last weekend was my first on my own here in London and I played tourist by going to to which I hadn’t ever been before.

And Finally…

I know it’s a bit out of seuqnce, but over the almost five years in London, we managed to get around the town quite a bit and see some amazing things. We also got to do a lot of travelling, evidence of which can be found on our Travel Photos Site.

However, we also managed to take quite a few really cool pictures in London proper, so, as a final album for now, we’d like to share some of our favourite photos from London-town itself.

Anyway, that’s it for now, hope fully we’ll be able to keep you all up to date more frequently with how we’re settling into life back in Canada. But in the meantime, hope you enjoy all the albums above.

We’ll write again soon.

L, J & I

Anyway, the weather has been beautiful these past few days and, while we’ll do some more London tourist-y things in our last few days, we took Isla down to the South Bank for a walk on Sunday.  She was in a great mood and we took some fun pictures.

In the meantime, we hope to see many of you in London at our farewell party next Sunday at the Windsor; those of you in Toronto, hope to see you soon.

Snowy London

…when Lisa opened the front door, Ben (a5-yr old from next door) had a snowball all ready for her….hilarious!!!

(I know we say it’s great now, of course when we’re back in Canada and buried under 2 feet and frozenin -20deg we’ll be singing a different tune…but until then) 

We spent both XMAS Eve and Day with close friends – first with Darren and Tree (before she moved to the US to join the circus), then with the Baskin’s as we have done every year since we moved here.

Hanukkah was also fun, with Isla being mesmerised by the candles each night; more so as more candles got added each day. Some of our favourite pictures came last night when the whole menorah was lit.

Anyway, one week to go until I’m back at work and I’m expecting a few busy months before the move back home. In the meantime, however, there’s still New Year’s – so whatever you are doing, we hope you have a fantastic time.

More to come in 2009!

I, L & J

We haven’t posted in quite a while, but that’s because nothing much has been happening. Jordan has been working hard and I have just been steadily getting bigger. I have to keep reminding myself that there’s a whole other person inside of me and eventually she’ll come out. Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later since we reached the 37 week milestone last Friday! We had a baby shower on Saturday hosted by our good friends Julie, Thiri, Tal, Lori and Tara. I have been trying to avoid cameras for the past little bit, but that was obviously impossible this weekend, so here are the pictures of the festivities. (and just so I don’t get too many shocked emails, the wine was non-alcoholic)

Our Baby Shower

Lisa