Rebekah's First Birthday

Rebekah May Belanger turned 1 today! How did she begin her day? By standing up in her crib for the very first time!

Once she was up it was time to pick an outfit!

Apparently mommies make the best playgrounds!


At Queen's Park in New Westminster. What a lovely day to spend at the park.

Since Bekah is so fascinated with animals we decided to take her to the Petting Zoo. She absolutely loved it! The goats were quite taken with her too!



She thought the turkey was pretty cool, although it didn't think much of her.

And the pigs didn't even mind getting poked in the snout!


The baby rabbits were afraid of Bekah's squealing


Time for a picnic!

Hey Mom, that's MY applesauce!

It's all about the carbs!


And of course, what's a birthday without cake?





Happy Birthday Bekah...we love you!

A New Beginning

Hello and welcome to the Belanger Family blog! As we are beginning a new chapter in our lives here in British Columbia, we thought there would be no better way to document this adventure than with our own blog. So here is our very first post.

On June 6th the whole family (David, Jessica and baby Rebekah) packed up all our worldly possessions and left the quiet prairie of Caronport, Saskatchewan for the picturesque and somewhat busier Lower Mainland of British Columbia. With the help of David's parents, we travelled three days and watched the landscape change from windswept prairies to rolling foothills, to the massive Canadian Rockies and finally to the lush greenery of the Fraser Valley. We managed to arrive safe and sound, despite a somewhat harrowing drive through some of the mountain passes. And of course it never failed that we met more than our share of road construction on the way. Ironically, it always seemed to be right in the areas where there were signs posted saying "avalanche area - do not stop for the next 5km".

We arrived at our new home in Pitt Meadows (just outside of Maple Ridge and 40kms East of Vancouver) on June 8th. Our house is on a dairy farm only minutes from town. We have a wonderful view of the mountains and the Alouette River runs along the side of the property. A public hiking trail is also nearby. It is the perfect blend of country living and city convenience. And maybe one of these days we'll get brave and head to the "Big City" of Vancouver. In fact I'm sure that come hockey season, we'll manage to find our way there.

So why did we move? It has always been our desire to be involved in church ministry, and this past Fall, David was presented with the opportunity to train for ministry with a church in the Greater Vancouver area, and achieve his ordination in the Associated Presbyterian Church. Lord willing, David will be serving as a Student Minister beginning this Fall.

We are all adjusting slowly to our new surroundings. We are still living out of moving boxes as we renovate our house and continue to unpack. Rebekah is starting to settle back into a regular routine, but the poor little thing is so sick of being in her carseat that she begins to whine as soon as the van door opens. She is fascinated by all the farm animals, particularly the cows and loves to poke and prod at them every chance she gets.

Well that's about it for our first post. We will do our best to keep this blog updated as often as possible. Thanks again for visiting!