Seasons Greetings from Vancouver!

We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the season be filled with blessings and joy!

Out with the Old, In with the New

This morning I drove by our old house..Oh what fond memories it brought back! It looks like they started trimming the bottom branches of the 30-40 year old Oak Cedar tree in front!

The Eye of the Tiger - Manny Pacquiao Dance Remix

Pretty much self-explanatory!

It's a Video!

Here's a short clip of Elijah and Sophia running around. They figured out it was a video, so Sophia couldn't stop asking, "Video? Video?".

Home Sweet Home

Here are more pictures from the new house. As it is such a dramatic change for us after 28 years in the same house, it almost hard to accept that this is actually home. It's almost like the new car smell, but literally, everything is brand new...not one spot on the walls, not one creak or crack in the floors.

It's an amazing change, and with like all change that is hard to accept, change is good. I am very proud of my parents for making this decision and very grateful and thankful for accommodating our needs. As for them, I want them to look at this as a reward to themselves for the long and hard work they have done in their lives, and continue to do as we move so quickly through the year.

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Thank you and we love you very much!

A New Outlook

Well it's the third day of using my new camera and I love it, I've taken so many high resolution pictures. Unfortunately, if I posted them all on here, this wouldn't be much of a blog. Here is link/URL to my mini-gallery that has some random shots downtown Vancouver, and our home in Langley BC (our new home). I hope to have more updates soon! As you can see, my dad is kicking his feet back on his recliners and enjoying the HDTV equipped with PVR (That's right! You can pause, rewind, and fast forward live HDTV).

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Please visit for some picture updates, etc. I plan to change the formatting on my blog so it can better accommodate the loads of visuals and video that I have been generating recently.

Seasons Greetings!



Enjoy!

Pictures From Work

Here's some other random pictures from my workstation at work and some other random photos outside in downtown Vancouver.

New Camera, New Post

So, I decided to hold back on buying a dSLR and went with the dSLR-like camera. The camera I purchased has an amazingly similar feel to a dSLR but is quite far from the professional Canon or Nikon cameras that are priced at the 700$ (CAN) range. I was almost going to go for the Canon Powershot G10, but price was an issue again with the 400$ range.

The camera I purchased is priced at 269$ (CAN) and includes the following highlights:

FujiFilm S2000HD

-15x Optical Zoom Wide Angle Zoom
-1280p HD Movie Clips
-Image Stabilization
-10 Megapixels (kinda low but for the price is great)
-and more!

You can view all of the models I mentioned at http://dpreview.com. I highly recommend this for all of the consumer and professional camera out there as you can do side-by-side comparison.

Here are a few pictures I uploaded but I haven't been able to upload the HD movies yet.

House Update: Sold!

So, the move is complete and owners already taken possession of the homes bought (including us!).

Here's a photo on moving day...It's still quiet busy so not much I can post but get this posted online asap.

Crown mouldings, new appliances, electronics, TVs, Internet, and HDTV (1080P) cable plus more.

Preparing for the Big Move...

Here's a quick video I decided to take on one of the few last days in our old house. It is a video of me and my Dad throwing away amounts of junk that we need to get rid of before the big move in 2 days.

Brief history is we've lived at this house for 26-28 years, and now we're finally moving to a brand new house in Langley, BC. It is well deserved for my parents and I feel that they deserve this after all these years.

I hope to keep you all updated regularly and more consistently, and maybe get other members posting to this blog as well. I might be purchasing a DSLR very soon, either Nikon D60 or Canon Rebel XSI (however, the XSI puts me over my budget these days). ;) I'd love to post the pictures of the new home!

More to come soon!



Regards,

The Garces Family in Vancouver

Funny Vancouver Sun Run Finish Line Pictures

So, every year during the Vancouver Sun Run they give you a magnetic tag to put on your shoe. This calculates your race time and strategically generates photos of you at the finish line. I found these quite humorous, can you spot me?

Sophia's 2nd Birthday

It's that time again, but this time Sophia is 2 years old. Elijah is heading first place at 3 years.

Here's our celebration at Gerrie's home.

Windows Vs. Linux: The Movie

Windows Vs. Linux: The Movie (2008)
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Summer Time at the Water Park

Here's a picture of Elijah and Sophia playing at the Water Park.

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Gerrie's Birthday 2008

Here are some pictures from Gerrie's Birthday Dinner. Happy Birthday Gerrie!