Redwood Park

Have you ever been to Redwood Park in south Surrey? We hadn't until this past Sunday. What a lovely place. The trees are gorgeous, the park is huge and I can imagine it would be a nice cool place on a hot summers day. The playground is very new and has lots of stuff for kids of all ages. Check it out on google...there is an interesting history behind it as well.

We were really pleased to be invited to a birthday BBQ with the Gaughan clan to celebrate Jessica's birthday. Just to give you a bit of background...Jessica is Cormac's wife. Cormac is Sinead's brother and he's the one that guided us around Dublin last summer. They are here for Orla's (Sinead's sister) wedding....and are currently taking one year to travel the world. Amazing!

They organized a great lunch. We all contributed and there was plenty of food. Here are Cormac and Sile getting the Coleman going. They cooked up some farmer sausage and salmon.

Sinead and I. I feel we have been spoiled because in the past five years we have got to see our dear friends on three seperate occasions. I don't know if there is going to be any visiting in the near future....unless another Gaughen sibling decides to get married in Abbotsford. Here's hoping! Otherwise, we'll have to plan another trip to Ireland.


Sile's son Laughlan and Liam really enjoyed many rides in the wagon. They are birthday twins...born within minutes of each other!


Here is the newlywed couple. Congrats Cam and Orla!

Gorgeous rings.

Even though Jessica was insisting she's only 23 years old, we all know that DQ ice cream cakes never lie. Welcome to the 30s Jessica! It's not so bad at all.

Jessica enjoying us all singing to her! We insisted on a speech and she said that whoever said she was 23 could have a nice big piece of cake. Alright then!

We took a short stroll around one area of the park. Many of the trees are labeled and there are signs with lots of interesting historical tidbits. The variety of trees is amazing.

The six Gaughan sibs. Cormac, Sinead, Ashling, Orla, Sile and Michael. I've know all these peeps for about 20 years now and have come to think of them as family. Hard to believe Ashling was a wee toddler when I first started hanging out with Sinead and now she's in her third year at SFU.

We managed to set up the camera on the cooler and get a shot of the whole gang!

Here are my Irish sisters :) Well, Jessica is from Mexico but since she's married in, she's Irish too!

We had a great afternoon! Wonderful memories. I took so many pictures but this small sampling gives an idea of our great day.