Takla Scenery

A couple of shots taken from our front porch today. We've got quite the view!

We wanted to share some more photographs of beautiful Takla Landing and it's surrounding area.

All of these pictures were taken from our compound or less than one hour away. It's becoming a very picturesque Autumn up here.

Logan Lake

Cousins Summer, Clayton, Bo and Lennah; Uncle Jim and Aunt Barb with Nathan.

On our way up to Takla Landing after Lennah's birthday, we stopped in at Logan Lake to visit with Lennah's cousins and Aunt and Uncle. Auntie Shanna and the kids baked Lennah a birthday cake, too. Just a picture of us all together.

Lennah Walking

Her first steps unaided. (Quite the action shot!)

Walking with Daddy.

I'm happy to report that Lennah is walking, or should I say running now, all on her own. She took her first steps by herself two days after her first birthday on the day we were leaving for Takla. The whole Fox family was there to witness this memorable event!

She "table-walked" and cruised around our new home, and walked between Mom and Dad until the 26th of September when she just let go and started walking everywhere all by herself.

Needless to say, we are so proud of our little girl who is growing up so fast. I should also comment on how much she is talking now. Lennah has a vocabulary of over 30 words. She calls Dawson "Bubba", all cats are "Bogey". She tries to say bellybutton, it comes out butty. She said purple the other day and of course, she calls for Mommy and Daddy all the time!

First Quad Ride

Lennah had her first quad ride around the compound. She loved it! She giggled and shrieked and had a great time!

First Boo Boo's

Lennah's first bee sting. Lucky for us, she's not allergic!

Lennah's first cut finger and band-aid.

I couldn't resist a couple of pictures of Lennah's first boo boo's and band-aid experience.

Flowers

On a happier note, here's a picture of my "Takla Bouquet"!

What else is a girl to do when she can't find a vase?

KIA K.I.A (Killed in Action)

First of all, don't worry. Everyone is okay.

That said, on September 6th, less than two weeks in Takla and on our first trip out of town, I had a car accident. Lennah and I were following Nathan out to Fort St James for a little trip into civilization. I lost control of my car on a corner and went off an embankment and rolled the KIA. Lennah walked (or should I say, crawled!) away totally unscathed and the only injury I had other than a bruised ego was a couple of bruises on my left arm. ICBC has since written the KIA off and Nathan is the only one driving us around for now. Here's some shots of the poor girl.

That's Lennah's carseat just inside the back door.

These shots we're taken about a week later at the tow yard. We went to say good-bye.

In my own defense, Nathan went into town the next day in his work truck. Prepared, he took the same corner at the same speed and was sucked into the shoulder just as I was. He says that with my experience and with only an SUV, I never stood a chance!