The requisite 'Year End Review'...

And 2011 comes to a close. It was a great year for us, full of adventure, transitions, development, and happiness. We achieved all of our goals for the year (and how often can you say that?!), including some huge life alterations.

A few highlights--

Where we live:
-spent many many weekends driving all over the Pacific NW looking at boats to buy (Jan-March)
-bought our first home (which also happened to be a sailboat) (March)

-moved out of 8035, our residence for 3 years (April)
-started living aboard Halcyon (April)
-sailed our home up the coast of BC (June-July)
-became Canadian residents (and therefore qualified for Canadian health care) (July)

Where we work:

-received unofficial job offers from PacificWILD, pending work visa (February)
-(finally) received Canadian work visas (June)
-moved to Canada (July)
-started our jobs at Pacific Wild (July)

What we do:
(perhaps not surprisingly, I have many  more pictures of "what we do" than I do of "where we work"...) 


-raced sailboats ALOT (Jan-June)







-went to Mexico (March)
-were initiated into the world of never-ending boat projects (March)



-won the Van Isle 360 (with the help of the extraordinary crew of Kotuku, of course) (June)

-caught lots of salmon (July-September)







 
-started planning our wedding (August)


And a few things Stayed the same:


-Chaco stayed with us through every transition, adapting perfectly to life on the boat, and relishing life on Denny Island




-The way my heart feels when I hug my husband-to-be

2012 promises to be an equally pivotal year, with sailing adventures, vocational successes, travel expeditions, and a new piece of jewelery!