On May 30th, Jenn and Chad tied on the knot on Pender island. We, the Kouwenberg clan, grew up going to a family friend's cottage there as kids.

The setting was beautiful, set right on the ocean.

The dogs even had a good time...

I recently participated in a friendly polo tournament at Willow Creek Polo Club. The club is located in Elizabeth, CO, approx 40mins from our house.

This is Yoda, a very patient polo horse.

Tyler has been taking some mt biking courses in Boulder, Co. and I was able to go along for one of the 3 trips in June.
Yes, we still own a 2 person tent and yes there were 2 large dogs and 2 people in the tent...and yes we spent 2 nights in these accommodations.



We hiked in 2 miles to a campsite for the weekend...nature's hotel.






Sue Wall, a wonderful friend from Sk, was able to visit this spring. We had a great time and I miss her dearly. She and her husband Chris are living in Australia for 10+ mths this next year. Perhaps after all this time I'll get to travel back to Oz to visit...

More recently I find myself working at the zoo with elephants and zebras...

Sheila and Ernie drove down from SK and spent some time with us during the winter. We enjoyed trips to Leadville and Monarch.


My mom, Colleen, came for a visit on school spring break. We enjoyed her time here and appreciated her sewing skills in making the dress for Jenn's upcoming wedding.

Another trip to Leadville with the doggies.

I found myself on call the other weekend suturing up a nifty facial laceration that was down to the bone, good times! Actually suturing is one of my favourite things.

A couple of action shots of Jasper and Bayou. Where Jasper is...Bayou follows and copies.

A new member was recently added to the Birkham family....a second dog! We made the 10hr return trip to Rifle in northwestern Colorado. Joanna has wanted a Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog for some time and so we researched several breeders in Colorado and Texas. We ended up choosing Bayou, an 8wk old, male, blue leopard with tan tips. Quite the character!