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August 9th, 2010: Yes, Nataliya and I just returned from a trip up through Northern BC. I had a Mr. I show in Tumbler Ridge as a part of Grizfest. I shared the stage with some famous old bands, Chillwack, Loverboy and Nazareth. The show went very well. On the way there and on the way back Natalliya and I stopped at 11 lakes to fish. Zowee! Check out the fishing page for more info.

May 21st, 2010: Zonglle, it's been over a year and a half since I added anything to this website. So sorry everyone! If it hadn't been for Little Sydney calling me to tell me I had her BIRTHDAY DATE wrong I may never have gotten back to it for another long while. Yes, so much has happened this past year with everyone in the family! One exciting event that happened in our area was of course the OLYMPICS! Opa and the 'brothers' were able to catch Germany Hockey and have a memorable day together at the Olympics. Here are a few OLYMPIC PICS

We had a great Christmas Day together. Here are some pics, more coming. PICS

Check out the new 'Fishing Page' by Jurgen & Nataliya

NEW BABY RYDER ! Let's all congratulate Mikie and Felicia on the birth of their new baby boy on Sunday, November 9th. He was born in the morning a healthy 8 pound boy. Mike and Felicia are very happy. Here are a few PICS.

September 22nd. Rolf and Gisela had a wonderful trip through the rockies. I will put some of the pictures up on the web when I can. We had a wonderful dinner on the evening when they arrived. Check out the picture. DINNER

Aug 24th, 2008 - Just had a chat with Tante Christel in Germany. So sad to say that her wonderful little budgie, BOOBIE has passed away. He was a marvelous bird with an uncanny ability to talk. Only a few budgies can talk and Boobie was exceptional. He had a speech that he would spiel off every morning, like a song. It went something like this, "My name is Boobie, I live at 510 Mont-Cenis Strasse, ...", . and on and on for about two minutes. It was quite amazing. And it was all done in the same tone of voice as Tante Christel's late husband, Hans. We love you Boobie. We will miss you. Bye Bye Boobie. PICS

August 20th, 2008 - Andrew, Terry, Sydney and a few friends had a wonderful trip to Hawaii last month. Here are a couple of PICS from their trip.

August 6th, 2008 - Lots of wonderful events last month. Of course the biggest has been OPA's big 80th birthday party. Check out the pics at the HEINZFEST pic pages. We had a wonderful day and were able to honour Dad as he so greatly deserves.

NEW BABY coming. Yes, Mikie and Felicia will be having their first child in November. We are all looking forward to that. Apparently we know already that it will be a boy. Opa always wants more boys in the family so that they can carry the Ilaender name. Exciting!

BABY BRYCE - Sarah is doing well with Baby Bryce. He is now six months old. He is such a cute boy. They are doing well. PICS

NATALIYA'S BIRTHDAY - On Monday we had a great day of celebration for Nataliya's birthday. We had chocolate caramel cheesecake at lunch time. Opa, Evelyn, Sarah, Bryce, and Alisha came over to have cake with us. Oksana bought her Mom a huge funny 'hugging' monkey. Ha Ha. Nataliya and I went to Whiterock later in the afternoon. We waded in the water as the tide came in. And then laid on the beach under the hot sun and had quite a relaxing afternoon by the ocean. PICS:

GOLF GAME: Last week Opa, Andrew, Mike and I (Jurgen) had a wonderful game of golf. We played at Meadow Gardens in Pitt Meadows. There was a stretch of years where we used to all have a game once a year for Opa's birthday in July. We even would make a trophy for the winner of the ILAENDER TOURNAMENT. We always put Opa's name on the trophy because he would always win. However, we hadn't had one of those games for several years now. So, it was wonderful that Dad called us up and invited us to play at his club once again.

It was cold and wet, raining off and on, but still, we had a wonderful time. Here are a few PICS from the game.