If you love hiking in this beautiful province of ours, I have the perfect website for you. Mountain Guru website is your guide to some of the great trails for hiking in Vancouver and the lower mainland. Check it out today!

www.mountainguru.com

Everyone who knows us, knows how big a soccer family that we are. Our eldest daughter has played high level soccer for many years now. It really doesn't matter what sport you play somewhere along the way the kids seem to get lost in the shuffle.

I read a great blog today where the love of the game and learning skills is their #1 priority. All sports clubs should learn from them. Win or Lose, bottom line is that our kids should be having fun and learning how to improve their skills!

http://www.bcsoccerweb.com/articles-letters-2012/letter-shawn-cody-april-27-development-pathway.htm

I recently started to get all my printing from Ultra digital Printing in #Langley. They have done a fabulous job and get my work done often in the same day within a few hours of putting in my order. I am impressed with the quality of their work and the exceptional customer service.

Which is why I am happy to promote one of their staff singing a unique version of one of my favourite songs by Phil Collins "In the Air tonight". Check out his singing:

http://youtu.be/f83o5h7vKwI

Take a peak at Kara's edition of the My Realty TV Cloverdale update for April. I'm thinking she's a pro already! :) Just might have to get her out to do the video’s more often. :)

http://www.myrealtytv.ca/cloverdale

Happy Vaisakhi, what a beautiful day it was for a celebration! #Vaisakhi #Surrey

Vaisakhi is one of the most important holidays for the Sikh community, marking the origin of the Sikh religion.

Surrey hosts the largest Vaisakhi parade outside of India with hundreds of thousands of peoples packing the streets of Surrey today for the celebrations.

Did you know it is illegal to use American made child car seats and booster seats? In fact, you can ONLY use a certified Canadian made seat. Our Canadian regulations are held to much higher standards than that of many other countries.

I have sponsored a number of car seat safety clinics and seen a large number of families with improperly installed car seats, but I hadn't heard about the laws surrounding where a car seat was purchased...until recently.

Even though we have teenagers and no longer have the need for car seats, I thought this would be helpful information for any new parents or parents in the process of purchasing a new seat. It is tempting with our dollar being so good against the American dollar to cross the border for a variety of items. But this is one purchase that is best being done here in Canada.  

Below is an article going into a little more detail regarding what you are faced with when purchasing an illegal car seat.

http://www.canadianparents.com/article/car-seats-and-crossborder-shopping

For a guide on buying the right car seat for your child visit the following link:

http://www.bcaaroadsafety.com/child-passenger-safety/buying-a-child-car-seat/

Before purchasing a car seat ensure it has the National Safety Mark on it!

Yesterday we had our gutters cleaned by Men in Kilts...and they really were wearing Kilts. Definitely was an interesting sight to see! :) I had to laugh their tagline is "Honest, Trustworthy, Professional, We clean, You enjoy, Just remember...No Peeking!"

One was wearing pants underneath his kilt, but the other well....I promise I didn't peak so who knows what he had on underneath. But he was wearing knee high socks. LOL

I would highly recommend them and plan to have them come back to clean my windows and siding!

http://www.meninkilts.com/

Bucket list...we all have one! Whether you've actually written it down or just have a mental list of all the things you want to accomplish in life.

Well one of mine was to take cooking classes....my wonderful husband has known this for a long time and found a place that offers them and gave me a certificate for Christmas last year to "Well Seasoned" in Langley. It's been such a busy year so far, between work and family that I hadn't booked my class until just recently.

It's not that I don't know how to cook, I've just really wanted to expand on the skills that I already had. I'm sure we've all gone through getting bored of cooking the same old things, which ususally means you try a new recipe. But for some reason it just doesn't taste as good as you hoped. Well that's why I wanted to broaden my culinary skills. :)

I found the perfect starter class  --"Knife Skills with Chef Romy Prasad". I really wasn't sure what to expect and didn't realize just how much I would enjoy the class. Even though we only made a vegetable soup, it was still incredibly delicious. Truly it was the best class to start with and I cannot wait to book my next class with Well Seasoned. 

It was also The Bettina Reid Group's 1st team building event together with myself, Kara and Anna! We all had a great time and took away so much from the class. So much so Chef Prasad shared a simple spaghetti sauce recipe with us and Anna went home, made it and fed the neighbourhood. :)

I would highly recommend Well Seasoned in Langley. Check out their website to see all the exciting cooking classes that they offer.

http://www.wellseasoned.ca/

If you have taken a cooking class that you recommend please share with us we'd love to hear about it!

With the increase in our business it has become necessary to expand the Bettina Reid Group in order for us to provide the high level service on which we pride ourselves on.

I would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome Anna Terrace to the Bettina Reid Group. Kara and I are very excited to be adding to our a team a very successful woman with some great energy and a wealth of experience in the business world. She will make a great addition to our team.

Anna will be joining our team to help us continue to ensure we offer our clients the best service possible!

We've discussed the importance of getting a home inspection a number of times. When I came across Mike Holmes article I felt it was noteworthy to share and once again stress no home is worth making an offer without at the very least having it inspected. 

Even when you are in a multiple offer situation, I think the title of his article is fitting. "Skipping inspection is like Russian roulette with your finances" Why would you take such a big risk on what is most people's largest asset!

Click the following link to read what Mike has to say and please be sure to make an inspection one of your conditions next time you purchase a home.  

Mike Holmes