SO GENEROUS and I was in shock. We are so thankful to you, Dave. I didn't know what to expect, and my socks are knocked off!!

I received a gift that will keep giving for a long time: a FAMILY MEMBERSHIP to the Vancouver Aquarium ($185.00)!! Not 100, but 365 days of delight for my daughter. Really, our family only needs 2 adult passes since my daughter isn't yet 4, but my Santa went the extra mile so we could splurge on gift shop goodies. Since my Santa is from the UK, he had to go through fraud checks by his bank to allow the purchase, which must have been a headache. He even created an email address for me to access my gift which was a total surprise, and so creative!

I received the gift certificate yesterday and we have already visited twice in the 2 days. It will give us hundreds of hours of exploration, and already has given my family 2 days of quality time, and 4 hours of learning about sea life and animals. We don't usually get to go often, but now anytime she yells "jellyfish" (her new favorite) or "turtle", we can actually go see them in person.

For me, all my exchanges focus around mommy and daughter stuff, and now daddy gets to join in. After today's adventure, we even got our caricatures done in Stanley Park. Memories to last a lifetime, and education to boot. Thanks to you, we may have a future marine biologist in the works :)