Resident Spotlight – Celine Ryan

For this Resident Spotlight, I wanted to feature someone fairly new to Gold River. 

Moving to a new community is always tough – leaving your friends and family behind, and moving later in the year (ie: rainy season) is especially hard, I think. 

Thanks for doing the Spotlight Celine!  Now people can put a face to a name and you won’t be ‘the new guy’s wife’ anymore! :)  (By the way – her name is not pronounced with a long E like Celine Dion’s, it’s Ce-lynn.  Just so you know, when you say hello!)

How long have you lived in Gold River? What brought you here?

My family and I moved to Gold River on September 1st, 2011 from Port Hardy. We moved here for my husband’s job. We researched a few places and after visiting Gold River and speaking to a soon-to-be co-worker, we decided that this is where we wanted to go.

What do you do for (paid) work?  

My job right now is a full time Mom.  I have been home with the babies since my oldest was born in 2009.  However, before the babies were born I worked as a florist in training.

Please tell us about any volunteer work you do.

I have unfortunately not done any volunteering in years.  However, I did do a few years of volunteering with the Y.M.C.A in NS (where I am from) for a Friday night “Kids’ night”.  I am always open to helping out whenever I can though.

Please tell us a bit about your family.

Jared and I met when we both worked for Shopper’s Drug Mart in Nova Scotia. We dated for a year and were engaged the following year on Christmas Eve.  We were married in March of 2009 and our first baby, Bria Rose, was born in September of that year.  Much to our surprise, we were given another little bundle of joy 11 months later when our son Koen was born.

Do you have any pets?

We have one pet per person in our household – haha!  We have a black tabby named Oliver, an orange Maine-Coon mix named Rupert, a Black lab/Irish Wolfhound mix named Lily and a Belgian Shepherd named Chloe.

What do you like to do for fun?

For fun I really enjoy talking walks around town; sooo many gorgeous trails and views, and the fresh air helps with the babies’ naps.  Also, the pool here is amazing.  I am also hoping to get into a yoga class if I can muster up the courage to let people see me attempt yoga,haha!

What do you wish Gold River had that it doesn’t? Is there anything missing for you?

I definitely wish that Gold River had cell service.  My family is all back east and sending little text messages is something that I miss doing.  Other than that, there is nothing else the town is missing.

And just for fun – if you had 1 million dollars to donate to the community in any way you wished – what would you do with the money?

If I had a million dollars to donate to the community I would love to see some indoor parks being built (toddler friendly ones as well) because of the frequent rain.  I also wouldn’t mind seeing some indoor dog parks.  Then, if I had some money left over, I think I would get some street lights put in along the road from Gold River to Campbell River because I am a chicken and that road would be much more pleasant to drive on if you could see at night!

Is there anything else you’d like to add?

I would definitely like to say thank you to everyone we have met here in town so far.  Everyone has really made us feel welcome and has reinforced that we chose a great place to spend a few years in with our growing family.