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Samantha OBrien

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“Everything but ‘I LOVE YOU’ is small talk.”
-Andrea Gibson
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Happily Married @seanoocean

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Three years ago today I married my best friend 🖤✨ These first three years have been full of more adventure & growth than I ever imagined possible. @seanoocean ; together we have lived & explored so much of British Columbia, walking through old growth forests & swimming in every river & lake along the way. Even the ones in the North. I have loved every chapter so far, from seeing glaciers in the north to sunning (& fishing) the lakes of the Okanagan. I have loved crabbing the pier in the Sunshine Coast (Belcarra) & getting to go on all of your favorite hikes in the lower mainland. I have loved growing together in our marriage and love through hard moments like losing Dawson. I have loved watching you bond with Harvey and the ways you have shown me just how much love I have to give ie the cat I never knew I wanted. Most of all I have loved being your wife. I am so excited for whatever the rest of this lifetime has in store for us.
Till Death & After 🖤 by @samanthajames18

I love finding her in my spot every time I go to make the bed 🥹🖤 by @samanthajames18

And just like that my sweet little Harvey baby is 6 🥹

Happy Birthday Harvey 🖤✨you’re the best friend I’ve ever had. Being your mom and watching you grow has been one of the biggest adventures of my life. You have taught me just how big my heart actually is & I will love you forever. Here’s to celebrating another trip around the sun together! ☀️❤️✨ by @samanthajames18

Our friend @mattstanleycup recently took this photo of Harvey & I can’t stop looking at it 🥹🖤 by @samanthajames18

"I love her and that's the beginning and the end of everything"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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One of my favorite things has always been & will always be reading out loud to one another. From our early days, hanging in the Peace Arch Park, suspended between countries during a pandemic, reading poetry & love stories outloud to one another to five years later; revisiting each other's favorite novels, snuggled in the home we now share 🖤✨️ looking forward to a life time of books @seanoocean by @samanthajames18

Myra Canyon | Nov 2025
Sean & I recently took our little "Bad Girls Club" on an adventure to see the Myra Canyon Tressles. It was early morning, & the fog coming off the canyon was mesmerizing. I love how beautiful the Okanagan is in the fall 🍁🖤 by @samanthajames18

Our sweet baby Dawson transitioned over the Rainbow Bridge last night. At home, snuggled in bed, wrapped in her favorite blanket; freshly washed just the way she liked it, held by both her dad and me. We spent our last day doing all her favorite things that she was still able to do, like driving through the orchards with all the windows down and eating fried chicken. She was honestly an angel among us and I will always be grateful she was ours. She loved with a love bigger than all of us.

Dawson, getting to be your mom has been honor. I will love you forever 🖤 by @samanthajames18

✨✨Happy 5th Birthday Harvey✨✨

#pup #loveofmylife #rescue #rescuedogsofinstagram #rescueismyfavouritebreed #happybirthday #hbd #hbdpup #canadianpup by @samanthajames18

Just minding my business up here in paradise ☀️🌴
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#bcday #bc #britishcolumbiacanada #canada #immigrant #canadianpr #grateful #expat #okanagan #okanaganlife by @samanthajames18

Please welcome Féline Dion into the O’Brien family. Coming in at 1.0lbs and 65 days old with very strong biscuit making and napping skills. We are all in love with newest (and smallest) pack member. #greyongrey #monocromaticbb #teeny #rescued by @samanthajames18

Things got sweet at the Maple Fest 🇨🇦 #canadianthings by @samanthajames18

Packing up our bags & heading to Kelowna 🖤✨

Letting go of the salty air & getting ready for sunny lake days (& vineyards 😍) by @samanthajames18