Canada Day photos

July 1st, Canada day was a quiet day at home until late afternoon. We joined some friends at the beach for a few hours, went to their house for supper and then back to the beach for some fireworks. They were great fireworks..especially for a small town of 10,000!



The bunch "racing" to the water.


Looks like Lindsay is in the lead!


hmmmm...hard to tell the winner now!


Courtenay and friends standing in the water in their clothes... :P


Lindsay being funny.

More Photos

To all my American friends~Happy 4th of July!

Here are a few more photos of our trip. I'll end off with some of the trip back home.



Playing at the park in town.

A cottage on the lake


Monarch butterflies on the wet sand.



Lily pads at the water's edge.


The view from my vantage point on the dock. :D


........and again...


..once more...


The older girls playing cards in one of their camp bedrooms.


Mikaela serving up lunch.


A couple more of the lake.





On the road, heading home.



A field with hay bales waiting to be gathered.


A pretty little cow in a field along the highway.

~"~ Camp Kawkawa ~"~

Last Wednesday, the girls and I packed up and headed to camp for 4 days. We returned Sunday night.

My girlfriend, Brenda, has taken the job of camp cook, for the summer, at a church camp in the mountains. It's about 3 or 4 hours from here. We went along to help her get things up and running in the kitchen. The older girls did a bit of cabin cleaning too. There is so much to tell you about that I'm not sure where to start...maybe the beginning would be good!
Being silly in the restaurant before we got to the camp

We arrived on Wednesday around supper time. We ate in town before heading out to the camp. When we got there we found the kitchen had been taken over by the critters...as in mice and rats. The camp had been closed down for 3 years...so yes the critters took over!! A lady had been there for several days ahead of us cleaning so it wasn't as bad as it had been. Anything that was not in a sealed bin had been invaded by little mice crawling all through, over and under it...leaving plenty of evidence of their passing! :x
Shopping for camp food

We ate in town for the first couple of days. We did eventually get everything clean and mouse poison out to get rid of the mice. We also got the first delivery of food unpacked and into sealed bins and the walk in fridge and freezer. One night we made the mistake of leaving a bag of recyclables out by the back door. A raccoon had a heyday ripping it all open and getting into it. Altho he would have been disappointed to find only packaging. He also left his little "hand" prints on my windshield.

The girls had a fun time of kayaaking and canoing. I also got out in the canoe once. The lake was so pretty! It isn't a really deep lake so it was a lovely warm temperature. The girls spent quite a bit of time swimming in it. Unfortunately the girls woke up on the last morning all covered in "swimmers itch"...some more so than others.
It was nice to get away, but, I found the mountains to be very close and claustrophobic feeling, so I was really ready to get out of there and get home to our lovely wide open valley.
It was great to spend some time with my girlfriend and her girls! It isn't something we've done before. On the way home we went to Brenda's parents home for a BBQ. It was really nice to be in a home after a few days at camp!
I'll leave you with some photos of our time there. I hope you enjoy the pics!
Heather

waaaaaa.... :(

I'm sad to say that we won't be getting Jackson. They've decided to keep him. She called to tell me that he was having problems walking. I guess one of his hips is really bad..to the point where he wasn't able to put any weight on that leg. He has hip dysplasia. Their vet wants to do surgery. So I guess it is probably for the better that they keep him. I'm a big suck when it comes to animals in pain and I'm sure it would have caused me great angst. :( Besides that the vet bills would be enormous! We're very sad that we're not to have him but I guess things happens for a reason.

YES!!!

Yes!! We've decided to take Jackson! We're anxiously awaiting his arrival now that the decision's been made. :D He arrives in 12 days! Oh in case you haven't read previous posts....we are NOT getting another child...well not a human one anyway. He's a Cavalier* King *Charles spaniel. He's 4 yrs old too so no puppy stage to go through. We'll post more pictures when the time comes.

Don't Worry.

(Luke 12:27,28~my paraphrase)


²⁷ “Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. ²⁸ And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? (New Living Translation)
This is a photo I took and edited online.

Yes.....No....??

We are contemplating getting another dog. His owners are looking for a home for him. They bought him for an elderly mother who has since passed away and they feel they are too busy to give him the time and attention he needs. He is a Cavalier King Charles. They are beautiful little dogs.
So now we have to decide whether or not we want to add another member to our family...since having a dog is comparable to having another child...in some ways I guess. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures.