My early birthday party

Randal threw me a party for my big 4-0! It was a busy, fun night! Here are some pictures of the evening.











The other girls are keeping Courtenay company while she ices my cake.





My brother.




Louise and her girls made a photo collage for me. :)



Playing "charades"~Abbey's favourite. :)


Mommy and the baker.



aaah my leeegggs!

My brother and family...came to visit...yaay!

Comic strip pictures of my brother and I on their quick visit to our house yesterday/today.







My sis in law and I


Leaving.... :(



See ya later alligator!

Major hailstorm!

We had a huge hailstorm yesterday! It was unbelievable~as you'll hear me exclaiming in the videos. :D
Only one video downloaded...I'll add the others tomorrow....well, technically it's today since it's almost 1:30 am!

Well here's another day and another video. It finally let me upload them.

~~Some favourites~~

An old paddle wheel boat, turned into a local museum





A door that I liked and just had to take a picture of. :)






Sunflower in my garden





Local scenery






Kids playing around. :D

Family Get Together

This past weekend we spent with with my brother who came up from the coast.
We went down to a little town a bit south of us and spent the day doing "the tourist thing."
We meet at a beach park and visited there for a while.
My nephew, Zachary, plays football so we brought one along and got a bit of a game going.


Rob and Charlene and their kids Karlin, Meg, and Zach.
The eldest daughter, Alysha, wasn't up this trip.


Foolin' Around

We then went for a walk down to the old train tressel. It's been converted into a bridge that is part of the KVR trail that runs from town through town throughout the Okanagan.


A pond along the way


An Okanagan View





Some of the kids braved the chilly waters... I love Lindsay's facial expression here :-)

Later we visited TickleBerries, a rather famous stop for ice-cream here.
After we braved the long lines we sat outside on picnic tables beside a creek.



Yum!


I love this picture.


Janelle and Karlin playing in the creek.

And that's all for now!
Have a fabulous rest of the week!

Heather


Just Kidding! Did I fool you? I talked like her and from her point of view, but this is Courtenay, hence any mistakes that were most likely made.
Mom let me write her blog today.
Have a nice day! =)

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.