Summer Break week 7

wow...

week seven.

(yet again I'm posting this when the next week is almost at a close)

the littles were at VBS each morning and the brothers were at Blaze Daycamp.

on Thursday after dropping off the brothers at the bus

*with their sleeping bags and pillows - - it was campout night that night*

we headed to Tim Hortons, but got it at the drive thru.

then we headed to the locks before vbs.

what a beautiful morning.

that afternoon we came home and the kids made cool little dinosaurs.

*dollarama craft for the win*

Thursday night the littles had a sleepover at our place.

friday they headed to their final VBS day.

i headed out with a beautiful lady, my girl's grade one teacher.

we went to The Artful Garden

*i highly recommend it*

then back to the hotdog lunch at VBS.

She invited me and the littles to her place for swimming in her pool.

that evening was the BBQ celebration at Blaze.

what a wonderful week all the kids had.

i am so thankful for the organizers of both Blaze and VBS

i am thankful for the volunteers who made this week challenging, exciting and memorable for the kids at both places.

Friday night dan and i went out.

he had bought me tickets to a concert for my birthday and friday night was the night.

Saturday

not a whole lot going on.

the kids got to be the first people to drink out of my new mugs

Sunday i volunteered at the church

Monday:

Discovery Day Camp: Deep Sea Discovery,  Day 1

my boy and i were volunteering and teaching the science activity.

my girl was attending. 

and slip n' slide in the afternoon

Tuesday:

Deep Sea Discovery day 2

my boy sporting his Blaze socks

it was a rainy day, and this beautiful rainbow showed up later on.

Wednesday:

Deep Sea Discovery Day 3

and then to the docks.

the storm clouds never arrived but we enjoyed watching them

it makes me sad to think that our summer break is almost done, 

but we are going to keep celebrating summer and our time.

i hope you are doing that.

prepare for school but enjoy the present.

for those already in school, 

i hope you enjoyed your summer and take advantage of the beautiful weather in the evenings and weekends.

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie #3, 7-9,11,13

and Chester #1, 2, 4-6, 10,12

Summer Break week 5

Week 5 is done...

i can't believe it.

July ended and August has begun.

*see week 4 here*

Thursday

we stayed home for the morning as i got the house ready for our guests.

Dan's sister and the family were coming to visit for a week.

we watched some Good Mythical Morning and the kids got inspired.

See the inspirational video below:

5 Weird things to do with Duct Tape

Then we went to the boardwalk.

Friday

finished getting the house ready

and moved a chair outside that i've been wanting out of my bedroom.

it's currently a reading chair outside until it gets gross.

later that evening our guests arrived.

Saturday

the kids wanted to show their cousins the boardwalk.

it was unattached so we got creative getting to it.

dan set up a giant swing

and we had a bbq with family and friends.

Sunday

church

hiking at Limberlost

and prepping for our camping trip.

Monday

the boy turned 9!

it was his birthday and we headed up to a favorite place.

Killarney Provincial Park.

the boy's birthday dinner request

Tuesday

day trip to The Crack.

so hot!

lots of swimming.

Wednesday

i got up and went for a walk with Gertie.

time for a hike.

pack up and head into Killarney for fish and chips.

mmm so yummy

swimming at Georgian Bay

and time to head home.

it was yet another wonderful week of our summer.

so many memories.

so thankful we had family here to enjoy it with us.

*photos 1&2 with Chester, taken by me

rest of photos taken with Gertie.

13 taken by Dan

19 taken by the boy

73/365, 80/365

Hey there.

as you all know, i'm behind on these posts.

day 73...

i didn't take the photos challenge specific, but as i looked back to see if i had any that fit the theme i saw this one (of many)

the theme is:

HARD.

it is hard to get the night sky to look exactly as i see it.

this one was the closest i could get with my lens.

day 80:

Spring?

it is still March in the photo...

a day or 2 after my little girl's birthday.

it is officially spring, 

 *all photos taken by me, with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

Day 3

Day three.

CLOUDS.

there weren't a lot of clouds today, but i found some.

hibernation

These chairlifts were resting for the summer.

we had a chance to hike under them as we were visiting British Columbia this summer.

so beautiful.

*photos taken with Canon T2i

edited with Picasa, 

watermarked with Picmarkr

Spring Thunderstorm!

I love spring.

i love thunderstorms.

i anticipate the first spring thunderstorm 

(although please come in the day, i don't do so well being awakened by it.)

in honor of today.

our first thunderstorm of the spring.

here are some pics of a thunderstorm i captured rolling in on Georgian Bay.

we were driving and saw the clouds rolling in.  so as soon as we could find a nice spot we pulled over and went down to the beach.  everyone else was leaving the beach as we were walking down.

we sat on some rocks.

i took so many with the hopes that i would get one of lightning.

i was ecstatic when i got this simple shot.

these were the rocks we were sitting on.  it is so exciting watching the clouds roll in, and to hear the thunder and see the lignetning, and it gets closer..and closer

as we were walking away from the beach we turned and saw the seagulls enjoying the coming storm. and the quiet beach.  it rained pretty hard after this picture.

* all photos taken with my Canon T2i