Summer Break week 6

Week 6 is over and gone, and we're actually almost done week 7 as i write this.

Dan's sister and family were here for one more day on Thursday.

my little one with her aunt.
they were puzzle machines that morning.

relaxing morning before going to the rapids.

then for a walk along the Hunters Bay Trail before bed.

Friday was a quiet day at home after our family headed out.

we may have gone to water, but i don't remember and i have no photos.

Saturday though...

Saturday was the day our boy got to do his chosen birthday Activity.

the Aerial Adventure at Sportsland in Bracebridge.

and i brought my girl and her best friend to Santa's Village for the day

Sunday was a quiet day as we anticipated Monday.

Monday was the start of a busy next five days.

my boy headed to Blaze DayCamp (full days)

and my girl went to Vacation Bible School (VBS) - half days

 at a church in the community.

i was also watching her best friend each afternoon.

and staying up to watch the olympics each night.

I love the swimming events!

Tuesday

Blaze and VBS.

in the afternoon we went to the beach.

each morning after dropping the brothers off we headed to Tim Hortons before VBS

Wednesday

 enjoyed some timmies, 

kids to vbs, 

me hanging out with my friend and watching the olympics

and in the afternoon the beach.

long week, 

busy week,

wonderful week.

*Photos taken by the following people:

#1,3-5,9,10,13, by me with Gertie

14 by me with Chester

#2 by Jill E.

#6-8 by Dan Q on his iPhone

#11,12 by Theresa B. on iPhone

Summer Break week 3

Week 3.

many more memories.

See week 2 here

Thursday:

The kids played school.

seriously.

all day.

their field trip was to the pool.

Friday morning my girl came to me

"mommy can i use your camera to take a picture of the sunrise? it's beautiful."

i said yes

My boy wanted to make an edible bridge.

he was inspired by a friend who made a rice krispie square pyramid for an end of the year project at school.

so we gathered the necessary items and he got to work.

it looked great.

and tasted yummy!

The same day the girl had a friend over and they played.

after one of their times in the pool they found little moths.

look closely, there it is in her hands.

Saturday:

We went to a summer party for the running club my husband is a member of.

we decided to canoe there.

we had a wonderful adventure.

portaging along the road to get to the water.

the canoe dumping within 10 minutes of starting out.

stopping at the Hunters Bay Trail for a swim and snack.

not knowing officially where the house is.

stopping at friends' so we could ask them which house we were supposed to be at.

finding the place!

canoeing home before dark.

Sunday:

we got to see dear friends and their new baby after church.

we had a lazy afternoon.

watching Canada's Worst Driver and some of the Calgary Stampede.

my boy was invited (with his daddy) to go fishing, his first time ever.

so while the boys went fishing, my girl and i went to the theatre and saw 

The Secret Life of Pets.

Monday:

after playing at home most of the day we loaded our bikes in the car and drove to the trail.

we biked from the parking lot, along the trail, to the kids' school.

biked around the school yard, ate a snack and biked back.

back at the car we got our towels, goggles and ball.

and they had a swim before heading home.

Tuesday:

More time at the boardwalk in town.

so much fun.

the wind was chilly but the sun was hot.

on wednesday the kids headed to Toronto with their papa.

i took the beast to the vet, and hung out with my bestie.

it was another great week.

there were lots of indoor times too, 

but i don't like indoor photos very much, so i don't usually capture those memories.

I hope your summer is being enjoyed to the fullest.

i have forgotten to put in photos of a couple wonderful creations the kids have made, 

maybe if i think of it i'll post a summer creations one at the end.

*photos taken by me or the girl.

photos by me with Chester: 1, 3, 4,5

photos by me with Gertie: 7,8,9

photo by the girl with Chester: 6

photo by the girl with Gertie: 2 

Video taken by me with Chester.

winter walk

the sun was up.

the dog was raring to go.

i got on my snowpants, coat, boots and toque.  

fetched Gertie.

let out the beast.

away we went.

the beast.

what a beautiful day for a walk.

sun was shining.

snow was glittering.

didn't need snowshoes because our trail was packed down enough.

this is not our trail.  i climbed up through waist deep snow to photograph this trail.

the train passing.  a glimpse through our trees.

the view from our lookout

i wanted to capture the woodpecker..or the crows.

maybe even a chickadee.

the one crow that came to say hi left before i could even get my camera to my eye.

the one woodpecker we know of didn't come out to play.

there was one little chickadee but it flew away when the beast and i neared.

relaxing up at the lookout.

oh well.

it was still a gorgeous walk.

look at that beautiful blue sky

gertie loved capturing the beauty surrounding us.

the beast is so fun to photograph in the snow.

i'm so glad i took this hour today.

and check out who was enjoying the sunshine through the window when we got home.

*yes, he's sitting on our table...when the people are away the cat will play*

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie.

Compare: Jan 2014 & Jan 2015

Hey all.  

it's a new year. 

i sucked at the photo a day for 365 days.  

but i'm ok with that. 

it's a new year. 

it's January.  

let's see what Jan 2014 held:

began running again.

Elsa was running rampant

 the snow came in Nov 2013.  

we just kept getting more.

lots and lots of snow.

***

now let's check out this new year so far.

Jan 2015

snow came Nov 2014. 

most of it left by Christmas. 

this is new years eve/day snow.

we bought the kids snowshoes for Christmas - perfect.

he's still loving the snow.

the first week back after Christmas break... we had 2 snow days.

I'm still running.  

my husband and i got some sweet new shoes.

a little treat since our other ones have holes.

so far the januaries seem pretty similar.

looking forward to seeing the february comparison.  

86/365 & 87/365

day 86:

Where I Stand

this was still in March...

so there i stood.

in the snow.

dreaming of the thaw.

  then hopped my freezing feet into a warm bath!

day 87:

Foreground

this rounds out my March leg of the photo challenge.  

onto April next.  

See where my challenge began : Here

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