Summer's end random.

Luke had the honor of being the ring bearer for Tara and Derek's wedding. He escorted Skyla and Simone down the isle. Melted a lot of hearts that day!

We had a park and Timmies date with Isaac's buddy Luke from school. Isaac was just a tad excited.

We hung out at the Devon bike park for an afternoon.

 

Ken and I had a datenight in the River Valley. Walked 10km then went out for appies.

views on our date.

 

We had an iced tea sale one hot afternoon and made $25. It was a hit with the neighbor kids.

 Ran into this cool cat a few times over the summer.

 Devon bike park. The boys were super excited.

Isaac's favorite bike ride in our neighborhood is to the bridge crossing the Anthony Henday. Lots of trucks honk and people wave.

 Lots of parks to choose from.

Who needs pets when we can check out muskrats, ducks and fish down the road.

 

This concludes are very eventful summer. Wow it was fun but super busy. When Luke had to write about his highlight of the summer at school he said collecting cans in the ditch for money and getting a slurpee was his favorite. Can you IMAGINE? Next year we are can collecting and slurpee slurping!!!

NS Girl's Trip

Emma and I were so thankful to go to NS for a week in August. It was a real girls getaway. We were spoiled rotten by Nana and Papa as usual. Emma did great on the airplane. Instead of being thankful for her own tv on the plane she demanded that she wanted different shows. She is a bit spoiled with Netflix at home and wasn't impresses with the lack of selection on the plane. Imagine....

We were thrilled to meet our newest niece who was so brand new that she was still in the hospital when we were there. Baby Hannah is so adorable.

We spent the long weekend at the cottage, my absolute favorite place!

Lots of cousins came by to visit and my Aunt Marlene.

Uncle Kevin had two girls to spoil.

Nana and Papa loving their grand daughters.

Papa and the girls.

LOVE!

Cape John wharf Sunday before church.



May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand between your toes...

Local kayak tour checking out the beach.

A big reason for our trip was to visit this special man, my grampie who is 91.

Pool time.

Mommy's favorite, delish meal! Yummy!

We also were so happy to spend a bit of time with Nannie. Grandparents are so special to me! 

Sweet Little Cousins.

These two!

These two are so sweet together! My special little niece Meisha and her little cousin Emma, like a little sister.

Emma and I had a week long girls getaway to NS this summer. It was a whirlwind of visiting and trying to take in the beauty that NS offers. We got to spend lots of time with Meisha which we are so thankful for. I adored watching these two play together, Emma followed Meisha around everywhere and Meisha took care of Emma like a big cousin/sister would. They made some great memories at the cottage and at Nana and Papa's house. I truly had such a great time and it was so relaxing having Meisha entertain Emma. Wish these two didn't live so far apart!

 

Cousins making memories at the beach just like I did and still am today!

Going to the hospital to meet their newest cousin Hannah!

July Part 2

We got back from Kimball and 4 days later headed to K-Country to meet up with the "Rus" family.

The landscape, temperatures, and wildlife was quite a contrast to prairie Saskatchewan.

Our campsite.

The Rus family are quite the adventurists so before long we were off on bike rides and hikes and loving every minute of it.

The Rus family have 4 girls and one boy opposite of us but the dynamics still worked out great. I think it was really good for our boys to hang out with some girls. Their Daughter Jess even showed the boys how to set up their tent.

 Climbers.

Beautiful views. God's creation never disappoints. Such variety everywhere you go.

So part of one of our trails was washed out so we had to brave the mountain creek water, numb our toes and legs and plow through the currents. I didn't even make Ken carry me. I was quite proud of myself for not being wimpy.

Sigh...I love this picture. It makes my heart smile. Ken is such a great Dad and so patient with Isaac in every aspect. I have numerous pictures of them bonding over the summer. Isaac excelled in so many areas this summer that it blows my mind. His therapists hardly even recognized him from the kids they met in May. All the quality time as a family and our adventures probably benefited him more then any of us.

My brave husband who never shys away from a swim in Mountain lake or creek water. Not for me. I can barely dip my toes in.

Huge bike rides.

Mrs. moose that we saw. Thankfully we were in our truck and passing by and were able to snap a picture.

The gang on a trek.

I was at the back with Isaac. Can you guess that he was tired. It was hardwork.

Contemplating life?

Leffers family. Facepainting compliments of the Rus girls. They are super talented painting camo faces and guns on the boys faces by request.

So many wonderful memories with another great family camping.

Lunch on the beach.

Selfie.

 

 

This was the cold beach we hung out at for maybe an hour...Brrrr...

Dads and daughters. So cute.

Emma the explorer caught a flower.

We overlapped holidays with the Rus family so when they packed up and left we did a few more hikes, tried to have fun in the cold and rain for our last few days.



Thankfully another shot from our truck.

Love these monkies!