More Canada Pix

Canada!

Here are just a few pictures from our camping trip to Canada. It was so fun to get all the kids together and adults, too. We hadn't been to Kelowna in 6 years, so it was fun to see where everyone was living and to see the relatives who came from Kamloops, too! (Thanks for making the drive!) we camped for three nights, then headed to Stewart and Tobi's for two more. Leire (our Basque exchange student from three years ago) flew in and met us there, then drove home with us and has been with us for a month. She's endured much camping and screaming children and exhausted parents (Never. Planning. Three. Camping. Trips. In. A. Row. Again. Ever.) but it's been a great visit! We are trying to talk her into coming for the entire year next summer and do a year of University here. We'll see if she goes for it!

The Baby "Pow-Pows"

Abram loves guns and calls them "Pow-Pows". This morning he took some, put them in Brynne's baby stroller and pushed them around. Future NRA Pres?

Brynne & Paige

Buds.
These two are two peas in a pod.
I love that.

A Day on the Lake

We had a great time at Uncle Ernie and Aunt Pat's house last week! The kids loved jumping in the water and even Gooey went on a boogey-board with Daddy.

Our Worm Farm

Welcome to Cherry Blossom Worm Farm!
We are thrilled you came by.
There are lots of worms to feed and lots of holes to drill for their new abode, but we have a little "mini Jon" for that!

"Have you met..."

"my little friend?!"
That's his line when he walks around in this get-up.
I'm happy my "big boy" still isn't so big that he won't play things like this...It makes me happy.

Downy Dunk

"Rebecca" and "Cherri-Emma" had some problems with their hair.
It was too frizzy.
So, their owners put them in Downy for 24 hours.
This is supposedly the cure for frizzy doll hair.
Unfortunately, it wasn't. . .
But it does make for some funny photos!

Betcha

Can't tell what these kids have been up to!

Just A Few Random Things

I made this B. Well, I covered it with bookpages. I like how it turned out!
Then there's Boo in the car. What a silly girl. Notice the barbies in their "sleeping bags" on her lap.
Next, a fun evening with Nana and Poppops!

PINTEREST PEOPLE!!!

I'm dying over Pinterest. Seriously don't know why I didn't join long ago when I first heard of it...oh, prob something to do with feeling like I was being pulled in five different directions and not wanting to take the time to learn something new. But, oh! The wonderful works of Pinterest! I am so ecstatic to have a place to organize all those lovely images I come across on the WWW but never can remember where or what exactly. It took Jon leaving and going to Alaska for a week and me being bored enough to paint the stairwell, weed the yard (almost the whole 1/2 acre), make a bazillion cookies, watch four movies (2 of which were with Tonya--what a pal), and run out of books to read before I remembered! PINTEREST! and I'm never looking back.

Barn House Vintage Marketplace

Who wants to go?!?!

An Encouraging Thought

"A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit."
Erasmus

I Wear My Sunglasses at Night

This is the progress on my folks' house! Lookin' good, Dad!
(BTW-this photo was taken at 10pm)

Alaska Fun

Looks like some yummy dungeonous crab, some beautiful property, and some vegging boys.

Off to Alaska!!

Joe flew by himself last week for the first time! He met his two boy cousins (Jayden and Micah) in Seattle and they flew to Alaska to spend two weeks with Papa Mel and Gammie at their property. The house isn't livable yet, so they are all in the fifth wheel for now. So far he's caught a fish, seen a moose, explored an airplane wreckage (from the '50s) and gotten reacquainted with his cousins.

Camping

We took off for the beach for a couple nights last week--love that beach camping! It was beautiful but windy the first two days down at the shore. We had a lot of fun!

Abram's New Look

He would walk around with these goggles on forever (if I let him) and cries when I take them off. What a Goo!