Oh Susannah........

Our Sunday evening....................

We spent the early evening in the basement eating junk and watching Cheaper By The Dozen 2 with the kids........it was a good movie and made us want to find a little cottage somewhere for holidays......but the only one we saw we liked for sale on MLS was almost a million so I guess we won't be doing that!

After the movie we headed outside to see if the storm was going to reach us...seems to have gone just south of us sadly...we went out into the lane and Lloyd cut down all the branches that were in the way of me seeing if cars are coming up the road when I pull out of the driveway...he also pruned the base of the apple tree and we hunted in a big hole for spiders...an amazing web witha weird hole was in it.........yuck!

The younger three came down with us and wanted to pose for the camera...some days they are such posers.......except for Sam who rarely agrees to look at the camera! The boys were too tired from their sleepover so they stayed inside......

Lloyd started tearing down the barn roof...and our neighbour came over to check Chris's availability for feeding their dogs when they go away.......she apologised for the noise at the party the other week!

Sam is FILTHY DIRTY in these pictures.....covered in chocolate and fruity sweets and cookie and watermelon and juice and dirty water from the slip and slide...but he's so happy just to be outside so who cares :) sometimes I get the best pictures when the kids haven't brushed their hair or worn clean clothes......

A picture of me!

This is me today......enjoying the sunshine without a glimmer of sweat..........I always look this glam......I am Supermom.......I am perfect!

turning things upside down.....

Fruitful harvest

Apart from our rhubarb and raspberries we have three (yes THREE!!) apples growing on our apple tree!!! And we also have these berries growing on a huge bush behind our house......no idea what they are.......anyone??????? Blackcurrants?

And we found this chysalis attached to the bush too! How wonderful!

Sam in the sand.....

Sam loved playing on Astotin beach last night...and also loved the swing!!!

My beautiful Daughter.....

Susannah.......

Lake scenes from Elk........

swing time

Abigail loves to swing........I remember when she taught herself to swing at the old house...a year or two ago...she was sooooo determined to learn to swing by herself that she spent days doing just that! Now she is a fab swinger.......

She was just the same when it came to skipping....she would practice and practice with her skipping rope until she could do it well.....

Abigail is so determined...if there is something she wants to learn she will keep trying until she gets it! She's the perfect unschooler lol! Very self motivated and determined :)

My beauty

I love this natural pose of Abigail...she was on the swing at Elk island and the wind is blowing her hair as she swings...It's slightly blurry because she was swinging so fast and was talking constantly but I'm happy with it :) Abigail is growing up so fast.......

Sprinkler fun......

The girls have been using the big pool as a slip and slide to cool off in the heat...we have the sprinkler going too and thye have been having a lot of fun out there......Rosie our puppy has found that diving into the pond a few times a day is a great way to cool off......unfortunately she then likes to get on the slip and slide too....which isn't a problem when she is clean lol......good job we have the hose to hose down the slip and slide afterwards...we keep hosing down the dogs with nice cold water to keep them cool.......Amber isn't keen but Rosie loves it.