Life is Sweet

Jul 20, 2009

snapshots of me with my younger two!!!

On saturday we spent the day at Coal Lake. We had never been before so we decided to try out both North and South Coal Lake to see what was what. We much preferred the North end which is very scenic and a lovely place to picnic and take a boat out - but we took the kayak out at the South end too and stayed there for a while - had a walk and a snack there etc.....

There were quite a few boaters and fishermen there that day but not many were catching anything - they said it was too hot (28c). Only one boat came back with a huge Pike while we were there and we got to see that!! In the process though they had lost part of there boat because the lake is so shallow and their engine was actually IN their boat OOPS!!!!

Lloyd took the rods out in the kayak for a while with the kids and they had fun trying but nothing got caught - I enjoyed sitting and reading and Abigail was happily painting lakeside!!!

Cheesecake makers....

Abigail and Susannah both made a cheesecake each - Susannah made an Oreo cheesecake and Abigail made a plain cheesecake...Sam sat at the island eating strawberries and watched!!! :)

Waffles for lunch....

Waffles for lunch and A Taste of Edmonton for dinner.....Hhhmmm not exactly a healthy food kinda day ;)

The Foamerator!!!

Today we have been very 'crafty' here at home...and one of the crafts we've been doing is making 'foamerators'!!! this is a craft from this months Family Fun magazine!!! It's an empty water bottle (with the lid removed). Cut the bottom off. You then cut a circle of face cloth/ towel and pop it over the cut off bottom and hold it it place with an elastic band. Dampen it with water and then dip it gently into a shallow bowl of dish soap. Blow through the neck of the bottle and you will make long snakes of foamy bubbles :)

Best NOT on a windy day lol as it wasn't so easy today lol but it WAS lots of fun!!!!! :) We've kept our circles of flannel to reuse on another day as we really enjoyed our foamerators!!! :)

Jul 19, 2009

Sardines??????

Oh my mistake!!!! They're horses!!!!! ;)

Family BBQ....turned supper in the lodge!!!!

It rained this afternoon and so the ground was too wet for them to have the family supper outside - so everyone ate in the lodge at the camp - it was nice to have a good look around and to see where Susie and Laurie eat their meals - where the gym is and where they spend any days when it's raining too hard to be outside.

As you can see, Laurie has got to the age where he does not like to have his picture taken!!! Sigh......I hope it's a while before Susannah gets to that age!!!!

Off to camp!!!!

Laurence headed off to Summer camp today! He is in the same cabin as last year but has a different leader. He was one of the first in so got to choose his bed and has a top bunk. He is in the teen cap which is different to Susannahs camp and is for kids aged 12 - 16. It is called the 'Get a Grip' camp and means he will spend much of the week zip lining and on the repelling wall etc - although he will still do some trail riding on the horses etc. His week doesn't have a 'theme' as such but they do have a special night where they have a 'semi-formal' party!! They aren't allowed to take any electrical gadgets like MP3 players or DS's etc etc which I think is a great idea - and no candy or money - but they do each get $2 worth of 'tuck' each day which they earn through keeping their cabin tidy. The rest of the food served there is fairly healthy with no other snacks as such so it ends up not being too bad I guess. They are being very active during the week and the whole point of the week is to have fun :) I just don't worry about it - it's only a few days!!

Susannah on Rocky...

Susie showing us her horse riding skills on Rocky. He was a small pony BUT she was given him to ride purposely because she has quite good riding skills already and he is a STUBBORN horse and they felt she would be good at handling him - at first she didn't want to ride him because he was difficult to ride despite being small but she learned through the week how to handle him and by the end of the week - and the rodeo - she handled him REALLY well and she did GREAT!!! Well done Susannah!!!! :)