Theatre Camp

The girls went to a local theatre camp for a week and on the last day the children performed an outdoor play. The title of the play "I want to go Home". Piper playing the part of a spaceship mechanic, Lane played the scientist.Sloan played the part of an evil villain. They all received awards at the end of the camp. Piper won "the smallest actor with the loudest voice" she received a gift card and a membership to the City Arts Council. Lane won "most friendly" and Sloan won for "most sportsman like" very hard award to win at a theatre camp!

Summer begins

The fountain in the park filled with soap - we love this prank. It happens a few times a year and I always take a picture.

One I forgot to post of Lucas and Joel using sleeping bags as toboggans and sliding all the way to the bottom of the stair case at Nana and Grandpa's.

This photo of the children lying on the hot asphalt is a game they made up - who can keep most body parts on the hot pavement the longest.

5 cousins chil'in on the front stoop after a great 2 day trip with Grandma to Great Wolf Lodge. So fun we want to join them next year.

Strawberry Season

We went strawberry picking with the neighbors one afternoon. One of the few warm days. Piper enjoying a strawberry.

Lane and Jake hard a work and picked the most berries together.

The Barn

My parents barn - at one time it had chickens, turkeys and even rabbits. Our pet bunny was named Buck Rogers, large and docile. I remember bringing him to Brownies for show and tell. Now the barn acts as a shed and a wonderful back drop to the property.

Clay Hills

We took a little side trip to the Clay hills or Bad Lands as some people know them. The kids can run like crazy here and get dirty.

Badlands is a geologic term for an area of soft rock devoid of vegetation and soil cover that has become molded into a rolling landscape of rounded hills and gullies. Such areas are rare in Ontario. They exhibit the reddish hue of the Queenston Shale that forms them. It is the presence of iron oxide in the shale that accounts for the red colour. The narrow greenish bands that can be seen throughout the shale are due to the change of red iron oxide (iron III) to green iron oxide (iron II) brought on by the circulating groundwater. The relatively soft shale is essentially clay and easily eroded by water

My brother's visit.

My youngest brother Steve and his family - wife, Lena and boys Lucas 8 and Joel 5 arrived June 25th from Malmo Sweden, for a 2 week visit. It has been 8 years since Steve has been home, so the whole family was crazy excited to have them come and to meet the boys. Of course 2 weeks fly by and even faster when you have to share with 4 other siblings and your parents. We have been fortunate enough to have a photographer take family photos (thanks to my parents) host Lucas's 8th birthday on Canada Day, shop, talk visit together, laugh and get to know the boys. Of course their departure is fast approaching and it breaks our hearts to see them go. Thank you for taking the time to come to Canada and for spending your vacation time on us,

Love your family.

texture photos

Two friends sneaking a peek.