Friday, July 20, 2018

a photo-heavy summer update

The first few weeks of summer have been good to us. We've spent quite a few days staycationing in London, enjoying pools, parks, splash pads and our own back yard, but the highlight of the summer so far would have the be the cottage. We met up with Erin and Fred and family in B-ville for a few days before continuing on to the cottage where days were filled with swimming, fishing, boating and relaxing... it was amazing (as always)! If I were more on top of writing this blog I'd be able to give more details about the day to day (maybe a family update post should come soon), but some noteworthy news of the last two weeks includes:

  • We spent Canada Day at a friend's pool where Jordan discovered he has no fear of water or sinking and the two bigs spent six hours in the water. This means we are on major high alert around water and equip Jordan with a life jacket pronto!
  • Our house hunt continues and despite some better clarity on where we might want to be... we still don't know. 
  • We bought a bike trailer and have been out on a few family rides - it's amazing! Both bigs are envious of Jordan; they want to be towed around in comfort too!
  • Plans for the fall might include me going to teacher's college (more school = !!!) ... stay tuned.
  • Steve is being inducted into the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame - !! The ceremony is in October but he found out relatively recently. This is a big deal, and I'm so excited to celebrate him in the fall at the ceremony. Yay!
There must be more but I'll leave you with some photos and I will TRY to post more often. Now that I'm not working all day I know I can do a better job of posting and exercising - I might have to register for a race or event to hold myself accountable. We'll see... Until next time!

the dinosaur books resurface - and everyone gets along!

beautiful weather at the cottage!

cousins

we had to go to Watson's...

people must be eating dessert :)

H on deck at baseball - only a few weeks left... he's loved it!

hair salon

touching a wooly mammoth tooth at the children's museum this morning

we went to Rock Glen Falls in Arkona yesterday and had a great time (a few more photos below); Steve and the bigs scrambled down the creek in and out of the water, sat under one of several waterfalls - and we found fossils! 




Owl Diaries is Alana's favourite series... she's beginning her foray into chapter books - sharing the love with J!

a cottage pic - everyone on the boat! (I need to print this one)




ice cream!!