Back in Nanaimo

We are back at Tracey's in Nanaimo. Had a great time in Port Hardy. looking out the window and seeing the ocean all day long was wonderful. We saw the whale, hunted for treasures on the beach. We also saw the biggest, ugliest slugs in the forest. They are called banana slugs and as Sarah put it, that's their name because they are so "freaking" big. Jeff and Connor left this morning at 5 to go salmon fishing again. We are meeting them in Qualicum beach for lunch. We are back Monday morning, I can't believe how fast time is going.
Paulette, thanks for ordering me the book, you know I would want one for sure. Gayle, Sarah would like the chocolate chip scone recipe she made in family studies. Do you have it at home?
Annie, hang in there the rabbits will go home soon.
Take care everyone

Port Hardy

I am sitting looking out Dianne and Scott's front windows and the view is the ocean. They live right on the beach. It is beautiful. I can't imagine having this too look at every day. We are watching to see if the whale will make his appearance. Jeff and Connor left for salmon fishing on the ocean at 5 am this morning. I opted out of being in a tiny boat out on the water again. We spent Sat on sprout lake with Tracey and Corey, the kids did knee boarding and Jeff tried wake boarding but he could not get out of the water. he tried for over an hour. All that turning around in the boat, I was not feeling very well.so we docked on one of the islands and had a snack. it was a great day. The kids loved being pulled on the tube. Well all the girls are done eating breakfast, so I guess we will go for a walk on the beach.

Has everyone registered for scrapgala yet?? Am I the only one who has not??

Hello from BC

We are having a great time. The girls have grown so much. Jeff just arrived an hour ago. We are going to Sprout Lake tomorrow on the boat. Should be lots of fun. I think I could handle being on vacation full time.

Off to BC!

We are off to BC, early tomorrow morning. We fly out at 625 am. Yikes! Sarah, thought she should sleep in her cloths. I will try and post while we are there. Last night we had book club at Paulette's cottage. What a great time. Great food, fun, laughs and we saw things (two things) we never thought we would see. What a great bunch of women. And Paulette, you were an amazing hostess. If I lived in a house where you cooked, I would be 500lbs. Enjoy the last of our dwindling summer days.

We are at the EX!

So no one is home to blog. It's Lawrencetown ex week, so that means all life outside of that stops and all we do is drive back and forth and spend a fortune on fish and chips from the fireman's canteen. Today is show day which means tension is thick as there is lots to do to the cattle all before 9 am this morning. Jeff and the kids left at 630. I'll follow along later. Poor Sarah nearly had a seizure getting out of bed that early. Her teeth are sore again as she was at the orthodontist on Tues. She is now all hooked up and we don't go back for 7 weeks. Which is apparently Oct 1 and I could not believe we are that close to the fall. Well, I better get ready, I think Myleta is doing a stamp demo today, so I will visit her later. We leave for BC on Wed. Can't wait!

Tuesday Update!

Well, Sarah has the million dollar smile underway. She got them on at 2 this afternoon, I just left both the kids at Annie's for the evening and her mouth is very sore. I feel so bad for her. Wish I could make it not hurt. They said the worst pain would be the first week. She had pasta for supper because you can just swallow it and I'm thinking she is going to be eating a lot of it. Here are a couple of pics of her before and after. Went to Graham's soccer game tonight, the little fart scored 4 goals for me. He really has some good moves. Graham had his own little cheering section. When he scored the third goal you could here him say, "yes! a hat trick!" Here's a pic of our future world cup player.

What have we been up too??

Well, seems like we are busy. Achievement days went well for the kids, despite the warmwether. Cause everyone should show cattle when it is 40'C with the humidex. Both the kids calves are going to Pro show and Sarah was reserve show person in our club. Sarah won photography judging and Connor won beef judging, so they both go to proshow for that. Sarah's picture display also won and is going to pro show. So we had lots of ribbons to bring home. Today we went picking blueberries and raspberries with Annie and Graham. Once again I am really happy they do not weigh you before you go in the berry patch and when you come out. I think it was Connor who said, "eat all you want now, cause they are free while we are picking". Our tripis getting closer and we are all excited about that. We just have to survive Lawrencetown exhibition week. The kids love it, but it is a lotof work and time driving back and forth and food. Thankfully the rides make both of them sick and they are very happy to hang around in the barns the entire time. If you saw Angie's pics of her kids on the rides at Bridgewater, my kids would have been hanging over, throwing up. I have been working on my book club homework. I am almost done using the math cards, I may have to retake my photos, they did not turn out to suit me. I am really missing connecting with the "scrapping family" since 2MF closed. I now realize that was the only reason I ever went to New Minas, because I have not been there since.

I forgot to mention a week or so ago, I got a really nice card in the mail to thank me for having the last book club here, and it was signed "the cry babies" Not necessary, but thanks girls. Tomorrow is a big day, Sarah gets the brackets for her braces put on. She has been chewing gum like crazy to try and get her fill in. She claims all her friends still chew gum with braces, but I informed her as any good mother does "I don't care what everyone else does...blah .....blah" OMG I turned into my mother!! :-) I just worry about her teeth being sore and keeping her eating, because she has no weight to lose. The kids are helping Jeff haul straw tonight. Connor calls it working on his muscles. Enough rambling for now.