Days of Summer #54

It's been an incredibly long day, with lots of fighting, arguing, crying, timeouts, and this mama is just tired.  But how could I not smile at this moment, where they all played happily together, laughing, giggling together....

Days of Summer #51

Caleb has been attending Conestoga Bible Camp for the past 2 weeks.  Today was the final day, a day where in order to earn points for your team, you could dress up like an Egyptian.  Check out these Pharos!!!

Days of Summer #50

We took the training wheels off, he refused to try and ride his bike.  We put the training wheels back on, he refused to try and ride his bike.  But tonight we gave him no choice.  And all it took was a trip to the school and back to find his confidence and joy of riding!

Days of Summer #48-#49

Little girl sleep overs.  Fun, giggles, dolls, house, bracelet making and more!  These two first fell asleep together, side by side on a crib mattress on the floor, but I didn't get to capture it in pictures.  But I did catch them in their "Fort/bed" they created.

Days of Summer #47

It's so very hot today.  Thankful for kind, generous neighbour's who let us use their pool.

Days of Summer #46

The water was so beautiful on this day.  I didn't want to leave.  We had a fabulous weekend here, I love this park.  Glad we went and now happy to have everything put away in it's place for next summer.  (The boys do have one more trip planned, but they don't need much)

Days of Summer #45

We crammed so much into this one day, that I was so grateful for this moment.  The time we actually could sit down around the fire and relax.  

The day's events consisted of 2 scavenger hunts, learning about reptiles in the park and meeting a water snake, a few hours at the beach, the amazing race which took us almost 2 hours on bikes, cray fishing, and making meals in between.  It doesn't look like much, but the whole day was just go go go.

We went to bed and slept like bears hibernating!

Days of Summer #44

Inverhuron Provincial Park.  Our last camping trip of the season as a family.  Spending it with Steve, Sally, Krista, Brooke and Benji.

Days of Summer #43

Today we spent the morning at the library and was entertained by a great magician.    In the afternoon we visited Dairy Queen and indulged in blizzards for Miracle Treat Day.  Yummy!!

Days of Summer #41

We always look forward to having Mom and Dad over for a visit.  Today we explored the St.Jacob's market.  Afterwards hung out at home and just enjoyed one another.  

Also received a phone all (which is sadly in this day and age is a rare occurance in our house) from a florist wanting to deliver flowers to me!  Such a nice surprise.  I love my Davey.  Had a rough couple of days, and he did this to help make me feel better.  It worked!

Days of Summer #39

Joel has come such a long way this summer, overcoming his fear of water and becoming quite the fish.  This afternoon we spent at The Acre and had the chance to swim in the neighbour's pool.  Joel jumped off the diving board and used the slide countless times.  It's amazing!!

Days of Summer #37

Amberly spent 4 days at Camp Wyoka.  On Friday they had a showcase, and I got the chance to see where they've been hanging out.  I'm so glad we had the opportunity to sign Amberly up, and was thrilled to see the experiences she got to have.

Days of Summer #36

What a blessing friends are.  My good friend Beth had us over for a farm fun filled morning.

Days of Summer #35

Having a routine return which includes having our friends back for the day.  So great to see these little buddies play in the sandbox with monster trucks!

And returning to Katrina and Owen's pool  for a swim.  I'm just amazed at how far Joel has come since July.  He was so afraid of the water, and now he's jumping in the pool, no hesitations!

Days of Summer #33

Spending the day cleaning up after a week of camping!

Days of Summer #26-32

It took a good 3 days of prep work to get ready for our big trip north to Agawa Bay - Lake Superior Provincial Park.  We packed in such a way that everything was ready to go, all we had to do was wake up and crawl into the van.  So at 4:50am on Sunday morning we did just that, and hit the road at 5am.  It took a good 10.5 hours to reach our final destination.  The kids were amazing in the van.  That was such a pleasant surprise.  We pulled into the park around 3:30pm and started right away to get every unloaded and set up, and once that was done, vacation began!  Here are a bunch of moments captured on these days of summer....

Day 26 - arriving safe and sound and swimming in the lake, taking in all the sites!

Day 27 -  new adventure to Bathtub Island, and enjoying the sandy beach all day long.

Day 28 - staying at Agawa, and watching the boys jump from the cliffs into the waters below.  

Amazing how my son's courage took over and how he could do something that I couldn't!

Mmm making pizza in our pie irons!

Day 29 - a trip up to Wawa, for groceries and lunch out, and of course the goose!

Stopping on the way home, for a hike and views of Old Woman Bay.

Day 30 - waking up to a lake full of powerful waves.  Chilly weather.  A visit from Grandma and Grandpa Snyder

Day 31 - hiking the Sand River trail.

Day 32 - Our last full day here.  Enjoyed every last minute we had!

Our journey home was a wet one.  We got up early and packed up in the rain.  Our drive home was a bit longer, took us about 11 hours, and it rained almost the whole way there.  The kids did well again, not as fabulous as on the way up, but still surprisingly well.  Looking at all these pictures makes me miss it terribly, and because it all went so great, we think we may have to go again next year instead of skipping a summer!