How many sleeps til tennis???

Somebody (looking sporty with a tennis visor and jaunty high ponytail) is wishing for some court time with some curly, short haired lady... who could that be?!?!?!? :)))

Making a Splash!

Our first family swim! Everybody went in and after the initial shock of coolness, the water felt great! It was only a little over 20° but we got used to it quickly. We are loving it so far and it is so much roomier than our other one. Murray's already been in this one more than we ever swam in the old one so that's a good sign!

We've had several days to get in, then a streak of rainy weather but the sun's shining this week! On hot days the girls get off the bus and the first thing they ask is if they can go swimming. It will be a nice way to cool off before bed on those hot muggy nights.

Looking forward to lots of water time this summer!

Fun Summer!

Summertime fun! What are we up to? Why are blog posts so few and far between??? We are enjoying our summer of good weather and seem to be running the roads a lot! We're in the pool on sunny days which has been often. We've been to the beach a few times. The kids have done a vacation bible school, 2 weeks of swimming lessons, a sports camp and Lovey will have some violin camp and the other 2 are hitting crafting camp while Lovey's doing that and then we have VBS at our own church later this summer. We've gone to birthday parties, golf tournaments, camping, and made lots of trips to the library to keep Honey up to date on her various series that she's consuming this summer! We've had a few dog sitting stints and are out for walks often and have been enjoying having a dog in the house again.

We currently have Rudy for his 2nd stay this summer and he'll be back for 2 months in the fall while his owners are away visiting family in the northwest.

We've made jam, had fresh strawberry shortcake, got a garden from a neighbourhood intervention project which I now have to somehow maintain... we've had lots of friends over to play and the girls have been at other houses visiting too.

I've had a few photography clients and have 3 more gigs this month and I'm gaining fans on my business page on facebook! (are you a fan??? c'mon, show me some love!!!) Exciting developments for my little business and looking forward to some high school seniors for the fall!

Needless to say the house is a disaster and I'm not getting nearly enough baking done to Murray's great disappointment! But on the upside, we're having a fabulous summer and enjoying lots of fun activities with friends and making the most of the great weather we've been having.

School's Out for Summer!

We played some Alice Cooper tonight at supper to celebrate the start of summer vacation!

They were all wild with excitement today for the last day and to meet their new teachers for next year. I love that they get to find out BEFORE summer starts and are already familiar with their new classroom and who their classmates will be etc. Lovey is quite sad that Acorn isn't going to be in her class anymore but Honey gets her so we'll still be in touch! There are only 2 classes next year so Lovey & Sweetie are teaming up and Honey stays on her own which is perfectly fine with her!

They had a great year & really enjoyed Grade 2. They all LOVED their teachers and that tells me that they must have been pretty awesome. We have been so blessed to have wonderful teachers who have really taken the girls under their wing and helped them thrive and love school each year. Would it be too much to hope that this streak continues a few more years???

I picked them up today and delivered gifts to their teachers and they were all sad to say goodbye but at the same time, pretty revved up to start their vacation! Unfortunately we had lots of stops and errands to do on the way home and I "wasted" all of their vacation so far!!!  Hopefully I'm not as inconsiderate tomorrow!!!