Summer Holidays Are Over ...

September 2, 2016

Wow ... where has the summer gone ???

It is the first day of school for Craig ... James and Ella ...

Excited to see them later ... when they arrive for the weekend ...

The Kokanee were ready to be placed in the smoker ...

it will take a few hours to cook thru ...

I decided to prepare a fresh peach crisp for our dessert this evening ...

The dill was dried and ready to be placed into a container ...

The Kokanee took about 7 ½ hours to be fully smoked ...

they sure were tasty once again ...

Looking out my kitchen window ... seeing this beautiful rainbow ...

it was weird watching it rain in the front yard ...

and not in the back yard ...

The rainbow was from one end of the field to the other ...

I'm sure we would be able to find the pot of gold ...

at the end of the rainbow ...

 

Helping Out ...July 12

July 12, 2016

Our grandchildren are always willing to lend a helping hand ...

of course there is usually some fun time included ...

We needed the trailer to help out one of the residents at Joseph Creek Village ...

The kids helped grandpa unload the snow blade for the quad off the trailer ...

and they really enjoyed the ride back down to the house ...

The kids were a big help with moving the dresser and chest of drawers ...

out of the apartment for Liz ...

and helping grandpa tie it down on the trailer ...

Liz was grateful to have the furniture taken away ...

as she no longer needed it ... she was moving to her daughters home ...

It was nice to have this photo opportunity as well ...

Liz will be missed at the Village ...

It seems the new choice of dessert is a banana Sunday with all the fixings ...

and once again ... as it was a messy dessert ... the shirt covering apparel was used ...!!!

After our dinner ... it was time to go for a swim ... hot tub ...

and warm up by the campfire ... roasting marshmallows...!!!

It was a very eventful day ...

 

 

Summer Holidays Begin ...

July 3, 2016

James and Ella were so excited to go swimming ...

they had the pool all to themselves ...

as Craig was with his other grandparents on a canoe trip ...

James loves the hot tub ... taking a few minutes to relax ...

It looks like Ella's goggles were a little tight ... :)

Mitchell and Carter are friends of James and Ella's

they were visiting their Grandma & Grandpa who live in the area ...

with their mom April ...

The kids all go to the same school and Mitchell plays hockey with James ...

They had so much fun ... in and out of the pool and hot tub ...

they only stopped when it was time to have a snack ...

James and Ella continued to play in the pool ...

James finally was able to lay down on the noodles without falling into the water ...

Ella was busy taking some pictures ...

Ummmm ....

I think there was more whipped cream than strawberries ...

I know there were lots of berries cut into the bowl ...

before the whipped cream ...

I have to chuckle with these two ...

they love getting out Grandpas bib ... (it was a Christmas gift years ago) ...

and also our boys bibs from when they were small ...

the only ones I had left were Santa Claus and a Snowman ...

They usually put them on when it is going to be messy meal ...

I just luv it ... !!!

It was a great day playing and visiting with friends ...