Summer Happenings

Can't believe that August is nearly half over!!! I don't know where the time goes. Honestly.

It has been a busy summer. I had a lovely visit with Evan and Marcelle. It was so good to see them and to spend some time with them.
Here Mocha visits with her 'Uncle Evan' who she just loves and can't stay away from whenever he's around.

While Evan and Marcelle were here we had a family barbeque. It was great to see everyone and to partake of all the goodies of a pot luck.

Little Gracen is enjoying a delicious pumpkin square. She's making sure that every crumb gets into her mouth.

Aaron is also enjoying a pumpkin square and making a statement. I forget what he said this was. Rock and roll maybe??

Becky and Jocelyn entertained us with a few songs. Their voices sound so good together.

This is Greg after spending an afternoon at Magic Mountain. Mummy applied sunscreen but I guess with him going in the water a lot, it washed away the stuff under his eyes, so he got a bad sunburn there. This was the day after the outing, so the redness had lessened somewhat. A day or two later it was all gone.

We went to Amherst on August 2nd, to attend the service at the Amherst Wesleyan Church, which Becky and Matt attend. It was a lovely service, though it was hot in the church. Then went back to Beck's for lunch, while the kids went into the pool. Then it was off to the Shinimicas River where Becky, Matt, Gracen and 3 other people were baptized. It was nice and hot there too, but the baptisms were very nice. The river had quite a current in it but it didn't sweep anyone away. Pictures are on Joce's facebook. Then it was back to Beck's where there was more swimming and eating.

This past Saturday, Becky, Michelle, Joce and I attended the craft fair in Victoria Park. It was a lovely day, and there was lots of stuff to see. We all bought something so we had a good trip. Then it was back to Fishers for lunch.

On Sunday, August 9th, Aaron left for Camp Wildwood for the week. He was looking forward to it, and they have lots of activities, swimming, kayaking, games, etc. He'll be back on Friday afternoon. Greg is enjoying his time without his brother. He gets to play what he wants on the computer and Wii, and to watch what he wants on tv. But he'll be glad when Aaron's back.

That's all for now.....

Lots of activity in the last little while. These pictures are from the grandparents birthday party that was held for Greg. Fishers had a BBQ and everyone brought salads, and of course, birthday cake and ice cream.

Aaron looking sweet as usual. Little Freckle Face I call him.

Greg blowing out the candles on his 3rd. birthday cake. Then he opened his gifts, and there was a Treasure Hunt for the last gift. We had done this at Aaron's party and so of course Greg wanted it also. He asked me the day of his party if I'd done up the clues for him, and I wanted it to be a surprise , so I sort of hummed and hawed about it. Then at the party he asked me again and I said wait and see, and he got very upset because he really wanted a Treasure Hunt. I told him that there had to be surprises for a birthday and that he would have a good time. That seemed to appease him, but when he found the first clue, he was really happy. We had 12 clues that had him going upstairs and down, until he found the final gift.

Then after all the excitement of the treasure hunt, there was entertainment. Aaron played a piece on the piano.

Then Greg and Mummy played some duets. Greg wanted to do every song from his piano book, luckily there were only 5 or 6, and they are short, but he and Mummy did a great job and everyone clapped heartily. Aaron didn't want to play a duet so that's why Mummy didn't play with him.

Greg loves to play piano and plays his little songs many times a day, hence I know them all by heart.

Brian's parents celebrated their 50th. wedding anniversary. The family had an open house for them at their church, which was well attended. Brian's brother and family came home from Ontario, so there was lots of family activities that week. On Canada Day they went to St. Martins, which is a lovely spot. Joce has lots of pics on FB.

The boys have started soccer, and they are enjoying it. They're both doing well and while they haven't scored any goals yet, they've eached contributed to some, so that's good for their esteem.

The pool is up and filled with water finally. Takes a while to do that. The water is still quite cold but the boys , once they get used to it, have a great time.

There have also been a few trips to Magic Mountain with friends. They got a bit of a burn yesterday, but they all had fun.

Till next time.....

Aaron and Mocha

A couple of extra pictures, Aaron and all his freckles, so cute and little Miss Mochie.

The third picture is a plaque Joce bought on her recent trip to the states and is now in her kitchen. Very appropriate!

Greg's birthday

Sunday was Greg's official birthday, so there was another party , well, just supper of his choice (pizza) and another cake , a bowling ball and pin.

Then came another round of presents. A scooter from Mum and Dad, Magnetics from Aaron and a new game for the DS from Uncle Evan and Aunt Marcelle, which he is playing in the picture of him on the couch with his DS.

Greg had his friend birthday party on Friday night. It was held at a bowling alley, where the kids bowled and did breakdancing. Who knew it could be done at the same place. Joce has pictures of this on Facebook. Greg was very pleased with all his gifts. One of his favorites was Martian Matters, where you make aliens with something like Play Doh, then their guts with some slimy stuff, then you dissect the guts and everything is slimy and messy. Just perfect for a 7 year old.

Summer Vacation

School ended on Friday at noon. Aaron headed directly for the computer to play games and Greg follwed him, getting as close to Aaron and the computer as he could.

Well isn't this exciting?? My very own blog. Unfortunately there's not too much to report. Jocelyn arrived home last night from her trip, tired, but happy to be home. Greg and I made her a cake, which he really enjoyed as you can see.

He is going on a field trip tomorrow to Magnetic Hill. Hard to believe that school is finished on Friday at noon. Where did the year go???

Aaron had a busy weekend. Friday night was a birthday party, sleepover at Nathan's house. They were up early the next morning as Nathan has a paper route. Then Saturday night another sleepover at Mack's house. They decided to try and stay awake all night. Aaron said they made it to midnight, but after that, he's not sure when they fell asleep. I doubt it was very much past midnight. Whenever it was he was tired when he got home on Sunday, so he napped in the afternoon. Then last night they went to pick up Joce at the bus, and it was 10 o'clock before they got to bed. So today Aaron was dead tired, as all that lack of sleep caught up with him. He stayed home, napped a little, played Wii etc, read and seems to be back up to scratch.

Think that's the news for now. I'm anxious to get back into the garden, but the ground has been quite damp, and there are so many darn mosquitoes, we usually don't have very many, but this year they're all over the place.

Later...