181/365 Meatballs

David and I spent most of the day shopping and cooking in preparation for family coming home tonight. We are very excited to hug these grand girls  and spaghetti and meatballs is a favourite on their dinner list.
The fridge and freezer are full and the craft table overflowing.

180/365 Happy Girl

Someone was easy to please this evening. The three girls were over and we spent most of the evening outside - the girls on their new scooters and Isla in her stroller or at the park. She loves the swing.

179/365 Scooters

It was kind of like Christmas around our house this morning. Grandma and Grandpa indulged the girls in a couple of cool scooters that arrived this morning and were put together in no time.
They were pretty tickled pink. The excitement was contagious!
With the other grand girls arriving this weekend and a km of open paved pathway behind our house, I think they will be used quite a bit this summer.
The wheels light up too!

178/365 Renee

My last Graduate of the season was today. Renee is beautiful, intelligent and a whole lot of fun.
Wishing you all the best Renee as you head down to Waterloo to study physics.

177/365 Supper is ready

Saw this busy spider preparing supper on my deck and decided this was definitely a macro lens shot. :)  I find this so fascinating.

176/365 Love

Crystal and Cam are getting Married!!!
Super fun couple and I get to spend their wedding day with them. :)

175/365 Kasia

Another Beautiful Graduate.
Very busy with Grad season.

174/365 Beautiful Graduates

I had a very busy day with my camera and have only just now uploaded all the photos, so I will just give you this close up of this stunningly gorgeous graduate for today's 365. I love to capture all the beautiful details that make up their perfect graduation celebration.

173/365 I Love Being a Grandma

I seem to enjoy school outings way more as a Grandma then I did as a Mom, but then I am not hauling three other children with me.
The look on Eva's face when she saw I had come to the pool for her school outing was all I needed to make my day!

172/365 Where's Eva??????

It was bedlam!! I am glad I went along to Eva's school outing to the pool. How can you possibly watch all these kids?? I kept my eye on her but "lost" her a couple of times.
And noisy!
They had a blast!

171/365 Ashley

I do love this time of year when I get to spend time with these stunningly beautiful graduates.
Congratulations Ashley - all the best int U of Victoria

170/365 Painting Easel

It's a hit! The other side is a chalk board. I think all these grand girls are going to love this new addition to our craft centre.

169/365 Canon Girl

Yes a girl after my own heart, she's a Canon girl. :)

168/365 Stretching

Just Isla and Grandma this afternoon. We had lots of fun and spent some time playing catch - which also happens to be stretching exercises and sitting practice - but for Isla it is just a fun game of catch with Grandma.

167/365 Ashley

This beautiful young lady is heading to Victoria, B.C. for University this fall.
Congratulations Ashley on graduating from grade 12. I wish you all the best in beautiful Victoria. It has been a real blessing to photograph you over the past 8 years and watch you grow into a very talented and beautiful young woman.

166/365 Ninebark

The Ninebark bush is full of blooms.

165/365 Morden Centennial Rose

Called Pink Hardy, this rose bush is the only one of the three roses planted last fall to survive the winter. I will be on the look out for a couple more to replace the lost ones because this rose is gorgeous and there are quite a few more blooms coming.

164/365 Isla Rose

I got to spend time with my precious Isla Rose this morning. Our little miracle.

163/365 Crafts

I picked this paint/colouring supply turntable with my 50% off coupon at Michaels today. It really cleans up the girls craft table. They love spending time here.
Let's hope it stays relatively organized so all the pens and brushes can be found. :) I bought a new pad of sketching paper too. Our bird house kits arrived  and we will get those done when the cousins arrive in July! And I now have all the ingredients for Mermaid Slime with loads of glitter!
Loving retirement!

162/365 Family

Paul is  home! Only for a day but we are squeezing in every bit of visiting we can. :)

161/365 Mouse

Me: Awe, look! Isn't he cute?
David: NO he isn't. He is a dirty rodent.

Yeah, I guess he is. That cardboard house I made for the girls is headed for recycle right now along with some mouse poop. Sorry Girls.

160/365 Breakfast

Grandpa Pancakes on the deck! What a great way to start the weekend.

159/365 Biking

It's the first thing they ask to do when they get to G&G's after school.
We made pizzas together too but I forgot to take a photos.

158/365 Sedum - Autumn Charm

Landscapers planted this last fall. I think it is Sedum

157/365 Haircuts

These two made a trip to the "Salon" today as Norah put it.

156/365 Dinner Guest

Miss Eva came over after school for strawberry milkshakes and 5 more chapters of Nancy Drew. She didn't want to leave so she joined us for a 2 km walk but on her bicycle and supper on the deck. And a puzzle - we finished a puzzle. It was time for one on one with G&G.

155/365 Rainbow

We had some pretty remarkable skies most of today as several thunderstorms rolled in and then left a rainbow behind.

154/365 Potentilla

First bloom of 2018 on the potentilla I planted last year.
This is the first time in my life I have started a garden from scratch. And it is a big garden.
It is also the fist time I have had to deal with rabbits and deer. I will keep plugging away and hopefully in five years I will have something beautiful. :)

153/365 Sunset

It was a nice one tonight.
I also appreciated that the wind was giving us a bit of a break this evening.

152/365 Jolly!

It was so good to see Isla using her legs, and laughing tonight after 4 days of a low fever and needing a lot of cuddles. I think she is on the mend.
Grandma and Grandpa survived Friday evening babysitting of three busy girls.