218/365 Not Having Fun

Swimming lessons this week and they are outdoors in a non heated pool. It has been a rather cloudy, coolish and windy week so far and, well lets just say shivering in a pool for 45 minutes has not been fun.

 217/365 Cucumber

Picking 3-4 of these every day. 

 216/365 Hibiscus Fog.

It is a London Fog but instead of Earl Grey, herbal Hibiscus. 

We went out for breakfast at Pine Ridge Hollow. 

 215/365 Grandmas Helper 

She really wanted to help peel the veggies but they were a little too hard to resist. I am okay with that, LOL

 214/365 Colourful Cat

These people who do the faceprinting really amaze me. It was a shame to have to take it off to go swimming....

 213/365 Family

We went to family days at Pineridge Hallow. Feeding the goat and the bouncy castle were the highlights but at supper the kids still said the best part of the day was swimming in the pool. :) 

 212/365 Purple Coneflower

 211/365 Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to our son Mark. So proud of the kind, hard working, loving and Godly example he is to his three kids. 

 210/365 Cooling off! 

 209/365 Hair Cut

Jesse lets Grandma cut his hair. He likes visiting her "salon", but he giggles and moves a whole lot! 

 208/365 Calla Lily

 207/365 Beans

There are soooo many of them!! 

 206/365 Hydrangea

 205/365 Mango Chutney Making Kind a Day

 204/365 Golfer

Emma quite enjoys mini golf and she enjoys posing for Grandmas camera even more! 

 203/365 Tinker Town 

Jesse got a hole in one!! 

 202/365  Pottery

Our next creative adventure, today we made candle holders from clay. 

 201/365 Jesse

He is such a ham!!

 200/365 Miss Emma

She now lets me photograph her. :) 

 199/365 Lucy

Love her red hair! 

 198/365 Bookmarks

They arrived with their library books and scraps of paper marking their spot in the chapter. Well, we had to remedy that!! A little water colour paint and the laminator did the trick.  

...we also set up the studio!

 197/365 Breakfast

French toast muffins with Nutella in the centre, whipped cream and strawberries. Our new breakfast fav....although grandpa pancakes will likely remain #1. 

 196/365 Todays Art Project

It involved water colour paints, glue and a lot of salt. 

 195/365 Cooling Off

 194/365 Children's Encyclopedia

These moments bring me great joy. 

 193/365 Pool Time

Great times in the pool with 2nd cousins on a very hot and humid day! 

 192/365 Ta Da!! 

Finished! He did it all by himself.

 191/365 Calla Lily

My Calla Lily bloomed!! 

Last year no blooms - probably d/t 5 days in a hot moving truck and late watering. As well,  I did not realize how little sun they would get at the front of the house. This year they get great sun by the pool.  I am so happy to see the trumpets appear. There are five right now. 

 190/365 Kinetic Sand

Always good for an hour of fun. 

 189/365 Hours of Fun! 

 188/365 Emma ~ I see you Gramma

 187/365 Happy Summer

Lucy was here for the day and we painted. We put together some lego, played "Go Fish", and spent two  hours in the pool too! ...and ate blueberries...and potato chips.

 186/365 It stopped Raining

So we spent the afternoon stocking up on Vit D...and risking my cell phone over 8' of water.

Thankful for beautiful summer days like today. 

 185/365 Cowboy Jesse

Having fun with AI. Have to stop by the thrift store and pick up some cowboy stuff for Jesse. 

 184/365 Studio

Five of the grand daughter have been photographed in this little pilgrims outfit we picked up in Plymouth many years ago. With the move, the studio has been in all packaged up and it has been well over a year since I set it up. I miss my big studio in Saskatoon but it was time to photograph Lucy in the outfit before she outgrew it so we set it up yesterday in the kids playroom. It was tight and it was a challenge to get the light right, but we got the shot..... and a whole lot more fun shots. I forgot how much fun it is to photograph the kids in studio - and they LOVE it. We had a FaceTime call from the Texas gang while shooting and they all expressed how much they miss our times in the studio capturing fun poses. 

 183/365 Scum

We taught the kids how to play Scum/President.

 182/365 Happy Canada Day

 181/365 Tempura

 180/365 Sooke Harbour

Quick trip to Sooke this weekend to see the grandkids.

 179/365 His Happy Place

...until the mosquitoes arrived en masse.

 178/365 Watergun to the face

Some dad's take it all! 

 177/365 Happy Birthday Jesse

Our sweet Jesse boy is 6! What a blessing to be able to celebrate with him and his family! 

 176/365 Sleepover

We painted, did lego and made root beer floats.

 175/365 Coleus Planter

 174/365 Rain Rain Rain

 173/365 Creating Wonderful Memories

Our backyard has been very, very busy. We had five kids in the pool for swimming lessons today. 

 172/365 Happy Father's Day

To the hardest working dad in the world who is adored by his three children. 

 171/375 The birthday Party

And those amazing cakes their Mom makes. 

 170/365 Lucy

Happy 8th Birthday Lucy! Our spirited red head, gymnast,  swimmer, reader, speller extraordinaire, caring older sister is growing up. 

Her new swimming mask was a hit! So was the lego and the new balance beam. Life is grand! 

 169/365 That's a wrap

Last day of soccer and they got their medals!