While cleaning her room, Savannah found a few stuffed animals she was going to give away. Pumpkin seemed to love the little Webkinz. Pumpkin wrestles and plays with it.
Day 183 - July 2, 2014
Today we went to Clovermead Apiaries...we had a lot of fun and can't wait to go back again.
Day 184 - July 3, 2014
Mark came back from a business trip today and he happened to make a stop at one of my favourite restaurants...Chick-fil-a. Thanks Mark for bringing me a treat home!!
Day 185 - July 4, 2014
So proud of the kids that have been practicing hard for the provincial ball hockey tournament. Wishing the best for Team Fear!
Savannah and Keegan's Team Fear
Savannah and Keegan excited to play on the same team
Alex and Carsten
Hopefully the boys will do a team photo this weekend.
Day 186 - July 5, 2014
Kim and I went with Savannah to the Provincial Ball Hockey tournament in Belleville. The team played hard and had a lot of fun. Savannah was especially excited when she got to play with her cousin Keegan and season line mate, Brandon.
Mark and the boys went to the Provincial Ball Hockey tournament in Kitchener/Waterloo. I didn't get too many pictures as we were away with Savannah. After finishing up on Saturday, we raced from Belleville to catch the boys last game.
Day 187 - July 6, 2014
The garden is starting to produce broccoli :)
Day 188 - July 7, 2014
Lots of rainy and stormy weather today with sunny breaks have produced a nice rainbow..faint but huge.
Day 189 - July 8, 2014
More stormy weather and bright sunshine with rain produced another rainbow appearing...a sign of God's promises :)
Day 190 - July 9, 2014
Alex was pretty excited when the delivery man came to the door today. Alex has been saving his money for a long time to get his very own laptop...he can't wait to start using it.
Day 191 - July 10, 2014
Pumpkin is growing a lot...he's probably twice the size as he was when we got him. I love to pick him up and cuddle him.
Day 192 - July 11, 2014
Carsten and Mark love ribs and they were super excited to go St. Thomas Ribfest...and they enjoyed it. The rest of us loved other food :) It was fun to meet up with Soomin too.
Day 193 - July 12, 2014
We always love our time at Elim...from enjoying nature, spending time with family and friends, playing games, tubing, fishing, youth program, boating, church, volleyball, tennis, skiing, wake boarding, the snackery...it's a great place to be...A picture of my happy place :)
Let the fun begin...tubing :)
Mom & Dad
And a little swimming ...
Day 195 - July 14, 2014
What a full day of youth program, torpedo ball, wake boarding, tubing, and fishing...that's the stuff we got some pictures of.
Carsten giving wake boarding a try again this year...
And Jaelyn's first time wake boarding!
Mom, Jenny and I at our halfway point in our 6 km walk.
Little Fishin' in the evening
Day 196 - July 15, 2014
The first day here Savannah and I fed a chipmunk by hand and by Tuesday he seemed to be my dad's little friend. He hand fed Chippy and then Chippy made himself right at home. He climbed Dad's leg and sat in the bowl of peanuts on his lap.
Alex's Bass
Day 197 - July 16, 2014
Lots more fun with bocce ball, puzzles, volleyball and the triathlon for the younger kids...and the kids couldn't help but love to dig into the last of the Kawartha Dairy ice cream.
Triathlon athletes
Day 198 - July 17, 2014
A trip to Bobcaygeon was in order but after getting back, we headed out for lots of tubing fun...
Day 199 - July 18, 2014
Lots more tubing and an afternoon at the beach was in order for today.
Day 200 - July 19, 2014
Lots of board and card games after program today. Apples to Apples is always a lot of fun. Carsten who has been nursing a sore shoulder went to ER to get it checked out...He came back with a sling and a AC sprain from tubing and ending up on the bottom of the pile of tubers. A sleepover with Cailyn, Abby and Maya ended the day.
Day 201 - July 20, 2014
I didn't really take pictures today but we enjoyed hearing Rev. Benji Devadason at church today. I think I have enough pictures though for the two weeks we were at Elim. I found a picture of the chapel and will just use this.
Day 202 - July 21, 2014
Skiing, wake boarding, tubing and beach time were a big part of today. We ended the day with a fishing trip.
My Dad water skiing
Derek skiing
Alex wake boarding
Jared's Bass
Day 203 - July 22, 2014
Off to the Flea Market today to pickup the PJs for Savannah and her doll. After youth program was done we tubed out to the rope and the sandbar. We had a campfire with smores and another sleepover with Ava, Jaelyn, Addison and Savannah.
Day 204 - July 23, 2014
Quadramarathon for the big kids today...Brian Roffel swam, Brian Koomans and I canoed, Alex biked and a friend from youth ran. We came in 2nd place behind 1st place by a few seconds.
Day 205 - July 24, 2014
Started the day with the beautiful sunrise over the lake...I never really tire of this view. I love playing shuffleboard with my parents too and today was the day we got to do that.
Day 206 - July 25, 2014
We enjoyed a couple visitors today and got a few pictures of Kelly Grace...she is an absolute dream baby. I also loved the heron at the end of the dock. Two flew right by our cottage but by the time I got the camera out, I got a picture of the one.
Day 207 - July 26, 2014
It's a little sad when we leave Elim and head home. I love the time spent with friends and family for a time of spiritual and physical refreshment. On the way home Mark thought it would be nice to stop at the American Girl store in Toronto because Savannah has been saving her money...she was thrilled to get the wheelchair for her doll.
Day 208 - July 27, 2014
It's good to be back home...we checked the garden and we were happy to find a few veggies to eat.
Day 209 - July 28, 2014
Enjoying a cuddle with Savannah...she loves to cuddle and watch baseball games with me.
Day 210 - July 29, 2014
Mark thought that Pumpkin needed something to occupy his time...so he downloaded a game for him on the iPad.
Day 211 - July 30, 2014
We were happy to join some of our cousins for some time at the Children's Museum with a late lunch at Opa and Oma's house.
Day 212 - July 31, 2014
Garage Sales have been fun lately...what will we find tomorrow? I have been finding some great Build-a-Bear stuff lately.
