Wednesday, August 31, 2016

August fun

Civic Holiday 

what sweet, encouraging ladies 



 Fun outing with sis Chris to visit long time friend Lori who recently moved to St. C


                                  Then on to M&R's lovely place. Met Betty & kids there too


                                  So good to see Herm & Lisa and family again!



                                Catching up with former pastor's wife and longtime friend, Cher,
 at church



Fun with kiddos

A new man appeared on the scene :)
and treated me to a picnic lunch at the Lakeshore beach with Hero's Certified Grass-fed beef burgers


Jay was impressed enough to come back 1 week later 
while we were babysitting kids while R&S were chaperoning at Camp Tamarak.

Bethany and David helped run the Woodland Diner 

Dad&Mom joined us for a real treat!

The menu was concocted by Joseph earlier and 
featured tempting Entrees like:

Rotten Log with Caterpillar Spread
Porcupine Stew
Scarlet Worms on a Bed of PosonIvy
and 
Appetizers: Grubs in Pine Sap,  Mini Seeedy Saucers

... you get the picture! Fortunately for us, the cook had run out of all those interesting, woodsy ingredients and so had to use regular veggies and meats for the meal - and it was still quite delicious -Unfortunately our enthusiastic, giggly waitress flipped our guest's food right off the plate on to the moss below and when Tia wouldn't even eat it, he wondered if perhaps some poison ivy or rotten log was found after all and,tho he was a woodsy man, he lost much of his appetite  ;)  
However, to the delight of the kids, he was a great sport and praised them highly for their cheerful  efforts 




Our dinner date at the Forage - home-cooked, excellent gourmet food



Exciting times!

Saturday, July 02, 2016

Canada Day at M&R


Maurice & Rachel invited the family plus Lori & Ron's family for an afternoon at the beach and a BBQ at their place afterwards!  Really nice!








Thursday, June 09, 2016

Elly's 75th with her cousins


Her cousins came to help celebrate on the special birthday

                                                        Silvia,  Mom,    Adrie, Mary      (Terry & Lena)








Tuesday, June 07, 2016

More of Mom's 75th with family

                                          Praise the Lord for 75 years of life given to Mom!
                                                           We thank the Lord for her!
                                                   
                                                           4 generations - what a blessing!
                                                                 
                                                                    3 daughters

Mom and her 5 ladies




                Mom broke tradition and gave presents herself to a number of kids and GKids
                      including this beautiful dolls dress for Bethany (matches Joanna's)

We ended the lovely day with a beautiful Strings Chamber Concert in which Maria, Andrew and Bethany performed! 
Wow!

Monday, June 06, 2016

Kittens

While we were celebrating Oma's birthday in Brampton, our cat Taffy was busy having kittens. :)  She is such a good mother!  We all find it so amazing how animals have this incredible God-given instinct to know exactly how to care for their little ones.
The 1st two are when they are a day old, the 2nd two at 2 days old.





Mom's 75th


Just some pictures from Mom's 75th birthday party at Ralph & Sharon's lovely home,
 and on our walk around the nearby Professor's Lake.