Eva's visit!

Slightly out of sync here, but better late than never!On the Monday after Shawn and Cynthia's wedding, Eva and MAckenzie ended her Kootenay trip with a little overnight visit to our house! We had so much fun just laughing and reminiscing and taking a dip in the lake, that the time flew by way too quick. Mackenzie hit it off withthe girls and her and Maddie ran around and played from the time they arrived until the kids collapsed into bed after ten o'clock at night! After a day on the beach ( and Eva got up on waterskis by the way!) then an hour or more in the hot-tub, the kids were well baked and done, as were we all !Even Joyce popped out for dinner and some beach time too. We always seem to make it work out in order to visit with whomever is in town!Lynn too... we make a great trio!

Eva and KAleigh after their swim




Moi y Joyce

Kaleigh, MAckenzie and Maddie and Silky in the hot-tub!

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Campfire ban off in our area - We rejoice!

It has been a wonderful couple of weeks that have flown by, having first Kaleigh and Maddie, and now Sonia to fill our lives with more laughs and
excitement than we normally have around here! Sonia got up on water-skis on the first try, yesterday am at 9:00 in the morning. Maddie was the spotter and Emil drove the Boat! Last night we cooked our dinner over the open fire,down at the beach. The campfire ban has been lifted after all of our rain, so it was good to get at least one bonfire in, before they go back home on the week-end.
Lynn came out on Sunday and we all enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner after we spent some quality time at the beach. Not the heat wave of two weeks ago, but still pleasant enough for a swim.
Ok...time for bed...have a good one everyone!


Our first bonfire in a long time...and the dogs were tasty...hot dogs, that is!

Kaleigh and Maddie doing the "Chicken Dance " for us on the dock

Enjoying the weiner roast...It was followed by roasted marshmellows for Schmores!


And then the ducks came...and Maddie introduced them to Graham wafers

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Pre wedding Shots

Mom, Lori, Grandma Phoebe, and Auntie "M.C" Ronda

Sweet sisters , beautiful daughters, Sonia

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Shawn and Cynthia's Wedding

It was a terrific weekend with the whole Shumey Family to see Shawn and beautiful Cynthia get married,including all of our Shumey Nephews and Neices, plus my beautiful daughters and grandaughters. The setting was amaziang and the whole wedding was perfect to a tee. I have more pics to upload, but twice now, they wouldn't upload, so I'll try tomorrow with a new post.Meanwhile I am beyond tired as the fire alarm kept going off about every 45 minutes last night... Either humidity or miniscule flies that had a big hatch last night.
If you are out and about at 1:00 am, look up for the Perseides meteor showers...could be the best one in years. Our sky was fairly cloudy and hour ago, but I'll take another peak before bed.
Nighty night... More on the wedding later...

Lawrence detailing the groom...

The Shumey cousins ... Shawn Von, Annette S., Jamie P. Sonia W. and Chris S.

The Ring Bearer!

Dad walking Cynthia down the aisle

Her dress was a beautiful cream satin

being reminded by the JP to recall what it felt like to hold each others hands at this moment , years down the road

beautiful Cynthia

The flower girls and the ring bearer!

Signing the register

Inside the Seymour Golf and Country club

Shawn and Cynthia with Grandma and Grandpa

The funky cake

Cutting the cake

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Happy Early Birthday to Meeee!

On Sunday, Joyce came out and together, with Lynn, they threw me a fancy early surprise birthday party for my big ( hate to say it) 6-0 coming up this weekend. Joyce was busy icing the delicious chocolate cake that she made, with dream whip and chocolate pudding and when I wasn't peeking , the black balloons went up everywhere! Lynn got the other goodies ready and before I knew it they were singing Happy Birthday to me!
We all toasted to the occasion and enjoyed the cake after I tried to blow out the three candles. Thank-goodness there weren't 60 of them. Thank-you Lynn and Joyce for making my birthday a special one!


To the three Divas!


Lynn thought I needed to go back in time with some old fashioned candy and popcorn... cracker jacks, Nutty club, Jawbreakers and yummy Chicken bones with the funniest being the old Cowboy Bubblegum cigarettes.The Nutty club popcorn ( like Lucky elephant pink popcorn) had the best prize...a nice set of Vampire fangs! The crackerjacks tasted pretty darn good and the chicken bones were the best! Thanks Lynn for that walk down memory lane...and remember those wafer rainbow candies...they used to be about 5 cents a roll.. but I bet not now!




More toasts

Mattie and Abbi join in the festivities



My beautiful gift... amongst many other treats, "Set in Stone" by Eileen Pederson. It is about all the rock walls and the builders of them, in Trail , over the years. I can honestly say that my hand ran over many of those stones,especially on the Look out Street wall over the years . There were many walls that even as a kid, drew our attention as to their detail, size and ingenius placement to hold Trail's hills and roads in place, winter and summer.

The curious thing is that the author is living in Lynn's old house on Neilson Street, and Lynn got to take her own walk down memory lane when she went to visit Eileen. Such a small world!

I've started to read it and already, I am enchanted by the stories and details of the entriguing history of each wall ,when it was built and who built it. The history that has been brought to light is amazing. Thank-you to my two sweet angels in my life... Lynn and Joyce, for making my birthday extra special with the beautiful book and all of your sweet treats! Much appreciated!

I had to laugh as Mattie presented me with his own birthday card and what he called "The Bomb" He dropped a tube of construction paper from the upstairs so it would spill its contents all around me, down below, in the bedroom.Like confetti, various shapes and colours of paper fell out and each had a little Birthday message on it... 6-oh! Happy Birthday...I don't think he said "older than dirt" but there were a few sayings not too far removed... He is such a sweet little guy..and Abbi made sure she signed a cute card for me from her and her brother... It was delightful to have them over for the week-end. Now I can't wait for my own granddaughters to come, in a few weeks.!

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Fun filled Week-end!

Lynn brought her sweet grand kids , Matthew and Abbi, out on Friday nght. First stop...the hot tub! The kids loved it and it was good for the arthritis and aches and pains too!

The hampster wheel before it departed

Sometime just before the hampster wheel was taken down the lake by the instant storm that popped up.

Yep, Just as I suggested that the kids ought to come in a little closer, Abs lost her grip on the hampster wheel and there it started to go...east with the gentle breeze that started up. I swam for it, but could get no closer than three feet to it...for every stroke, my little wave ripple just pushed it further out... Can you say bye-bye?

Sadly we watched it head out on its own adventure. Poor Abs was devastated, but I reminded her that it was far more important that she stay with her brother, like she did.

In the end, Randy and Faye jumped int he canoe and fetched it back, not without some trouble, but by the time we were back home, the storm was under way, and Randy drove up with the Hampster wheel in the back of his truck... Thank-you Randy!

oh-Oh...did someone call for rain?

Blimey, this Limey tastes good! The sun was shining out in front of us!

And then the rains came, so we migrated upstairs for a little painting... Boy oh boy...did it pour rain and a little hail... no worries about a dry lawn or anything.

We all had fun experimenting with watercolours

After a nice dinner, we all descended upon the garde to pick raspberries. The bushes were loaded and we picked three big bowls of them.

Later we had a dish of icecream with raspberries on top,and then we headed outdoors for our schmore roast!

Gotta do what ya gotta do when the campfire ban is on!

Lynn's marshmellow browned up nicely ( mine caught on fire!)

Abbi and her schmore....

A schmore is still pretty tasty ,even if it wasn't made on a campfire

Lynn, commanding the attention of the pooches

"Hmmm. Today, I think I'll choose a floaty that won't blow away..."

Life is good on the beach in HArrop

Matthew just looking as cute as a bug

Abbi with her balancing act

Joyce doing the tour of my garden

So it was a jam packed weekend, but oh so nice to see Lynn's grandkids again. Sadly, they weren't here the same time that Kaleigh and Maddie were, but we still created some fun and I think they had a pretty good week-end! I certainly did! Thanmks Lynn for bringing them out and bringing all of your goodies! I feel like rolly polly tonight!

LAter this afternoon, Joyce and Lynn put on a surprise birthday party for me... I'll tell you all about it when Lynn sends me some photos! Thanks my dear sisters!

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