July camping in the backyard and my birthday garden gnome Emma picked out

While Naomi went to a friends house for a campfire, Emma and I decided to have our own and set up a tent for the night.  It was a huge success.  She checked out the fire for a bit and "wished upon a star" but was too excited about the tent so we went to bed in there early.

She couldn't sleep because of all the night noises and whenever I looked over at her she was just grinning ear to ear in the dark.  So I ran into the house for an extension cord and her fan and by the time I got back two minutes later she was out. 

When I got home tonight I was greeted by a garden gnome that Emma had picked out for me for my birthday.  I love it, I think it's kinda what I'll look like when I'm old with a crazy huge garden out back with no lawn.

Here are a couple more pics, check out the captions for more info on each photo.  click

July visit to Clearwater and The Pas

         Well we made it back on Friday from a great two weeks at Clearwater Lake. We had good weather, some wind and rain the first weekend but some really hot days by the beach.  Lots of visitors to the cabin.  Aunty Wendy, Marni, Tamara, Merrick and Matthew,  Blair and Leslie and the whole crew plus the O'toole kids (Jesse and Matt) and of course Halle came for a sleepover one night. 

We got mom and dad moved out completely from 254 Head Ave. for good and helped get the cabin ready for semi-permanent summer living (ie:organizing all that extra stuff, hot water running etc...)  Dad and I had a good sauna at Steve and Meg's house (under contruction) with Jade and Blair.  Plus a couple of nights we headed out to Cormorant for an evening of fishing off the bank. A few pontoon boat rides on the SS Minnow thrown in here and there made for a great week.

I have hundreds more pictures on mom and dad's camera that I will upload later this summer that include pontoon boat rides, quad rides and fishing at Cormorant.click here for some pics.