Week 1 Highlights

We have 10 weeks of summer vacation and we're trying to make the most of them! Here's a few things we did last week:

2nd Annual Kick-Off Summer Banana Split Dinner

We also gave small gifts to the kids- new sandals, swimsuits, pajamas, toothbrushes, and body puffs.

It was like opening Christmas stockings in June!

Farewell to Friends

Noe went to a goodbye party for her friend Zara who moved to Indonesia, and we all went to the Stevenson's farewell pic nic at Rockcliffe Park. We wish them luck on their next adventures!

Midway Fun

Kaleb and Noe went to their friend, Claire's summer party. They rode go-carts, bumper cars, a mini-train, played mini-golf, went rockclimbing, and played arcade games.

Eclipse

I went with the book club ladies to see Eclipse on opening night. Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Happy 143rd Birthday Canada!

We went down to Parliament Hill to see the visiting Queen Elizabeth II; ate hot dogs, corn on the cob, and strawberry shortcake; and watched the fireworks at Petrie Island.

The Great Outdoors

We went with our friends, the Backstrom's out to Gatineau National Park and hiked all the way around Pink Lake. Afterwards we took the kids to the park so they could cool off in the wading pool.

Happy 234th Birthday America!
We thought about making another run for the border to celebrate in the US, but with Church and Presidency meetings we just stayed home. We had a nice FHE then went on our usual evening stroll through the neighborhood.

*Last week we also had dinner with the Camerons & Martins, I started jogging again, we drove Len to and from work each day, and the kids went swimming a few times with friends. In other words, we had a great week and hope this week is just as good!