The end of July -- already? It's going so fast.
Jason has had his first encounter with Canoe Cove Christian Camp. He loved it. He camped from July 13-16th. It really helped that Nicolle and I were helpers in the kitchen all week. He didn't have a chance to miss us. Daddy did though. It sure was tiring being there all week. Last year, I only worked Tuesdays and Fridays. I had days inbetween to recuperate. :) I'm getting old.
Nicolle goes to camp tomorrow. Her 6th year being there. I'll be in the kitchen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I want to thank Mom, Alice and Elisabeth for taking a turn looking after Jason for a day so I can do this work for my God. I so enjoy Canoe Cove and all it does for the children and I am blessed to be able to help out in this way (thanks to my family who are so willing to help me).
Nicolle gets home on Friday night. Saturday will be spent doing laundry, etc. and repacking. We're leaving on Sunday for our family vacation in Ontario. Marten and I have been googling some fun sites to visit and we're excited to go. We'll be visiting with Tetcy's on Monday and Tuesday. We'll visit the African Lion Zoo on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we'll travel to Niagara Falls. We'll be staying with my cousin Patsy for 3 nights. We're looking forward to a family BBQ; Marten's going to work one day with Adrian; and we'll do the 'touristy' stuff around Niagara Falls. We decided to travel through the states on the way home. We're looking forward to doing the 4 Natural Wonders of NY: Howe Caverns, High Falls Gorge, Ausable Chasm and the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves. Marten has even talked me into rafting. Yikes! We'll have to take pictures for sure.
Once we get home, I'll feel old and tired so I might as well have a birthday to celebrate that fact. :) ha, ha.
Then, it's into VBS preparation week for our POWER LAB VBS on Aug 25-29. How fun!
I'll post more after our vacation and I'll include some pics.
Love to all!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Happy Canada Day!
Hope you all had a great 'mini vacation' on Canada Day! We had a real great family day. It started off with a sleep-in. Sigh, gotta love that! Mmmmm, I love my bed. :) Then we got in the Camaro and headed to Cap Egmont where the bottle houses are. So neat! It's even in the books "Ripley's Believe It Or Not " and "100 Things To Do Before You Die".
(Here are some pictures: Marten in the Tavern. Nicolle 'getting drunk' in the Tavern. Jason and Nicolle in the chapel. Karen and Marten at the back of the 6 gabled house.)
Then we went to Sandspit for 2 hours. Oh my, I was hot. It said it was 29 outside but I think the pit was hotter. I was getting ready to have Marten shave my hair off just to get it off my neck. Oh well, the kids had a blast (all 3 of them) :). The only thing I did was the mini golf. I'm not one for rides but it's fun watching them have so much fun.
We had supper at Subway in Cavendish and then splurged on Cow's icecream. Almost $20 for the 4 of us. Yikes! We'll go home next time for icecream.
By the time we got home, it was 9ish. The kids vegged on the couch for a while until it was time for the fireworks. As usual, we went down to the farm but we were joined this year by Tineke and kids, Klaas and Alice and kids, and Alice's brother and family. It was great fun! The fireworks lasted longer this year (almost half an hour). So the kids didn't get in bed til 11 pm but did they sleep in the next morning? .... nope!
Marten continued his little vacation by taking Wednesday off to work on the zip line he's making for the kids. Wow. I think it's 130 feet long. Quite impressive. It's going to be so much fun when it's done. He seeded in grass seed today and he probably has another day needed to finish. Tomorrow, he and David are going over to Carl's for a 4 wheeling trip. He's very excited.
Nicolle and I spent the day at Canoe Cove Christian Camp learning the rules for the new kitchen. We're both working for the Gr2-3 camp (July 13-16) and then I'll be there again at the Gr6-7 camp. So much work but VERY rewarding.
Jason spent the day at Elisabeth's playing with Caleb (Thanks Elisabeth!). Damaris and Caleb are going to come over on Saturday to show us their new and improved swimming skills.
So, that's our exciting week. Hope you are all having as much fun. Love to all, Karen and gang
(Here are some pictures: Marten in the Tavern. Nicolle 'getting drunk' in the Tavern. Jason and Nicolle in the chapel. Karen and Marten at the back of the 6 gabled house.)
Then we went to Sandspit for 2 hours. Oh my, I was hot. It said it was 29 outside but I think the pit was hotter. I was getting ready to have Marten shave my hair off just to get it off my neck. Oh well, the kids had a blast (all 3 of them) :). The only thing I did was the mini golf. I'm not one for rides but it's fun watching them have so much fun.
We had supper at Subway in Cavendish and then splurged on Cow's icecream. Almost $20 for the 4 of us. Yikes! We'll go home next time for icecream.
By the time we got home, it was 9ish. The kids vegged on the couch for a while until it was time for the fireworks. As usual, we went down to the farm but we were joined this year by Tineke and kids, Klaas and Alice and kids, and Alice's brother and family. It was great fun! The fireworks lasted longer this year (almost half an hour). So the kids didn't get in bed til 11 pm but did they sleep in the next morning? .... nope!
Marten continued his little vacation by taking Wednesday off to work on the zip line he's making for the kids. Wow. I think it's 130 feet long. Quite impressive. It's going to be so much fun when it's done. He seeded in grass seed today and he probably has another day needed to finish. Tomorrow, he and David are going over to Carl's for a 4 wheeling trip. He's very excited.
Nicolle and I spent the day at Canoe Cove Christian Camp learning the rules for the new kitchen. We're both working for the Gr2-3 camp (July 13-16) and then I'll be there again at the Gr6-7 camp. So much work but VERY rewarding.
Jason spent the day at Elisabeth's playing with Caleb (Thanks Elisabeth!). Damaris and Caleb are going to come over on Saturday to show us their new and improved swimming skills.
So, that's our exciting week. Hope you are all having as much fun. Love to all, Karen and gang
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