Away

How is it that I blog, promise myself to blog again soon, and find it almost a month later? Time slips away, like sand through my fingers...the harder I try to hang on, the faster it goes, and the harder I try...

We try to plan this trip for the 1st day of school, but we put it off this year a bit. As we packed and readied, it felt so much more the end of summer then ever before.

Summer 2009

September 2013

September 2013 - Its so clear here they are growing up FAST!

(I feel a yearly tradition coming on)

It was a fantastic trip! Family fun, family memories, confidence building, and life lesson building. 

It felt all to soon that the trip was coming to the end and it was time to go.

A few things to remember

• Klara would say ``Can I go out on the deck?" We would say yes, and she did, she went out on the deck numerous times just to hang out. (I think she liked the sliding glass door.)
• Angelina and I did all the slides! Vortex and Niagara Rapids for the 1st time. (Vortex being the favorite)
• Goran and the kids went down the Wooly  Mammoth!
• Bryan went on the bigger slides by himself and with me! I always think he's so little, but he seemed so big...
• Grace although apprehensive, went on a few bigger slides and had a great time! 
• The girls were right in the wave pool! 
• Sam was content and happy in the water, with Goran or myself. 

we always end the trip with a walk on the falls and a few pictures :)

The Great Wolf Lodge wolf ears were a last minute surprise. Totally sending in this to win something.

I'm going to be updating in the next week with pics and trips over the last bit of summer. We went to the cottage, and family camping...I've gotta get those pics in here!

Stay tuned for tomorrow, a super sweet pic for '{this moment} Friday'. We've had a new arrival I'm excited to introduce.

{these moments} In My Garden - Exhale

{these moments} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Inspired by SouleMama. 

this moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

 

 Inspired by SouleMama. 

{this moment}

This moment, smartphone edition

Saturday Blessings

Sun shining, kids swimming, the breeze pillows the laundry on the line. Its going to be a wind dried smell in those sheets tonight :)

Baby playing, talking to his 'friend' and he goes over, again and again.

sam talking to graces baby. he was smiling, and cooing....i think he finally got disappointed in lack of response ;)

*sigh*

I can't believe it.

This giant plant takes over the garden. After 2 very disappointing years, Ill take it! This giant thing, everywhere, that just keeps growing.

The potential makes me smile.

i really hope they aren't eating those things?

The day draws to close, and supper in eaten by the happy, chattering 5. Even Sam sits amidst on Angelina's lap, watching, and putting in 2 cents every now and then. Can you picture it? I hope so. I hope one day when I look back thought my posts, and as I read through this, I can picture it.

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A funny story to finish off the post. (no pics...)

Bryan is cutting out letters from magazines and gluing them on a paper plate for letter recognition. I give him an example, and he goes to town.

On this particular day the letter is Kk.

"Bryan what begins with K?" Goran asks him.

Bryan has his funny joking smile on.

I lean over and point to my center.

"What begins with K, Buddy?" I tap my chest.

His eyes were dancing, and that grin, that I'm not quite sure what to say grin, is on his face.

"What begins with K, Bry?" I say again, tapping, tapping.

"Errrrr, breast?" he starts laughing before hes finished and so do we!

To be fair, I was tapping my 'chest' and leaning over to be eye level, my shirt was gaping a little - so what he saw me tapping was my breasts I suppose.

At least he knows what they're called! 
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Have a great weekend!!

Summer

Summer is hot weather, bathing suits, camping, babies in diapers, and a growing garden.

Summer is good so far!

Im My Garden - Holding My Breath

The past 2 years, my garden has been a terrible bomb. From pea eating rabbits, to strangely rotting tomatoes still on the plant, it has been one disappointment after another. This year we changed a few things up, and Goran was convinced it would all be ok.

"You'll see!" He said with confidence.

And then (insert swear word here) bunnies got in and ate my peas. Right down to the ground. 3 rows, all in one night. *sigh* I was so discouraged.

But something told inside me to me to get on it with it. So I did. I ripped out those stubby chewed down peas, (really I didn't want to look at it)  and planted, peppers, and lettuce, and broccoli. Swish chard, and carrots (2xs) and I planted tomatoes in pots. Zucchini, and cucumbers, and squash, and onions....

And it has rained, and rained and rained.

HOLY COW!!!

Ive gotten lettuce to eat, and everything else is growing so so well! But I'm kinda holding my breath yet. Every morning when I go out to see, I'm greeted with this flourishing, healthy garden. No wilting tomatoes yet!  

 And now I'm feeling SO confident, I'm going to try to those peas again!! I'm going to plant them, and put chicken wire around them inside the garden!

Wish me luck!