KJE&H came to visit us @ the lake...

Eva & Hannah enjoying this little piece of paradise with Lyssa
This is a picture perfect day @ the lake!

Graeme patrolling in one of my floating loungers - heavily armed!

Miss Hannah in the not so effective noodle chair, also heavily armed!

Hannah & Graeme - both are doubly armed with water guns, but no one is firing!

Lys & Eva chowing down lunch...

Uhm...we kinda took over the entire beach & rock area with all our stuff!

Intently reading Archies!

Ah...another one of my favourite ON spots on Eagle Lake.

What's not to like?

Ok, just the weeds maybe, if you are swimming w/o an air mattress.

Eva & Alyssa - cooling their feet...

Miss Lyss!

I absolutely should have been out there on one of those air mattresses with Jacob, Spencer & Graeme but the I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the sights from this angle either.

Boys in the bay...

Keeping things lively @ the Government Dock...and the never ending enthusiasm for jumping off it!

Off to Fort Vermilion to race around the playground & play some mini-golf!

Miss Hannah...takin' her swing!

And Miss Eva...

And Tiger! aka Jacob

Inside the Fort - most adorable gift shop & cafe!

The kids kept this area alive!

The outside of Fort Vermilion's Treehouse Cafe & Gift shop!

Anna & her daughters should be proud - there are few other things quite so charming in VBay.

The girlies heading to the school playground while the guys were out fishing!

Eva, soaking up the sun & enjoying the R&R!

Also looking quite a bit like her Mom here...

Sunbathing Beach Babies

Graeme - Spender - Dad - Jacob

The boys return with...

Four fish - 3 walleye & 1 pike

Even caught them in the "Dead Sea" - Well done!

Auntie Me + 3

Winnipeg - Brandon, Brandon - Regina - Brandon...

And that's how I got the boys (thanks Lois, Aj & Trista!)
Here Aj took all the kids for a ride before we continued our road trip to ON.
Jacq the neighbour was certain that Aj was going to crash on his roller blades w/ 'Mars in the chariot...and she was certain that I was NUTS to be taking 3 kids to the lake for 2 weeks @ my parents...

10 mins E of Brandon...this was Lyssa Lou...

And this was Graeme...

And this was Spencer!

At the MB/ON border...Lys got right into some butterfly inspection...

Here's 3 of my 5 favourite kids @ the ON sign. Until I made them stop...these 3 were bounding around on the rock and passersby on the #1 were honking...must have resembled a circus?!

Gee Mom...I wanna go, back to Ontario...

We arrived...and after wolfing down supper (thank you Mom)...they had to go check out the beach, lake & new boardwalk...
And the water temps...w/o getting wet!

First morning @ the lake...Lys & Spence...

...played in the sandbox harmoniously!

Last summer these two were guaranteed to clash at some point in the "cooking, construction & design" phases...

And finally...off to the beach!

With just a "few" toys!

No wonder we got envious looks from the other kids that came to the lake with just their suits & towels!

And of course it was only moments until the waterfights started.

We actually wore out @ least 3 of these water guns in 2 weeks.

Miss Lys - demonstrating reason # 89 why it is good to be at the lake!

Loved Dad's expression here. Lake/beach lunch...and he was so excited that he was the focal point of my pic!

Lots of tube rides & fishing (thanks Dad!)...

This was Spence's turn...

This was Lyssa's turn.

Can you even see her head peeking out of the middle?!

Brave girl!

Graeme was checking out one of my floating chairs and just to be safe, he was heavily armed against any potential attack!

Woods Reunion Visit: Going there...

'Mars decided to catch some zzzzzzs on the way there with her Mom & I...
And I couldn't resist snapping a pic of the view!
I love the Prairies in the Summer!

Woods Reunion Visit: @ the Beach

Aly & Adair
Miss Molly before the beach got the best of her white beach wrap...

Jacko who was rarely seen out of the water...

Aly "helping" Greg apply his sunblock...

Maddison & A. Jenn water waltzing...(that's what I'm calling it!)

Miss Annie, Rhett & someone's big splash...

Mr Keithan & Jacko taking care of some serious looking construction...

Nana June & Miss Myla

Maddison & her baby powdered feet...and hands!

Sweet Little Rowan

Adorable Amara!

Woods Reunion Visit: @ the Picnic Shelter

And some we got to see before the reunion...

Leslie & her sweet little guy Carter
Kevin & his little princess Maddison

U Roy & his adorable grandson Carter
Adorable Adair

Trista & Roy getting the two cuties situated on the swing...

Amara & Adair - love it!

'Lil bro Kirk giving his big bro Kevin & neice Maddison a push!

U. Roy w/ Amara

Sweet Miss Maddison

Some of the Woods clan...

Kirk & Cyndi and Jenn & Derek with Miss Molly

Miss Myla

Miss Natalie

Dale & his Mom, Blanche - looks like she's giving him a talking to...

More of the Woods clan...

Rhett & Candice, Derek & Kirk...with Mich & Molly zipping thru the background!