Pizza & Pelican's at Lake Stafford...

The little Ladies, Melanie & I killed some time in Brooks at Lake Stafford - had pizza and tried to feed the crusts to the Pelicans.

One fine day...for sprinklers...

Happy Ainzlee...
A faceful...
Jonah's clean face...
Miss Shutterfly
Caleb making some adjustments...
Telling it like it is...
Spraying each other...
Time for a rinse...

The kids had a great time racing thru the sprinkler at Jason & Julie's...this was intentional to distract them from the mud they were previously playing in!

A most perfect garden shed...

This is for you Mel!

Islay...the Innocent & Adorable...

It was great to finally meet Miss Islay (I-lee), and to see her G'ma Debbie, Mom - Molly & Dad - Darren - our kind and hospitable hosts for 1 night!
The girls quite enjoyed entertaining her and posing for pics!

A flying road trip to AB with the girls...

Miss Emma
Miss Seanna
And Miss Ainzlee!

I know, I know...you likely think I've been lost...BUT I'm finally going to post a couple updates!

You know it's truly summer when...

Everyone wants/needs a Slurpee, Slushie, Frostie, whatever...

Miss Alyssa & Levi were enjoying theirs on Wednesday evening...

Yum...Blue Raspberry! And then Ainzlee and...
Seanna...
And Emma enjoyed theirs on Saturday while their Mom "power shopped"!

Let's not forget...free Slurpees at 7/11 on 7/11 day!

Another busy Bee Day...#3

Cheeeeeeeeeese!
Reclined and snoozin'
Miss Danica @ lunch...
Slaving away...

"Twins" for the day...Alyssa & Hannah
Keeping an eye on us that we were cleaning...
Levi was swwwweeeepin'!
Danica and Alyssa scrubbing...

It was quite amusing...they would clean the stool w/ soaking wet cloths, then stand on it to clean the siding, which would make the stool dirty again, so they'd clean it again...and so it went...

A great make work project for them!

The adorable Mr. Zade...hard to believe he is almost 1 already!

Some worked for their supper...

Kendal & helper - Donovan, rebuilding the deck @ the farm.
While the yard buzzed around them with kids...

Spencer, Hannah, Jared, Eva & Amy
More of the same, plus Shayla
A rare moment...Jared stopped running!
Posers
And again
Kita, who calmly watched all the backyard activity and ran after the kids occasionally just so she could hear them screech, I think.
Ila and the last puppy...
The princess dress-up
Close up!
Jacob's new spikey "do".
The finished product! Just in time for a week of "real" summer weather!

Happy Birthday Dad...

Happy Birthday!

Hope you had a super day!

And...Happy Father's Day on Sunday.

Special mention also today to Alli - Happy Birthday to you too my friend! :o)

A day trip...

I met the parentals for supper in Kenora...
We had supper along the harbourfront...
Captured some of the local graffiti...every bridge needs some, I guess...
And then indulged myself with a few pics of the spring blossoms...
Again...
And again.
It's moments like this that I can hardly remember what winter is even like...
I would happily forget forever!
I LOVE spring, summer & fall!