Monday, August 17, 2009

Shuswap 2009


Here come the collages!! Mind you, I picked only 84 out of 282 pictures, I think that's good when there's so much fun to share!

On our way getting sugared up with timbits!

Ethan and Maren just had to jump in on the first evening!

Our first day, at the beach all day! It was a little smoky but warm!

Mitchell loved walking on the road, stretching his legs! Soon he'll be big enough for a bike!!

The girl cousins, clothes and hair to match!

We took a break from our evening bike ride to skip some rocks, or just sink them!

Which one do you think best represents real life?

Family fun center activities: getting soaked in bumper boats and Maren with her amazing 2 hole in ones at mini golf!!

Fun at the park until...

Maren's face got a good whack on the teeter totter, notice the blue bruise on her cheek (it has darkened since!). What a good mother, getting a shot of her child being injured, don't know how I managed that!

Go-karting was the highlight for the men in the group!

What would camping be without food? Ice cream, yummy dinners, smores, campBBQ pies, and much more!

Fun times: Ethan's logging gear, blowing bubbles, playing slap.
"Bring it on baby!" - Ethan

Beach faces.

The best time, relaxing and playing at the beach! And yes Mike, we did do a sand castle war until we thought the risk of injury was too great! We called it a tie!

Bye bye Shuswap and #197! Hope to see you next year!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Mitchell turns 1!!


It was a hot, hot day for Mitchell's very first birthday, just like the day he was born! He's enjoying pushing his walker and playing in the pool. He can stand on his own and we're sure he'll be running soon! We celebrated with our family, Nikki, and Brian dropped by too. Mitchell loved the blue icing and thoroughly enjoyed his carrot cupcake, so thrilled to have a whole sweet to himself! So glad God gave us this sweet little guy!