Off to Sharbot lake

Traditionally we go to Sharbot Lake to Terry and Stephanie Goodfellows cottage on the long weekend in August. This year being the same we had nothing to keep us home to do. and why stop doing the things that we normally do.
Through this entire process we have tried to keep the kids lives as normal as possible. We no longer know what normal is though.

Regardless they had a great time. As always. Darin thought he would try to hook the tube up to his boat and try out the motor.

It appeared to have enough power to pull Dalton so Dalton was bugging him all weekend to take him out. So they spent some time doing that. Most of the time, as always though the kids were in the water. The weather has been so screwy this year that I didn't find the lake to be as warm as it has been in the past.

Tyson loves Terry and Steph. He has a great time back there. He plays on their ginormous deck and loves the lake. The bigger boys are allowed to play around the dock and near it with no grown ups but they must wear life jackets and of course we can see them from the deck. But Tyson thought he should be out there too. Too small for that yet. So he was a little disappointed!

This is where Tyson spend most of his time right around these rocks swimming and moving the sand. He found a leech which he didn't like too much but we got it before it managed to totally freak him out.

He just played and would stay there all day if we left him. He loved it! Can you tell?

Dalton doing his usual pose for the camera.

On Sunday a friend of Terry and Darin came back with his tractor to remove some large stones out from under the cottage for them. He brought his tractor. Yes, I said tractor! You can imagine Tyson's excitement. See how happy he was!! But he did notice it wasn't a john deer but played on it all the same!

Thanks for the great weekend as always Goodfellows!!

Sharbot lake.

We went to Sharbot lake this weekend to the cottage of the Goodfellows. We had a great time. This is a view of the lake from their deck. I love it there. You can listen to the loons in the early morning. And when your swimming in the lake they will come up to within 50 feet of you. Sometimes closer. the kids love it there. They can swim, kayak, play outside, ride bikes, you name it! That is when Dalton and Nick don't have something to bicker about! They can't wait to see each other but by the time the weekend is up they are sick of each other.

Some kayaking fun, we went on a little run down the lake Dalton and I he likes that. Darin can't stay upright in one so I guess that is the burden I bear. hahaha. Dalton loves being outside and doing things that he can't do at home so he was so happy when Terry got out the kayaks!


A little view of the cottage from the lake. The ambitious ones waiting on the shore. Afraid to get wet! Terry and Steph put a new addition on the cottage this year as you can see. It is really nice now. They can bunk up a bunch of people now if they so choose. Next year they will extend the deck and finish the things that they didn't finish this year. No matter it is really nice already.


Terry and Tyson just chilling after Terry arrived. He loves them and just climbed all over them both all weekend!

Thanks Terry and Steph what a great way to start out my holidays!

Costco & a Drive....

We didn't have much to do today so we decided to take a little drive to Costco and Princess Auto. I love Costco but, I always spent too much money! This time though for a change it was Darin. They had 12000BTU air conditioners on sale for $299.00. And we needed one for those really hot days in the living room. We were satisfied with our little one in our bedroom but when Darin saw that deal he couldn't not get one.

So since we had nothing to do, Darin decided to go for a drive. It was a rainy crappy day anyway and cold! So there wasn't much to do anyway. Here we are buying and air conditioner and we are wearing jeans! In July! Like that makes any sense at all. We used our pool more in June that we have this month. That makes no sense at all, come to think or it!

Regardless the heat will come and soon enough. So we took a drive up to Sharbot lake. That is were our friends, Terry and Steph have their cottage. We stayed for about and hour and travelled on. They added a new addition to it and it is coming quite nicely now.

We headed home slipping by Marlbank where Darin used to live and he visited a few friends.

Then it was home for a little supper! A hot one at that!