summer 2011

summer 2011

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012
family

Sunday, July 20, 2025

it's so nice to be back home again!

But first, not sure if I posted these the other day or not...

Aunt Camille and Rhys

The cutest little outfits!
Char, Sonja, Cam with Ellis

The new curtains in the camper...
Our cute little camper...it has pop out ends, which you can unzip for the breeze.  



This is from our campsite


 

Lake Ontario, so lovely
Woke up in the morning, looked out the window...ahhh.

Sunny loves camping.  
So do I...morning coffee in my new "Grandma" mug, got it at Target the other day for $1.50, couldn't resist it.  
That clear clean water, was warm too!




So many grandchildren:). Margaret and Adrian and their three camped for the weekend, as did Ben and Ashley and their three.  Kathryn came up for the day with her four...Evelyn and Nate visited too, with Newton.

Ben took this today before we packed up and left...Anya is as tall as I am now.  They are such good kids, loved seeing them have so much fun camping.  Elise can ride her bike like a champ now!

Home...walking in and seeing my house again, ahhh.  The kitties were super happy, although one of them had left a welcome gift, won't say anything else.  (Char and Cam left for Norway yesterday, so the cats were only home alone for one day.).   I put away the cold things, spilled a container of blueberries all over the floor, vacuumed, put in a load of towels, put more things away, then limped over to my comfy chair.  Dang knee, wouldn't let me do more.  I overdid it as it was, could barely bend it to sit down.  Now I've rested up, and am ready to switch the laundry over, and check the garden.  The girls will be gone all week, so it's just Paul and I here with Sunny and the kitties.  It's so strange.  But I don't mind.  

We had such a good time camping.  We went to the Dollar General to get these little fishing nets Paul spotted....he knew the grandkids would love them.  The two of us went to get ice cream, and drove to an island, which we couldn't end up getting on to, but we parked at a fishing spot near a bridge and took some pictures.  We had a really windy strong stormy night, then another night where it was just windy.  Sleeping in the camper with the rain drumming is pleasant, but a tiny bit scary too.  The first night we were there, Mrs. Loudness was at the site next to us.  They were just having a campfire but she was SO loud.  Then the rain started, and their campfire came to an abrupt end...ahhh.:)

The first day we were there was very hot and humid, but the water was wonderful.  We just kept going back in.  Being so close to the beach is super nice.  Sunny agrees.

We had a rainy day, but only intermittent rain.  Then Friday was sunny but only in the seventies.  Saturday, so warm and sunny, a perfect beach day.  Then it rained last night , making for another pleasant night for sleeping.

I could have stayed longer, I wasn't sick of camping.  We just had a really nice time.  

Now we've had our dinner, bacon and eggs, and low carb thin sliced bread toasted in a frying pan with butter, and some cherries.  I washed our bedding and we made the bed, and now it's eight o'clock and I'm old, ha, because I keep thinking of that nice clean bed, it's calling me.  It's been a good day, a busy day.  Paul mowed the lawn while I watered the garden and put things away.  You all have a nice evening!

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