tues night we ended up having a black out. so we made the best of it. chris used the tractor to shine the lights and we let the kids and their friends play in the dark. i sat outside in my winter coat and sipped tea from the kettle on the bbq. haha this is how we make memories!
wed was BEAUTIFUL out! the kids were ranging, so i took them to a park down the st, they played for about 30 mins then we found this trail and off we went. we had to have walked a good 2 km. the kids ran and played with the pretend pumpkin nate found, they kicked it called it "pumpky" and then lost it in the water. ha
this is less than 5 mins from my house. i never even knew it! i told nate we will have to go back with our bikes
so beautiful
playing by the water with the ducks
it was a fun spontaneous moment!
thurs night i dropped nate off at cadets, i met a new friend a few weeks ago and invited her to join me for coffee. the original pan was to coffee for about an hr, then he hubby came to pick her up. she was having such a great time she told him to go home and pick her up in 2 hrs. haha. it was really neat to step out and reach out to a "new" person. so glad i did! but as i sat down to drink my coffee, i had to snap a pic of this lady for shawn. ill NEVER drink another starbucks again with out giggling at the logo shawn!
fri was FUN day. or as joey calls it "the best day of her life EVER" we had a tour at the zoo with the home school group. it was SO much fun. the tour guide was new and SO funny. the actual guided tour was for 2 hrs, but we ended up spending 3 hrs with him. i learned so much about the animals ive visited 100 times before. he told us lots of fun facts about the zoo and animals. and i saw the ant eater for the first time!
watching the bears
some of the group. it was a large group, great mix of ages. nate took off with his friend and i spent most of the time with the girls and jess and her girls
the girls insisted i take a pic of this baby guinea pig. see the tiny blob above the orange, thats it. and its 2 wks old. so cute!
we ended up spending 4 hrs at the zoo. we stayed until i was too cold! we met chris at the house for supper and decided to skip going to the cabin that night. chris had a meeting in freddy sat morning that he went to. around 10 i packed up and hit the cabin with the kids in tow. chris met us around 3. it was truly enjoyable day at the cabin
ifinally finished this baby! SOOO good. it was almost 500 pages but i managed to read it over 4 days. i started it the last time we were at the cabin and finished it this wkend. now that school is back and all the activities, i dont have as much time to read...bummer. ha
chris painted the door trims
and put up the siding on the shed, as well as the trims
the wood pile is on the back and the back side so we werent able to finish the siding but chris did finish the covers for the wood piles
i LOVE having a place to go, even with the kids. haha. to escape and relax. ni wifi, no cellular. just peace and quiet!
im so thankful! and off i go to get ready for another week...
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