cabin!

 fri after chris finished work, we took the kids up to jason's cabin.  Jason needed some work done, so chris bartered his time for the cabin for the weekend.  we stayed 2 nights. and it was really nice to get out of the city.  the kids had a blast...even thou its a lot of work to load up the van, set up, tear down and put it all away...

sat morning was so relaxing.  chris did some science with the kids kids while i enjoyed my coffee in this cute cup in front of the fire place

 the girls played puppies

 love that they play so well together
then around 10 joey had enough!  she asked for her sooky and chris told her she could only have it if she took a nap. she then took the sooky, grabbed her blanket, walked up the stairs and put herself to bed. for 2.5 HOURS! while we were loud, chris was hammering, the other 2 kids were yelling and playing...joey slept through the whole thing...but the kids were up late fri night

 joey and nate watched dad fix the front door

 joey was so into the whole scene

 then she came in and helped daddy

 such a great helper.  chris couldn't finish the job with out her. haha

 after the work was done, we took the kids for a drive along the fundy coast

 we did fundy park, found a huge park and let the kids go nuts

 i froze, it was cold and windy

 along our drive we saw this sign. i cracked up.  love where they put the bolt...in his FOREHEAD!

 we found a few beaches, and stopped at this one. i think this was the high light of the day for us. it was so fun. if it was nicer and we saw the sun i would have stayed for a long time

 nate went to the ocean

 joey too!

 ellie was dancing on the rocks

 it was so nice to hear the water and birds again

 and joey was quite taken with the water covering her boots

 we then hit up cape enrage

 such a grand view

 us!

 the kids jumped off this plat form.  joey just ran and jumped, totally trusting that chris would catch her.  nate had to jump too. haha

 the last time we were here i was preggers with ellie...5 YEARS ago!

 and now we are back with 2 more kids

 joey's turn

" great job daddy" is what ellie was saying

 and ready for more jumping

 ellies turn!

 my family

 me and my kids

 again

 and on the way home ellie was just "resting her eyes" as she told us while joey sang

 we hit up smittys again for supper. we all ate for 28.00!!!  AGAIN and the portions were HUGE

 joey and ellie

 silly ellie

 nate and his much needed hair cut

 chris

 ellie and her silly pose

 look at the SIZE of this burger!!!  each hamburger was at least 1" thick!!!  it was REDIC how large the food serving were.  and yet, we ate it all...haha

 the kids sun morning, getting ready to leave

 silly girls

 shawn loaned me this book about a month ago to read, so to fun, not thinking id read this wkend, i threw it into my bag.  i started reading it sat morning and finished it sat night!  the book was nothing like i thought it would be. it was so very good.  it opened my eyes in a new way, it got me thinking, and rethinking and googling things when i came back.  i highly recommend this book to ANY and everyone who believes in jesus...not mattering it you are baptist, mennonite, pentecostal or catholic. this book is for anyone who believes in jesus...i highly recommended this book!

and with that, as my laundry is washing (thank jesus for washing machines) and my to do list ready to be made for this week...it looks like its gonna be a busy week!

happy sunday! 

Posted by mel at 2:43 PM