4th july weekend

A little late but...here are a few photos of the kids at our neighbours' house on the 4th of July. We were invited over for a splash in the pool, a bbq and fireworks. The boys loved the fireworks and had their first sparklers. They both thought the big fireworks were a little too loud. We had such a great evening with our neighbours and their friends.

Here is Jamie doing a big jump off the diving board.

Jamie in the hot tub....

and Cameron must have been in the pool splashing around!

cameron sends his first email

Cameron sent his Granny an email this afternoon.....

rock star

Jamie discovers the iPod.....

and doesn't want to take the earphones out...ever.

picnic and nap

here is a Cameron sandwich at picnic time....

summer haircuts

friends and meadowlark

Today we were with the boys at Meadowlark. Not just Cameron and Jamie but their friends Oliver, Archie and Harvey were there too. We had a great time looking for tadpoles in the ponds, looking at geese and we even saw a snake. The picnic at the end of the morning was fun too.

Ben Chonzie

Granny is our Munro climbing star! Here is the view she just sent from her latest summit.

A Munro is a mountain over 3000ft and this is not her first - go Granny Tina!

in a tree

Laura is teaching the boys how fun it can be to climb trees.

picnic and snakes

Leigh came over this afternoon with Elliot and Lucas. The boys had a great time in the garden and messed around with all the toys. They found a frog that they chased into the hostas and then they had a picnic snack.

Good thing they didn't see the 4 foot long black snake tangled in the bird netting over our vegetable patch. After the kids were safely upstairs Laura and I put on our best Crocodile Dundee outfits (gardening gloves, kitchen tongs and kitchen scissors) and went downstairs to cut the snake out of the netting. We did a pretty good job and were happy not to get bitten.

It is a big black snake, honest...

fathers day

happy fathers day to Grant!

Grant gets a gift certificate for sailing lessons next weekend!

The boys were so helpful with opening presents. Oh look - new photos of Cameron and Jamie!