Here are some shots from the past month and a half. Adriana and Michael came to visit one evening. As with all our visitors our children give them the royal treatment. I like this picture because Adriana and Michael are giggling. So cute!!
At the same time, my good friend Marjorie was visiting. Here she is conversing with our company. She stayed with us for about 5 days and we had a great time catching up.
This picture is blurry I know but it was the only one I had of us together. You get the idea anyway. We've been friends since I was in Gr. 5 and she was in Gr. 6. It's a blessing to have friends that know you and your family from your youth. Alot of familiarity. What a treasure!!
Too bad she doesn't live closer...
This is a walk we took through Tynehead Regional Park. I love Peter with his hands in his pockets looking so grown up. This is also a good shot of Marjorie who walks alot like she is marching. 
A week later, Will and Ethan drove to Manning Park and spent two nights at Lightening Lakes camping in the van. The first day the hiked up Mt. Frosty together. What a hike that was!!
Lightening Lake early in the morning.
What a beautiful picture!!
Ethan on the trail.
This is a cabin one can stay in on the way up. For emergency shelter or otherwise.
This is about half way - they are through the forest now and starting to encounter rocky terrain.
This is the ridge you need to travel to get to the summit. By this time the clouds had rolled in and the temperature had dipped substantially.
Here is a shelter of sorts that previous hikers had built. It protected you from the cold wind.
At the same time, my good friend Marjorie was visiting. Here she is conversing with our company. She stayed with us for about 5 days and we had a great time catching up. 
This picture is blurry I know but it was the only one I had of us together. You get the idea anyway. We've been friends since I was in Gr. 5 and she was in Gr. 6. It's a blessing to have friends that know you and your family from your youth. Alot of familiarity. What a treasure!!Too bad she doesn't live closer...
This is a walk we took through Tynehead Regional Park. I love Peter with his hands in his pockets looking so grown up. This is also a good shot of Marjorie who walks alot like she is marching. Very determined and focussed.
A week later, Will and Ethan drove to Manning Park and spent two nights at Lightening Lakes camping in the van. The first day the hiked up Mt. Frosty together. What a hike that was!! 
Lightening Lake early in the morning. 
What a beautiful picture!! 
Ethan on the trail. 
This is a cabin one can stay in on the way up. For emergency shelter or otherwise. 
This is about half way - they are through the forest now and starting to encounter rocky terrain. 
This is the ridge you need to travel to get to the summit. By this time the clouds had rolled in and the temperature had dipped substantially. 
Here is a shelter of sorts that previous hikers had built. It protected you from the cold wind. Can you feel the mountains tremble? That's a line in a song on Praise. Well, this mountain was shaking and Will and Ethan said they could feel it. What a sensation!!! You have just climbed a huge mountain (4 hour climb) and then it shakes under your feet. Just a small taste of how an Israelite would have felt when God presented himself to them on Mt. Zion. Only difference was that they were on the bottom of the mountain!!
No view from this point.
For prosterity's sake.
On the way down it pretty much rained the whole way.
The second day (before they packed up) they went fishing and here's what they caught.
No view from this point. 
For prosterity's sake. 
On the way down it pretty much rained the whole way. 
The second day (before they packed up) they went fishing and here's what they caught. Can you even see it?
I love this picture of Ethan - doesn' the look more mature now that he has climbed his first mountain? The boys had a great time together and we did great at home too. I am so glad that they went and made great memories.
I've been doing alot of sewing lately. Here I am working on the baby quilt. Problem is I have been distracted by other projects since then (about a month and a half ago) and I haven't touched the quilt since. I will show all my finished projects my next blog. I made some spit dukes for the baby, bottom sheets for cradle and change pad, still working on a bib, and I made laundry bags for the four kids. I still want to make three more for Will and I and baby. 
At the beginning of Sept. - Uncle Wes came to town. One night we had the whole gang over to visit with him. As you can see these four boys were very calm the entire time :).
A nice shot of Dad playing the piano. He taught himself!!
Once school started - Peter had a friend come and visit. 
I love this green color!!
I love this picture of Ethan - doesn' the look more mature now that he has climbed his first mountain? The boys had a great time together and we did great at home too. I am so glad that they went and made great memories. 
I've been doing alot of sewing lately. Here I am working on the baby quilt. Problem is I have been distracted by other projects since then (about a month and a half ago) and I haven't touched the quilt since. I will show all my finished projects my next blog. I made some spit dukes for the baby, bottom sheets for cradle and change pad, still working on a bib, and I made laundry bags for the four kids. I still want to make three more for Will and I and baby. Thanks for the laundry bag idea Tania!!! It works so great. Yesterday, I started on a curtain to hide a drawer that broke and it required gathers. Well!!! It'll be a while before I do gathers again - the seams kept coming out and other issues. ARGHHHH! My motto is "Once you get frustrated - put it away for another day" - we'll see how long til I get back to it.
I also found some denim looking cottton for Matthew's room window. It's so tempting to just get that done quickly and THEN work on the quilt. We'll see where my sewing impulses lead me.
At the beginning of Sept. - Uncle Wes came to town. One night we had the whole gang over to visit with him. As you can see these four boys were very calm the entire time :). 
A nice shot of Dad playing the piano. He taught himself!! 
Once school started - Peter had a friend come and visit. They played so well together that I was able to do my pickles on the same day.
What good little boys (and cute too I might add).
I love this green color!! The recipe made it sound so easy but without a helper - it's hard work!!
I had tonnes of dills (they gave me double by mistake) so when Sat. rolled around Aleana helped me do a second batch and we were done in an hour. Thanks Aleana!!
It's hard keeping good help these days. Especially when they go to school every day!
Slowly, I'll get caught up...
Slowly, I'll get caught up...
We always have a lot of laughs when we come to visit!
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Dear Gloria,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as if you're doing very well! You're getting lots of 'extras' done, like sewing and pickling! That's more than a lot of other people get around to doing. Don't be so hard on yourself. There are and always will be times in your life when getting the essentials done is already quite an accomplishment! You're doing great with a busy family and kids going to school and expecting a baby soon!! I AM PROUD OF YOU!
Love from,
Hilda