8/31/2014

A dreary rainy day of games in the trailer for the campers today...

8/30/2014

A surprise for Kiandra...a girls night out to see "Wicked"!

8/29/2014

Hair is trimmed, layered, dyed, highlighted, and straightened...ready to greet a new school year!

8/28/2014

Mom and kids pool party at my friend Tammy's house this afternoon. Six moms and 19 kids!

8/27/2014

Back to reality...Conrad spent the day at the rental house and I spent the day at school. (The kids spent the day with friends...ah to be a kid again ;)

8/26/2014

How we felt arriving at the final airport on the last day of vacation:

8/25/2014

It's hard to believe but today's weather actually felt cool after so many days of near 100 degrees with the humidity. The kids even opted to forgo a trip to the waterpark to stay at the hotel. We are in for a shocker when we arrive home.

8/24/2014

The kids had a chance to pet and feed dolphins today:

8/23/2014

We hit the outlet malls today and Conrad found this:

100% marshmallows and 0% cereal

8/22/2014

Busch Gardens.....take 2!

8/21/2014

 As close to paradise this side of Heaven. I love this beach!

8/20/2014

Family "Selfie" as we wait for the tram at Busch Gardens...

8/19/2014

Conrad's 40th birthday is coming up in October but he got his present early... the chance to drive a Lamborghini!

8/18/2014

In the stands and out of the "soak zone"

6/17/2014

Free pretzels!

8/16/2014

5 in the van! Just how I like it! 

8/15/2014

We were off to Germany this evening with Kiandra, her friend Alissa, Kezia, and Kaden. Kaden and I shared a plate of schnitzel and spaetzle.

8/14/2014

Quick "after-dropping-Kaden-off-at-a-sleepover" ice cream date....and we had a BOGO!

8/13/2014

Upper kitchen cabinets are in!

8/12/2014

Front row seats on rush seating night with my 2 favourite girls:

8/11/2014

Traditional Mennonite summer supper of watermelon and roll kuchen. Yum!

8/10/2014

Date night - Belgium Style!

8/9/2014

Conrad and Kaden enjoyed a great summer evening baseball game....too bad Kaden has yet to see a win in person.

8/8/2014

Supper at Ikea with these 3 awesome kids...a bit of a reward for school supply shopping! :)

8/7/2014

My 6th batch of "Welcome to Grade 1" cards is ready to go!

8/6/2014

We had the chance to hang poolside with my friend Janice today...Kezia was babysitting but my nephew was over and so I still brought 3 kids to play.

8/5/2014

Kiandra is building her acting resume...one project at a time. Today she began filming for a new tv show on a local television network.

8/4/2014

We walked and talked for 7 miles today...so good to catch up!

8/3/2014

Supper date with Kiandra while the outdoorsy members of our family are camping.

8/2/2014

Lunch date of spring rolls and fresh squeezed lemonade with Kezia at the Farmer's Market.

8/1/2014

The emails and texts have been flying this week for Kiandra. Today she had an audition with some producers for a short film and next week she is going to be doing some work for an upcoming tv show.