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Before the project:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the trouble wall, this corner was imploding and needed to be addressed:

 

 

Almost done! First, the collapsing wall:

 

 

And the rest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin head:

 

The costumes (Reese is Ben 10) :

 

Can’t say I’ve ever seen a swan dance but I’m pretty sure it would look exactly like this:

 

Here’s a quick video post of the kids and I (well, mostly just Ella) making some homemade burgers last night. Yes, that’s a swimsuit she is wearing… she decided that a swimsuit would be better just in case she got wet.

 

And here she is making the patties:

 

The patties that Ella made:

 

The patties that Daddy charred:

 

Bon Appetit!

Yes, yes, it’s been too long. I do apologies for the grand delay in posting again but I’ve been stuck with an accute bout of laziness…. hmmm, nap sounds nice right about now… 🙂

Ella loves to be on skates. I even caught her wearing them indoors and trouncing around the house… leaving lovely little dent marks in the wood flood… >:( So without further adieu, here are some of our recent skating pics.

Here we are at Reese’s friend’s house, 2 doors down. <--- darn apostrophes

Here she is all geared up and ready to giver’

Always smiling that one…

This is our kitty Snoopy. He followed us over to the rink to play hockey with us!

Snack time!

Here are the kids at our weekly skating lessons… notice the kid on the ground behind Ella…

Yeah, this kid… this is his preferred ice dancing move, it’s called the Stojko.

I’m officially a princess. An old one.

 

While I have always enjoyed camping, I was finding myself too old and too wussy to sleep on the ground in a tent. So I talked D into letting me buy a tent trailer. 🙂

So we did.

..and now I LOVVVVVVE camping! <3 <3

Our first stop? Turkey Point Provincial Park… you are probably asking “where is Turkey Point”? It’s here:

The camp site… and of course, the CAMPER!

Uncle Bobo came to visit on Saturday and setup his own little pad.

Most beautiful daughter ever.

Good morning!

Ah, it’s great to be a boy. 🙂

Water balloon fight! The battle begins!

Bobo jukes and head-fakes

Bobo wins.

The aftermath… RP has a little dirt on his cheek.

Dinner break. We had pork tenderloin and baked potatoes on the open fire. Marvelous.

The after dinner hike. Notice my attire… I was voted best dressed camper of the day.

I’ll guide you Uncle Bobo. Just trust me…

Ghost stories!

We’ve spent a good amount of time in the backyard lately getting it ready for the summer season.

After a long day of raking, sweeping, organizing, it was time for a break. Got a ball? Got a bat? Baseball’s good, it’s where it’s at! – The Smurfs

And now, up to bat: Reeesee!!!! *applause*

Virtual Pitching!?

Swing batter, batter!

Saaaaaaawiiiing!

He really smacked this one… the look on his face is priceless!

Life is good.

We’ve been toying with this idea for a while now… buying a church and converting it to a photography studio. And maybe living in it.

So now we’re considering doing both. eek!

Dani’s grandmothers cousins friend sits on the board of this church out in Horning’s Mills and has let it leak that they were considering selling it. So… we visited it.

First things first… you are probably asking “where is Horning’s Mills”? It’s here:

And here is the church:

The cathedral part is acutally upstairs while the “basement” is only 3 steps down from the ground. There are 3 stairwells heading up into the cathedral, 1 in the back that the priests would use and 2 in the foyer like this one:

And here it is… this is the view as you enter from the main doors.

Here’s the view from the front – I’m standing on the altar.

Here is the altar, the choir “loft”, Ella and Gary – the inspector.

View from the choir loft

Mini-pipe organ (with leslie)… hoping to get that in the deal too 😉

And here is the living space. It’s a big empty room at the moment so we have a clean slate to do whatever we please. We’re thinking 2 rooms and a big open concept living area and dining area.

The kitchen is back there as are the 2 bathrooms.

Let the madness begin… wish us luck!