Camping the Labour day away! We headed up north to our camper for the last summer weekend. I hardly saw the boys as they were off playing with their friends and running around! Cameron and one of his friends, mikayla, decided to make a craft, creating birch-bark dolls. They were so cool looking and they went around the park holding a kind of silent auction to raise some money for the park-fund and kids day fund.
On Sunday there was the annual horseshoe tournament,Pig-roast and pot luck dinner....yummmmmmmm.
We headed back home on Monday, so Bob could get ready to start the midnight shift at his new work. We will be getting sorted for school-work
...woo hooThat's all for now
Dad and the boys
My pride and joy.. The men in my life! Hubby Bob, Cam (left) Brad (right) and Anthony below(separate pic at right)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
We are trying to get back in the swing of things with homeschooling and organization. Bob has a new job at a factory in Woodstock and will be starting the midnight shift next week. Also we are havinf a friend, Phil boarding with us as he has a contractioning job to build an addition to a home very close to us. Since he lives in Oshawa, it would be silly if he stayed in a hotel for the weeks he will be working on this project.
With Bob's business, Bladeworx he has gotten a celebrity client, Walter Gretzky, very cool as he is very well known in Brantford!
We are heading up to the camper this weekend to close down for the season. I wish we could've spent a lot more time there this summer... ahhh well maybe we'll get more in next season.
That's it for now.
With Bob's business, Bladeworx he has gotten a celebrity client, Walter Gretzky, very cool as he is very well known in Brantford!
We are heading up to the camper this weekend to close down for the season. I wish we could've spent a lot more time there this summer... ahhh well maybe we'll get more in next season.
That's it for now.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Our Family Muskoka Trip Aug.23-27 2010
We are on an adventure! We are spending the week up in northern Ontario, muskoka area. Beautiful landscapes, great weather and visits with some friends. On Sun we took our dog Oscar to my friend's Jen and Doug so we didn't have to worry about him while we were gone.
Monday morning: We started out by having a great breakfast at the Sherwood restaurant in Brantford, Then headed on our way to Sundridge. We arrived in Sundridge around 1pm and checked into our cabin at Siesta Cabins. It was a cute little 2 bedroom. They were all painted bright yellow and the view of the lake was beautiful. We got a hold of our friends Mark and Mary and their son Cole and went to *the blue Roof* restaurant for a light lunch. We made our way to their house about 10 km out of town, where the kids got re-acquainted and played the afternoon away. Bob, Mary and Cole took brad and Cam out on their 4 wheelers through their property, they have 100 acres of bush to play in. lol They all decided that I should go for a ride too.... so Mary lead Bob and I back out through the bush. ACK I'm not an outdoorsy type of person, and I'm not a huge fan of 4 wheeling! We stopped at their hunting lookout and Mary picked up the memory card from the camera to see what animals they *caught* on camera.
When we got back to the house we plugged it in and saw a doe with twin babies and a black bear!! That was cool.
We were treated to Moose bbq for dinner, Mary cooked moose burgers and a couple of moose steaks....mmmmm that was sooo good!!!!! After dinner we lit a campfire so the kids could roast marshmallows and the adults could chat. We even heard some coyotes or wolves howling... it was eerie... We had such a great visit with our buddies, I'm glad we took an extra day of our vacation to visit them.
Tues Aug 24
We got up early and had breakfast at the blue roof again, it was good. We then drove on to Huntsville to visit the Muskoka Heritage Museum and train museum. I stopped at the grocery store and bought lunch supplies, buns, meat, cheese and pop. Bob saw a music store and HAD to check out the instruments in there.LOL. We then made our way to the Muskoka Heritage Museum.
When we went on the train ride, we were upset because the steam engine was in repairs. Bob was really looking forward to seeing the steam engine. Cameron got to be assistant conductor, which was really cool. His *duties* were to call *ALL ABOARD*, punch the passengers' tickets,and wave the flag for the engineer to start the train. He loved it! We also learned a lot about pioneer life and the history of northern Ontario... They even got to be a blacksmith apprentice and bend some iron.
One of the ladies from the museum recommended a fabulous fish and chip restaurant in Bracebridge, and that is where we had our dinner.
We checked into our hotel in Bracebridge and spent a quiet night.
Wed Aug 25th
Today was our Lady Muskoka Cruise! It
was lovely! When we got there and were waiting to board, we ran into a friend of Bob's from when he worked at Ford. We had a nice chat with Lee and Eleanor. We had steak dinner, and the boys had chicken nuggets and fries. It did start to rain a bit burt it didn't hamper our trip at all... although Brad had a little fall on the deck, but was all good.
We then had dinner at Harvey's and picked up some groceries from the store for tomorrow's adventure. Wouldn't you know, Bob spotted a lady broken down in the parking lot, and came to her aid... (and made 45 bucks to boot)
Thurs Aug 26th
We checked out of our hotel in Bracebridge and headed over to Santa's Village. It turned out to be a very lovely day, weather wise, it was not too hot. The boys felt that they were a little too old for Santa's Village, but secretly I think they had a blast, they just won't admit it LOL. I took lots of pics, reminiscent of the last time we were there so I could make a comparison on how big my boys are getting!
We then proceeded to our last destination of our adventure, Barrie, where we are used our coupon for the free hotel room at the Comfort Inn. We had supper at a Chinese buffet and then played glow-in-the-dark mini golf, which was fun, fun, fun!!!!
We are about to head down to get some breakfast in the lobby and then start our trek home. (we'll pick up Oscar from our friend's place first.)
Fri. Aug 27th
Well It's my oldest son's birthday today. He is 26 yrs old WOW time flies It is hard to believe 26 years have passed already! I gave him a call after we got home from our trip. His girlfriend Julia was making him lasagna for supper and he was having some friend's over to visit for the evening. I really miss him on these days. :(
Anyway we left Barrie around 10:30 am and headed west of London to pick Oscar up from my friend's place. She is a wonderful friend to take on having little Oscar all week! She posted pics and video of all his antics each day we were away. We didn't stay to visit as it was their anniversary and we wanted to let them celebrate. On our way home, we got a call from one of our friends, Phil Hovinga, and he was sitting outside our place waiting for us to get home. He is a building contractor and will be working close to us for a couple of months, so we offered him a place to stay while he worked here.
Also Bob got a call to fix a person's lawnmower(since it's his business that is nothing new lol) but this call was from Walter Gretzky, yup Wayne Gretzky's dad and somewhat of a local celebrity himself here in Brantford! I thought that was exciting news and had to write it down!
We are now home from our trip and getting settled back into the routine... laundry, cooking and the boys playing video games lol
All in all we had a WONDERFUL vacation!!!
Monday morning: We started out by having a great breakfast at the Sherwood restaurant in Brantford, Then headed on our way to Sundridge. We arrived in Sundridge around 1pm and checked into our cabin at Siesta Cabins. It was a cute little 2 bedroom. They were all painted bright yellow and the view of the lake was beautiful. We got a hold of our friends Mark and Mary and their son Cole and went to *the blue Roof* restaurant for a light lunch. We made our way to their house about 10 km out of town, where the kids got re-acquainted and played the afternoon away. Bob, Mary and Cole took brad and Cam out on their 4 wheelers through their property, they have 100 acres of bush to play in. lol They all decided that I should go for a ride too.... so Mary lead Bob and I back out through the bush. ACK I'm not an outdoorsy type of person, and I'm not a huge fan of 4 wheeling! We stopped at their hunting lookout and Mary picked up the memory card from the camera to see what animals they *caught* on camera.
When we got back to the house we plugged it in and saw a doe with twin babies and a black bear!! That was cool.
We were treated to Moose bbq for dinner, Mary cooked moose burgers and a couple of moose steaks....mmmmm that was sooo good!!!!! After dinner we lit a campfire so the kids could roast marshmallows and the adults could chat. We even heard some coyotes or wolves howling... it was eerie... We had such a great visit with our buddies, I'm glad we took an extra day of our vacation to visit them.
Tues Aug 24
We got up early and had breakfast at the blue roof again, it was good. We then drove on to Huntsville to visit the Muskoka Heritage Museum and train museum. I stopped at the grocery store and bought lunch supplies, buns, meat, cheese and pop. Bob saw a music store and HAD to check out the instruments in there.LOL. We then made our way to the Muskoka Heritage Museum.
When we went on the train ride, we were upset because the steam engine was in repairs. Bob was really looking forward to seeing the steam engine. Cameron got to be assistant conductor, which was really cool. His *duties* were to call *ALL ABOARD*, punch the passengers' tickets,and wave the flag for the engineer to start the train. He loved it! We also learned a lot about pioneer life and the history of northern Ontario... They even got to be a blacksmith apprentice and bend some iron.
One of the ladies from the museum recommended a fabulous fish and chip restaurant in Bracebridge, and that is where we had our dinner.
We checked into our hotel in Bracebridge and spent a quiet night.
Wed Aug 25th
Today was our Lady Muskoka Cruise! It
was lovely! When we got there and were waiting to board, we ran into a friend of Bob's from when he worked at Ford. We had a nice chat with Lee and Eleanor. We had steak dinner, and the boys had chicken nuggets and fries. It did start to rain a bit burt it didn't hamper our trip at all... although Brad had a little fall on the deck, but was all good.
We then had dinner at Harvey's and picked up some groceries from the store for tomorrow's adventure. Wouldn't you know, Bob spotted a lady broken down in the parking lot, and came to her aid... (and made 45 bucks to boot)
Thurs Aug 26th
We checked out of our hotel in Bracebridge and headed over to Santa's Village. It turned out to be a very lovely day, weather wise, it was not too hot. The boys felt that they were a little too old for Santa's Village, but secretly I think they had a blast, they just won't admit it LOL. I took lots of pics, reminiscent of the last time we were there so I could make a comparison on how big my boys are getting!
We then proceeded to our last destination of our adventure, Barrie, where we are used our coupon for the free hotel room at the Comfort Inn. We had supper at a Chinese buffet and then played glow-in-the-dark mini golf, which was fun, fun, fun!!!!
We are about to head down to get some breakfast in the lobby and then start our trek home. (we'll pick up Oscar from our friend's place first.)
Fri. Aug 27th
Well It's my oldest son's birthday today. He is 26 yrs old WOW time flies It is hard to believe 26 years have passed already! I gave him a call after we got home from our trip. His girlfriend Julia was making him lasagna for supper and he was having some friend's over to visit for the evening. I really miss him on these days. :(
Anyway we left Barrie around 10:30 am and headed west of London to pick Oscar up from my friend's place. She is a wonderful friend to take on having little Oscar all week! She posted pics and video of all his antics each day we were away. We didn't stay to visit as it was their anniversary and we wanted to let them celebrate. On our way home, we got a call from one of our friends, Phil Hovinga, and he was sitting outside our place waiting for us to get home. He is a building contractor and will be working close to us for a couple of months, so we offered him a place to stay while he worked here.
Also Bob got a call to fix a person's lawnmower(since it's his business that is nothing new lol) but this call was from Walter Gretzky, yup Wayne Gretzky's dad and somewhat of a local celebrity himself here in Brantford! I thought that was exciting news and had to write it down!
We are now home from our trip and getting settled back into the routine... laundry, cooking and the boys playing video games lol
All in all we had a WONDERFUL vacation!!!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Awwww Aug is a little half way over. I have ordered some homeschooling curriculum and I am getting schedules together. For the week of Aug.23 to the 27th we are going on a family vacation to the Muskoka area of Northern Ontario. We have booked a cabin near our friend's so we can visit them while we are in that area. We will be doing all the attractions that I won tickets for and we should have a blast! I am so looking forward to this lovely treat for our family. The heritage museum and steam train ride is something I am really excited about. I can't wait and I'm planning on taking a ton of pictures!!
After our week away we will be getting down to some serious school work, starting with a month-long review to see where the boys need to be and where they are in their studies. I'm looking forward to that!
After our week away we will be getting down to some serious school work, starting with a month-long review to see where the boys need to be and where they are in their studies. I'm looking forward to that!
Friday, August 6, 2010
This week we have celebrated Bob's birthday on the 4th of Aug, and we are tackling the task of re-painting Brad's bedroom. His brother Anthony painted his room in 1999 making his room into a full Winnie the Pooh mural. It was awesome and Anthony was only 14 years old when he painted it.
Brad has picked out *ocean blue* as the colour he wanted. It is looking pretty good so far!
Brad and Cam are also learning how to calculate area and perimeter so they can figure out how much paint was needed and they are helping with all aspects of this endeavor.
Brad has picked out *ocean blue* as the colour he wanted. It is looking pretty good so far!
Brad and Cam are also learning how to calculate area and perimeter so they can figure out how much paint was needed and they are helping with all aspects of this endeavor.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Bringing in a HOT August!
Whew is it warm this summer. The humidity is stifling but we are busy for sure.
This weekend we first went to our neighbours' corn- roast and BBQ on Saturday. We took a big pot of chili and Bob played a few songs on his banjo and guitar. Then on Sunday we all went to the Military museum here in Brantford, as they had an open house and re-enactments of various wars including the war of 1812, and WWII... It was fascinating to see all the displays and I even bought a book called *Deadly Women of Ontario*, quite interesting and the author signed the copy for me!
We had a pretty quiet civic holiday Monday and we watched a few movies on DVD...Now being Tuesday already, We are cleaning house and getting the boys' bedroom ready for a new paint job. We have enjoyed the mural of Winnie the Pooh that Anthony painted way back in 1999... it is time for a change, although I will be sad to see it go.
This week I am staring to get the boys' schedules ready for our schooling, I'll be going through their curriculum requirements and getting the materials all together for our third year of home-learning!
Hopefully we'll have some fun and exciting things lined up!
This weekend we first went to our neighbours' corn- roast and BBQ on Saturday. We took a big pot of chili and Bob played a few songs on his banjo and guitar. Then on Sunday we all went to the Military museum here in Brantford, as they had an open house and re-enactments of various wars including the war of 1812, and WWII... It was fascinating to see all the displays and I even bought a book called *Deadly Women of Ontario*, quite interesting and the author signed the copy for me!
We had a pretty quiet civic holiday Monday and we watched a few movies on DVD...Now being Tuesday already, We are cleaning house and getting the boys' bedroom ready for a new paint job. We have enjoyed the mural of Winnie the Pooh that Anthony painted way back in 1999... it is time for a change, although I will be sad to see it go.
This week I am staring to get the boys' schedules ready for our schooling, I'll be going through their curriculum requirements and getting the materials all together for our third year of home-learning!
Hopefully we'll have some fun and exciting things lined up!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
OK!!! Now I have to tell.... Our family won a big prize package from Attractions Ontario!
I entered a weekly summer draw for some cool activities to do in Ontario....Having never won anything before, I was quite skeptical when I received an email saying I won one of the top prizes!!!
So after calling the office manager of Attractions Ontario, she confirmed(after she laughed at me) saying it was true. So here is what we won, worth $500:
Muskoka Trip (northern Ontario)
One nights stay in hotel
family passes to: Santa's Village theme park
Lady muskoka dinner cruise (3 hr cruise of lake Muskoka)
Pass for Mini golf
Pass for paintball
Pass to Muskoka Heritage museum/Pioneer village and steam train ride
$20 gift card for Tim Hortons (coffee shop)
We are so excited to go on this trip, cause there would be no way we could afford it this year!
Pictures will come after we come back. We are hoping to go the second week of Aug.
We also have friends that live in that area and we are going to have a visit with them too!
I entered a weekly summer draw for some cool activities to do in Ontario....Having never won anything before, I was quite skeptical when I received an email saying I won one of the top prizes!!!
So after calling the office manager of Attractions Ontario, she confirmed(after she laughed at me) saying it was true. So here is what we won, worth $500:
Muskoka Trip (northern Ontario)
One nights stay in hotel
family passes to: Santa's Village theme park
Lady muskoka dinner cruise (3 hr cruise of lake Muskoka)
Pass for Mini golf
Pass for paintball
Pass to Muskoka Heritage museum/Pioneer village and steam train ride
$20 gift card for Tim Hortons (coffee shop)
We are so excited to go on this trip, cause there would be no way we could afford it this year!
Pictures will come after we come back. We are hoping to go the second week of Aug.
We also have friends that live in that area and we are going to have a visit with them too!
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