Reflecting

I love days off in the summer!

Today, we slept in and after a leisurely breakfast we decided to go to the beach. I packed a ridiculously huge lunch and we spent the afternoon at Lake William visiting with neighbors and soaking up the sun. We came home to our nicely air-conditioned home and had a nap.

After our pancake supper we went for a walk to the fairgrounds to check out some of the 1st of July children's activities. Brook caught a fish in the fish pond, (little plastic fish with a magnet), had her face painted and had a fantastic time playing with a balloon.

On our way home we stopped for a drink at the coffee house and hung out. Once it was dark we climbed up on our roof to watch the fireworks. What an absolutely great day.

Fleming Family "Yurting"

This last weekend we had our Fleming family camping trip at Sprucewoods Park. Due to the large amounts of rain during last years family camping trip we decided that instead of using tents or RV's we would rent "Yurts". They are a round canvas tent with a wooden platform. To be honest, I was expecting a smelly, dirty tent with lots of moths and a little bit of mold. To my delight they were very nice and clean! They were even equipped with lights, a heater, electricity and new furniture! (I know, were we ever roughing it)

When we arrived Trev's Mom gave each grandkid a "Yurt Shirt", which she had hand stenciled. On the back of Brook's it said "Brook's Yurt Shirt". Very fun. During the group picture they are doing the "yurt chant", which goes. "yurt, yurt, yurt, yurt, YURT". (Ya, real original.)

The weather was very nice on Monday morning so we went swimming. The water level was really high, which left about 5 feet of beach, but we had a great time. For some reason Brook wouldn't walk on the sand. I guess she didn't like the feel of it on her feet. She loved the water, but not the sand. The picture is of all the grandkids hangin' out.

On Monday afternoon we went on a hike to see the sandunes. It was a bit of a longer hike than we had anticipated, but everyone seemed to do relativly well. At one point we got to choose to take the "easier" route, or the trail up to the outlook deck. We decided to take the easier. At the end of this trail was the hill in the picture below. On the way back we went the other way. It had stairs.