Josie and Cee Cee are basking in the sun at Summit lake and Will's mud pit in the side yard. These are photos from a few weeks back as no new adventures have come up. We will hit the road again thursday for a camp trip before school starts. Everyone here is fine and having good times finishing off summer. Madeleine starts grade One next week beleive it or not. Time does pass quickly when you are a grown up.

We have had a small break from the rigours of life in Revelstoke, camping for a few nights. Summit Lake is just a bit southeast of Nakusp and just far enough to seem like a real odyssey. The lake is shallow and warm so great for adults who have to manage kids. We had a great time with the Patry and Knauer families and could only have asked for a few more days.

Cecilia turned two yesterday and we had a nice little party for her. She was very excited and very happy. She had asked for pink cake and that was all she was interested in. She loves cake and that is great she does and gets most things she wants because she is very cute. She is soft spoken but very direct, she has very expressive eyes and gestures plus her expressions reveal a vast range of feelings. She is just super cute.
It was a busy weekend here in Revelstoke and I cant wait to take some sort of break. Will started a soccer camp and is doing ok, just a bit shy or maybe not what he expected and Madeleine is busy playing and going to her programs on nature and history. Summer is going well and I guess we are having lots of fun.

We are trying our best to entertain a teenager here amd still have fun ouselves, movies and biking and hanging around are the real highlights. I wish we had a little more excitement for Brendan, but we will finally get out to camp next week. Hopefully we can go a few times and spend several days out of town. That should entertain everybody.
Madeleine Will and Cee have just been playing away doing this and that,seems they are having fun and are definitely not bored. They may even be too busy. I am having fun here and there and Josie is often mistaken for fun itself.
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We have had a lot of company the past week and it has been a lot of fun. At its peak we had a crowd of seven extras but are now down to one. The Reimers, the Marchants and Brendan have been here and Brendan stays another 3 weeks. We have just been playing and having fun doing touristy things.

We had a big Canada Day here, a parade and street festival, no fireworks as this is fire season. Summer tourism is bustling but not too busy here in Revelstoke. Our home soon will be though with the Reimers of Guelph ON , Marchants of Baddeck NS and Brendan of Forest ON, all planning to be here this week. We have had the trailer out for a trial run in the driveway, seeing MadB, Will and I sleep out in it. It seems no worse for wear after the six feet of snow it was buried under all winter. CeeCee was not quite ready to give up her crib when given the choice to camp. It was a nice night that ended at 545am on Madb's usual rising.