Summary of summer

 

As we go back to routine and back to school 

(as much as you can be 'routine' when building a house ;) ), 

here's a quick summary of our summer.

We spent hours on hours here at Berry Bounty Farms in July, picking, 

eating and selling blueberries and raspberries!

 There was a lot of swimming, including 2 weeks of lessons in which both girls soared through a level :)

 Our annual trip to the waterslides gave me the chance to take pictures instead of sliding

 There was a lot of time together, 

reading...

 dressing up...

 watching the action as the house next door was finished,

 playing at the sand pile at our new house...

 jumping around at the Chilliwack Corn Maze at the vandenBrink family reunion,

 and riding on the train from Jumping Joeys

One more post of our summer to come - we finished it off with a

 lovely and relaxing camping trip.

Off to Grade 1

With a huge smile on her face :)

She was very excited to hopefully sit in a different bus seat and was reminding herself to 'turn in the hallway' instead of going straight to KG!

First day of school means even Daddy joins us going to the bus stop :)

 We'll see how the smiling little sister does without her best friend - it will be quite an adjustment to have Chelsie gone every day!

She was so excited to go she forgot to turn around on the steps and the bus driver reminded her so we got this 'peeking' picture :)

Enjoy your day :)

Happy 3rd birthday

A couple of days late, but she's 3 just the same!

We celebrated in the usual fashion, with cupcakes, swimming, family and friends.  

Was a lovely day.

 

Happy birthday, Brynlie!  We appreciate your love of singing, your sense of humour, the twinkle in your eye, your boundless energy, your accented English, 

and the great joy you bring to our lives.  

We pray God will bless and keep you this year as well, especially with a love for learning more about Him. 

She's not often still, but she crashes like this occasionally :)

 Our second beautiful sweetheart :)