Rania's Summer Stories

Rania (so cute!) shared a highlight from the summer, going to a baseball game and getting a picture with Muddy, the mascot.

All About Me - Reeve

Not sure this is entirely worth a blog post -- but since I have these pictures on my computer, we will go ahead.  One of Reeve's first projects for Grade 4 was to create a box with artifacts telling about him.  He included some medals from his track and field exploits from last year, as well as some memories.  But he wanted to make sure that he had a picture of a laptop and iPhone to show how much he enjoys playing games on electronics -- MineCraft is certainly a big priority when he has a chance to use the computer. 

Gabi First Day of Grade 2

Gabi is now in Grade 2.

In her own voice.

Rania First Day of School

Rania is in now in Prep-Senior. 

In her own voice.

Reeve in Grade 4

Reeve is now in Grade 4

I'm having trouble locating his voice -- but here is his picture.  Hopefully I can get the voice uploaded soon.

(Belatedly recorded, several months later) 

Imagination Station

One of the highlights from our summer was a membership at the Imagination Station.  We sure enjoyed the chance to enjoy the downtown situation.  We finally figured out the parking issue -- with free street parking allowed between 11 and 2.  So we took the whole gang to the Imagination Station and had a fun time -- getting to see the Bodies Revealed Exhibit.

It was a fun day -- and good times with cousins - as always!

July Thanksgiving

Thanks to having some turkeys and taking advantage of having family together, we had a July Thanksgiving.  What a great time together with some absolutely delicious food.  Jason was in typically hilarious form with lots of laughter and lots of fun.  It was great to have Uncle Carl and Aunt Dianne for a summer Thanksgiving.

Horse Riding!

Wow!  What an amazing experience for our kids to go horse back riding.  It had been very high on our priority list, and the kids had constantly been begging for a chance to go horseback riding.  With the string of super hot weather, we got postponed a couple of times -- but finally everything fell into place and the kids had a chance to do something out of their dreams -- riding through Oak Openings.

We had made contact with a local operator near Oak Openings and finally had the chance to have our kids out riding horses.  They went in two groups, with Julie, Gabi and Laura going first, and then Tracy, Jacob and Reeve getting the second chance. Carrie had to back out at the last minute due to back pains.

We had some video that was filmed.  The next summer, the girls put together this video.  Unfortunately, YouTube did not like the audio track selected, so it is a replacement one. 

Aunt Marcia's

What a wonderful day at Aunt Marcia's!  We sure had a great time escaping the near 100 degree heat of Toledo -- and it was quite cool on with the breeze blowing off Lake Erie.

We took advantage of swimming in Lake Erie and doing a little bit of kayaking against the strong breeze, before retiring to the pool and enjoying lots of fun memories with cousins!