Bear

Near the end of June we made a weekend trip to see Grammie and Grampie Skaling. We had a great visit with them and Uncle Shawn, Auntie Ang and cousins too. I snapped this picture of Eva after church waiting for Grampie to leave. He had promised her a drive with him and so she bolted out of church after the service, grabbed her booster seat from our van and seated herself right outside the vehicle....she was NOT missing that ride with Grampie!!

On the way home from our valley trip, we made a few stops......We were looking for a particular thing and had lined up a few visits to see if we could find it. Our dog Jake had gone back to live with his former owner as her circumstances had changed and she was able to take him back . That left us missing a canine companion terribly, and we had our dreams on another Newfoundlander like our beloved Lucy, who had passed a few years ago.

Baby Elle and Lucy

Our First stop was to see a whole bunch of furry little puppies. They were too young to take home , and they had only females unspoken for(Ryan was desperately hoping for a male!!) ,but we wanted to visit them in case we wern't able to get a male either place .

All the girls had their arms full of puppy.

                                        We were so in love!!!

The next stop was to see a litter with much older puppies . They were all supposed to be female as well, with 1 male available but not on the premises. .When we got there however, there was a male there with all his sisters and we could take him home with us if we wanted.....well, we had not planned to purchase on that trip, just look and meet the parents...ect.. but here we were with an adorable bundle of fur and a big decision....

 So we took a little time to think and a 15 min. road trip to Peggy's Cove ,where the girls had never been.

         We were treated to bagpipes.

Lots of sunshine!!

And we talked it all over.

                           And we decided......

To go back to town....get our money.......

                      and buy a Bear!!!!        Here he is Our new doggie and the furry love of our lives....Bear.

                                 We had so much fun with him on the way home.

 Lots of stops, snuggles and just sitting and watching him. Soooooo cute!!!

June

  June started off quite busy in spite of school being done with! A quick overnight visit from Grammie and Grampie Skaling

                      Lots of fun playing skip-bo!!

                      A late night  trip to Nova Scotia with Grammie and Grampie Cameron for the girls and I to pick up our new van and get a visit in with the Sante family!

              At The Sante's enjoying the sunshine....

  and not necessarily the hungry chickens!!

                   Our girls were a little nervous of the interested visitor who was used to being hand fed treats.

          10 girl cousins!! Oh the fun they have together!!

             Kaleigh and Elin our 3 year olds.

           Smore time !  We always love our together time. What a blessing family is!!

                                    Our rascal Elin, Ryan took her picture randomly one afternoon, and once she realized she had the camera's attention, she started the posing!!

                              This one makes me laugh the most. crazy girl!!

 

                                     Elle and Betsy...

Eva Is 5!!!!

  Eva has been anxiously awaiting this birthday for a few years. When she turned 4 last year she cried because she wasn't turning 5.....the reason???? Our girls get their ears pierced for their 5th birthday and she wanted those earrings badly!!! So here she is the week of her birthday in the chair waiting for that bling!! Her best friend Addison wanted to wait until Eva got her ears pierced to get her own done and so our families met at the salon and the girls got their ears pierced together.

              Ready to go!!!!

                             No tears, just happy grins!!!

                                    Back at our house we partied with pizza and brownies and icecream!!

                               oh and gifts....lots of fun gifts!!!

                 Then sparklers!!!!!

              Ryan and Darren were the fire starters!!

                                     Addi was more than a bit nervous of the sparks

                        While our girls were grabbing them as fast as they could

                       Addi found baby bunnies to be  much more her thing!!!

                                                    They consider themselves sisters...so sweet.

   Eva's birthday breakfast of choice..the morning of the big # 5!!

                              Grampie and Grammie came for the lunch feast

                        And a lady from our church who shares Eva's birthday brought her a special teeny personal cake.

                                       

                                      Birthday books from Grammie!!!  So Eva Grace is 5 and Kindergarten is just around the corner!!!!