Monday, 23 September 2013

Camp!

       One of the best weeks of our summer was spent with our youth ministry team at Hampton Bible Camp. Emily was a camper, Ryan and the teens did the teaching, and the other 3 girls and I bombed around having sooooo much fun all week!! We had a cute teeny little speakers suite, and the girls loved setting up their beds on the floor, and sleeping all together.
                                 Happy times in our little place, we did miss Em lots though! She did keep popping in for visits  and snuggles much to our delight!
                                

                        Alot of our afternoons were spent in the pool! Elin wore enough plastic and air to keep a moose afloat!
                                 This is Elle disappearing under water. She LOVED the diving board!

                                I usually stayed in the shallow end with a couple of little ones!
                  Eva braving the diving board . Ryan and Elle encouraging her to jump.
                              Elin loving her pool time.
  Getting ready for chapel. The team did all the music so we would help them practice and set up.


       Singing
                          Skits

                                 This was a fun day. The girls and I were having a nap and slept a little too long to meet Emmy for her free time. We awoke to her tip toeing out of our room, after she laid a bag of candy from her tuck on my bed for us to find when we woke up. Well here is Elin waking Elle up from her nap with a fuzzy peach from Em.
                                     Emmy sharing her slushy with her eager little sister!
            Getting into the candy from Em.
                                        A little mis-sspelled but a whole lot of love!
     The girls and Ryan paddling around happily.

         Elle awaiting the mad-hatter tea party!!
                       Lots a coffee for me that week!
                        The girls learned a thing or two about funny faces from the teens!

                        Eva and Ashley
              We had alot of fave places at camp....the pool ...the pond...and the horses!!

                         We loved this guy Dusty He was a retired racehorse, and was sooo sweet.
                  Elle getting a ride

                        My Beva with extra large boots and helmet!!
                                                            Elin was a little tippy, so I held on to her tightly!!
                 Her helmet kept sliding over her eyes.
  So we picked up a new pet at camp. Free ,cute,baby bunnies ..not a good thing with 4 animal loving daughters! Of course we came home with one.
                  More newly learned funny faces!
     Emmy and "big sis" Ash

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Skaling Family Vacation!!

                             Lots of lounging and eating!!
                                               Cook outs at the shore...
                          rocky hikes to find waterfalls
                       Lots of cousin time!!
                               wonder over the feeling of cold water running down the warm rocks.

                         My Elle, getting brave enough to face the falls.
                                 The 2 littlest cousins, Ezra and Elin spent much quiet time playing together.
                          The waterfall fun begins!!
                    Elin, most content just  to watch the antics of her big sisters and cousins.

                                         Elle and Eva loving the cold water!!

   

                                                   Cuddled in the rocks,so content just to sit.
                                This day was an adventure to say the least!! Upper Clements amusement park!!

                                                 Elle, stepping out fearless... maybe I should say giddy with excitement!

               Poor Ryan had to pretty near carry Eva across... She was terrified!
                       Elle and Abbi on the bumper cars. Elle loved smashing as much as she could.
                                    
 Auntie Julia ,Ezra and Elin loving the ride!

 Lots of family fun !


                     It was truly dizzying watching these little ones turning circles in their little boats.



                                       The kiddy pool!
                         Grammie and Carly

                    Auntie Julia + paint+ 3 little girls = a big mess and lots of giggles and fun!

 The men splitting Dad and Mom's winter wood






                                           Cute Cousins
                                
                                We also took a fun ,quick trip to the shore and had fun watching seals and playing on the rocks!!
                               Great Grammie Prall happened to arrive when we were there and we had a nice visit with her.
                              Elin was so intrigued with the moss and slime.
                  Elle watching for the seals

                                 We made a quick stop for a picnic lunch with the Sante cousins in Truro on our way back home . We were startled to notice a deer just a few feet away in the bushes happily eating,not bothered by our nearness or noisiness!!
                  The 10 girls!!
      Happily walking with Aunt Jenny back to our vehicles!!