Ashley

 She has grown up so much this summer.  Really wanting to be independent and be a big girl.  This summer she was much more active on the beach.  She walked up and down the beach a few times.  She wasn't afraid of the water either.  She was very comfortable on trying to float on the boogie board or in the floaties.  She received many a ride from the nearest friend around.  She really enjoyed the beach this year.  There wasn't as many naps on the beach as I would have preferred.  But there were a few days she climbed into her stroller, asked for a drink and fell fast asleep.  She had the opportunity to ride on a boat as well and she enjoyed that too.  The hardest part of camping this year was keeping her close to home.  She kept walking around looking for her friend Megan or just plain walking around to see what was going. In the trailer we would put her asleep on our bed  and then move her to her bunk later.  I think she things its her bed now!

Trying to master the boogie board. That is hard to do when you are only 2!  But persistence is a virtue right!?  We rarely took her life jacket off her.  With 4 kids to watch that is what we were most comfortable with.  I did manage to take it off her to get a few shots of her without it, but she did pretty much wear it all the time.  She would ask for it as soon as we got to the beach.  This is a huge change from last year when she couldn't walk in it!  She learned to swim in this life jacket this year too.  The was a wonderful thing!  To be able to put her down in the pool and see her trying to swim around on her own and not be afraid to do so.

You spend a lot of the year looking forward to things.  One of those things for me is Penticton.  And then before you know it the two weeks are over.  We love going out there and hanging out at the beach.  We talk about going for longer next year.  I guess we will see.

Boating in Ontario

 Enjoying meeting Leroy!

 On the tube!

Tube Wars!

We had such a great time visiting with friends in Ontario.  We went out on the boat quite a bit.  The kids loved riding on the tubes, having tube wars and just swimming around in the lake!  It was a great way to cool off in the summer heat out in Ontario!   A Huge thanks to our friends for sharing their boat with us!

Canada Day 2012

 Nathan who used to be so tricky to get a good picture of has been doing great with pictures for me!

 Jacob, another willing participant.

 Ashley

 Sarah

 Wow, a nice picture of both!  How did that happen!

 Playing at the park!

 Best Buddies

Art from my classroom

 Art from my classroom.  I had the students use pastels and blend to try to create these images.  And wow did they turn out great!  The top one is truly amazing!  The students who did these are about 10 years old.  I think they did such a great job!

New Jr Soldier Jacob

 He is getting so big.  He took the program and learned a lot about 

our church and made some important promises.  

 Mom feels bad she forgot to buy a white shirt.  

Oh well, I am pretty sure God doesn't care what he wears.

Sarah!

 Cute Cowgirl, dressing up for school

 The new Dance Costume