Father's Day Weekend!!

After working 128 hours in 12 days Matt decided he needed to get away. So we loaded up the girls and headed to Collingwood about 2 hours north of here. We went there this past winter to ski and now it was time to check out the spring/summer up there. We stayed right inside the village and enjoyed seeing all there was to do.

Saturday was a bit rainy so we got some lunch and walked around the shops. Once the rain slowed down the girls did some swimming. Always so much fun! Later we made the girls some dinner and Matt and I went out for a small dinner. It was nice just to get away and talk. It had been a busy week.

Sunday was SO much nicer. Sunny and hot. We headed up to the caves to check them out. We hiked all around and there was one that was 14 inches wide and 20 feet long. Matt was the only one to brave going through that one. It was pretty funny!!!

After we hiked over the suspension bridge and fed the fish in the pond. There were some HUGE trout in there. Our last stop was mini golf. Both girls got hole in ones, they were pretty excited! It was such a great time just hanging out together as a family and enjoying the day.

It was a mellow and relaxing Father's Day and I think Matt recharged his "batteries" pretty well and is ready to hit it hard this week. Hopefully not working so many hours!

Now it's back to reality. The girls have 3 more days of school and are SO ready for summer vacation to start. I think I am also. Only 9 weeks of summer break here so we are going to make the best of it!

Friday.....Port Huron

After being on the field trip all day Thursday I got back into the car and headed down to Port Huron, MI. My friend Brooke was taking her boys down for check ups and I ended up taking Kaitlyn to to the Doctor also. She had been fighting a head cold and a bad cough for over 3 weeks. At 1 1/2 weeks to took her to a local Dr, I was thankful to be able to get in. There are not many doctors here and it's hard to be seen by one. We were told it was a virus and to just take it easy. Well, I left feeling some what ok about it but skeptical. As the week went on I realized there is something more going on, she was NOT getting any better. I was able to get into our doctor in Port Huron on the same day I was going down with Brooke. The doctor saw her and not to much of my amazement, she had a sinus infection. But we also had another surprise, she had beginning bronchitis. I was pretty upset but also thankful for my mommy intuition to get her to a US doctor. She has been on antibiotics and another med for her bronchitis for 4 days now and is already doing much better. I feel so bad that she had to go through all this but glad we know what is going on and she is on the mend!!

Grace's Field Trip to Toronto

Grace's class took a field trip to Toronto last Thursday. They went to Casa Loma which was owned and build by Sir Henry. He came over from England and started Hydro power at Niagara. He wanted to have a castle built and so this was his castle. It was quite amazing and we had so much fun touring it. We even climbed the highest tower. Six flights of stairs and the last 3 were those tight round ones. The view was amazing once we got there and the group of kids I had were very excited to get to the top!

After we went to a Medieval dinner. We ate chicken, potatoes, corn on the cob, bread and apple tarts with our hands while we watch a medieval fight. Grace just loved it!! The jousting was her favorite. I have to say we really got into it and it felt like they were really fighting.

It was a long day, we left at 7 am and got back at 9pm. But it was SO worth it!! What a fun thing to do and great memories were made!!

Iron Chef Battle Coconut

Last night we had our second Iron Chef battle. Our secret ingredient was Coconut. It was held at Kris and Zach's house. They had the main dish and made Thai coconut pork with peanut sauce on rice and along with it coconut squash soup. Brooke and Jim had side dish, they made Thai coconut chicken soup served in a coconut. It was SO yummy and my favorite! Lois and Dave had appetizer and they made chicken and shrimp with a coconut mango salsa. Matt and I had dessert, Matt made a coconut white chocolate mousse with strawberries and a chocolate coconut biscotti. And the winning dish came from Sean and Claire, they also had an appetizer. They made coconut chicken balls, coconut shrimp and bell peppers on a skewer.

It was such a fun night. WE laughed so hard and just enjoyed being out with good friends. Kaitlyn and Grace were watching all the boys at Brooke and Jim's house. Kaitlyn is becoming quite the babysitter. I think she is taking after her momma. I loved babysitting and so does she. There's that teacher in her!

Girls New Hair Cut

So the girls got new cuts yesterday. For a while now we have been trying to get Kaitlyn to agree to a shorter cut just to try it out. Yesterday she finally agreed. She loves it and so do we! She looks so much more mature and you can see that sweet dainty face of hers. As Brooke said "Her eyes pop now". It's so fun to see them be a little adventurous. But I will say I was a bit worried as I watch Kaitlyn's hair get cut yesterday. I kept saying to Matt "She's going to be SO mad at me". She has such thick beautiful hair and it looks so great in this style. And of course once Grace saw how cute her sisters hair is she had to do the same. Grace looks cute in any style and I have to say this is my favorite so far!

A fun and busy week

So last Monday Matt flew down to Memphis for a conference for the week. While he was down there is play tourist one afternoon and saw Graceland. He said it was pretty cool and took a ton of pictures. These are just a few of them. Back home the girls and I had a busy week of work, school and activities. The week went by quick for us and we were so glad to see Matt home by dinner time on Friday.

Friday also we welcomed the Dunham boys, Cody and Jamie, to our house for the weekend. Their parents went down to Detroit for a concert and we were blessed to have them here for the weekend. They are such great boys and it was fun to have some little boys in the house for a change. I have to say boys have LOTS of energy, very different from the emotional girls we have. Friday we went down to the beach for a bit to play, Saturday was Aidan Berkman's birthday party and Sunday was church and we went out to the frog pond to spy on some frogs. We got to see a pretty green one with spots.

Things have been busy with just under 3 weeks of school left for the girls. Kaitlyn has a french play this week that she has a part in plus she has 2 weeks of testing, kind of like the WASL. Grace will be going on a fun field trip to Toronto to a Mid-Evil Castle. I'm hoping I get chosen to go along. They are only taking 3 parents from each class. I'm sure this is a trip a lot of parents will want to go on. I have been busy with work and trying out some new cooking recipes. I am finding living here I have come out of my comfort zone and have been experimenting with different things. I have learned to like avocados and shitake mushrooms. I guess my taste buds are "maturing". Matt started his new job today, he is now working on a different project. He's excited for the challenge and all that will come with it.