July 23, 2012 - Amelia's Birthday

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY AMELIA!!!!! 

Cameron had his friend Jason over for the day. 

Darcy invited Marina. 

Our friend Dom was here with his son Olivier. 

Kevin’s colleague, Patrick (AKA Pattoo) came for the afternoon, too.

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Jeff and Jacob came over and took Darcy for her 1^st canoe ride.  

Afterwards they asked if she could go play at the beach with Jacob, so she did. While she was gone I swam out to the raft with Cameron, Jason and Marina. We had a lot of fun jumping, diving and flipping into the water.  

Olivier & Jason in Cam's kayak.

Marina and I kayaked to the beach to pick up Darcy. The boys tried our little dinghy while we were gone.   

We took the kids tubing and if the smiles on their faces were any indication, they had a lot of fun! 

Jason & Olivier

Jason & Cameron

When they were done we took Pattoo on a tour of the lake. Down at the far end the sky turned ominous and then we saw lightning. Since we were near the boat launch we headed that way for cover, but Pattoo thought a place with so many trees was a bad idea, so I suggested heading back to our friend Ron’s place, which wasn’t far.  Kevin went full throttle and for once the motor did not hesitate, it was running perfectly so Kevin and I looked at each other said, “Let’s go for it!!!” We almost flew home, outrunning the dark clouds. Of course the rain came just in time for me to BBQ supper. 

Marina stayed for a sleepover. Darcy, Marina and I slept in the guest house. We did pedicures and watched a Garfield movie. Halfway through the movie, Kevin and Cameron came to get us, as there was a raging thunderstorm and they wanted to make sure we were OK. Kevin also thought it was worth coming down to the porch to see the lightning, which we did. 

Nature sure does put on a great show.