How far. . .

. . .would you drive to get Girl Guide Mint Thin cookies? We had to go to South Carolina for ours. Too bad the Canadian Girl Guides don't have the cookie selection that the USA does; we would definitely support them more if they did!

What??

Is she a closet smoker? Stella stood over that fire for quite awhile today while Jim was burning the trash. The only reason we could come up with (besides maybe she smoked in a former life?) was that she was trying to keep the flies off her face.

Back to the beach

Just a couple of pictures of our recent trip to Goderich. It was a great day for the beach since the weather was so HOT! You will notice we are one short because Daniel is with a friend on a camping trip. I think the kids were a bit embarassed to hang around us since we looked like a couple of hillbillies with our straw hats on. Oh, well, at least we didn't wear socks with our sandles this time!

Stallion to gelding

doing the dirty work

monitoring the heart rate and how much time left until the anesthetic wears off (don't want to be at the wrong end when he wakes up!)

you are getting very, very sleepy

time to get the first needle

15 Years Ago. . .

. . . .our little Leah was born. Can't believe she is already that old! This year is one of few we have been able to celebrate her birthday at home. Usually, we are either in Illinois or driving there, so she was happy to be able to invite her friend over for the party and a sleepover. Thankfully, she blew out ALL the candles, so I guess that means no boyfriends : )))