July 27, 2012

Today we loaded up the car and made the drive to Apsley where we would be spending the week at the Knight's cottage.  We have been going here every year for years and this was one place where I always saw my Dad truely relax.  There are so many pieces of him here, ACME repair was always hard at work here and he was always helping Chris build and fix things, making everything easier and better.

We arrived just in time for dinner and an evening swim. 

July 23, 2012

What a great day today!!  We packed the girls up for a road trip to Centre Island in Toronto.  We parked at Yorkdale and took the subway to Union Station and then walked down to the ferry docks, where we met up with Uncle Wes!  He spent the day with us on the island at Centreville.  The girls had a blast and Ava thought she was the coolest person ever, when she was able to drive the cars by herself!!

Pretty sure this was Claire's favourite ride, the Frog Hopper.  Fortunately there was no line up, so these three just stayed on for ride after ride after ride....

At the end of the day we took the ferry back to the mainland and then to Union Station, at rush hour I might add.  Thankfully Wes was there to help us carry the stroller down the subway stairs and then we managed to get on a train without losing anyone.  After a short ride we were back at Yorkdale, where we went out for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.  Great end to a great day.

June 30, 2012

Today is my Mum's birthday and unfortunately we were not able to celebrate with her.  She's in good hands though, spending the day in Calgary with Wes and the "western Moerman's"  Happy Birthday Mum!!

This morning we took the girls on their first real hike up a mountain.  It's a tradtion to climb the Sugarloaf Mountain located on the edge of town.  It's about a 1000 feet high and a grueling climb.  The girls did great with Claire climbing about 3/4 of it herself and Ava did a little over a 1/4 with the rest spent on our shoulders.  We were rewarded at the top with a beautiful view of the town of Campbellton and the Restigouch River.  Here is Claire and Ava searching through the houses trying to find Nanny and Grampy's blue house! 

June 28, 2012

After 2 days of rain, we were happy to see the clouds clear a little bit.  We took this opportunity to head to the park around the corner and burn off some energy.  Unfortunately it didn't last long and after about 45 minutes, it started to rain again and we had to go home early.  It sure was fun while it lasted.

June 27, 2012

Grampy had 2 fishing rods waiting for Claire and Ava when we arrived, and they were both so excited to be able to go out to the brook and practice their casting and reeling in. 

June 26, 2012

It's been a long day, I have been exhauseted from the drive and it has been pouring rain all day...  Mike's Dad has been trying so hard to catch us a fresh salmon to eat while we are visiting with no luck.  Tomorrow morning Mike and his Dad are going out on the boat (a 26 foot canoe with a motor on the back) early in the morning to give it another try.  We didn't pack any rain jackets for ourselves so, after being cooped up inside all day, Nanny, Grampy, Claire and Ava walked down in the rain to Don and Jeannie's to get an extra raincoat for the morning fishing excursion. 

June 25, 2012

After my night shift we hit the road this morning ready for our 18 hour drive to New Brunswick to visit Nanny and Grampy.  The drive was going great until just past Kingston when traffic came to a halt.  We were finally able to make it to an exit and thanks to a fancy function on our GPS that we found while sitting in traffic, it lead us through some backroads and past the slow down.  Thankfully we were back to full speed and I am thankfull that our girls travel so well!  They were both so excited to visit Nanny and Grampy.  Shortly after we past Montreal and way past Claire's usual bedtime, Claire announced that she needed to keep her eyes open for the rest of the drive so that she could see Nanny and Grampy's blue house when we pulled up.  Fortunately she did close those eyes as we pulled into their driveway at 4:30am.