July Camping

 Once things were finalized that we were leaving, 

we decided as a family to camp at our favorite place 

as much as we could before we left.

 

 

We will miss Tanner Camp so much.  

It was our happy place all the summers we visited!

 

Running off the dock and splashing into the cold water!

 

Trying to stay warm and cozy!

We know we'll have at least one more trip 

to this wonderful place!!

The caretakers Gary and Jean will be a

favorite of all our kids.

A new project.

 We had a fortunate experience of a home being cleared 

out on our street and picked up a number of 

furniture pieces to refinish.  

 

 

I quickly claimed this one for Ms. A.  Her OWN desk.  

It's not the best constructed thing but I was determined 

to refinish it before we needed to move.  

 

 

 

I was also determined that she would put in 

a but load of work herself.  

Take ownership of this project and 

feel like it was really hers!

I was grateful for a couple of things with this project.

 

#1 shane taught Ms. A and Me how to use the air compressor.

so . . . . much . . . sawdust.

 

The other kids got excited about our projects too.

 

It took a ton of work to finish it up but we persevered.

The final reveal will be in August!!

Birthday Time!

 For Shanes Birthday,

He got to do his favorite thing!

Start a bike at sunrise.

 

Spend all day getting sweaty

And come home to hug his family,

full of stories.

Feeling good and tired.

Happy Birthday!!

Can I read?

 Ms. V Decided she wanted to start reading this summer!

She is loving it soooo much!

 

 

Aaand she has a loose tooth!

 

 

Oh wait now it's gone!! 

She's a master wiggler!

Yay for first teeth falling out!!

News Again.

 So we have some BIG family news.

We are MOVING!! AGAIN!

 

 

Shane's boss is such a wonderful person to 

give us options that, 

although they may be hard, 

benefit us ultimately as well as the business. 

 

So There's a lack of work in Edmonton right now, 

and she spoke to us in February about the 

possibility of our family moving back to Calgary 

and for Shane to be part of the Calgary team.  

 

We spoke favorably about it, 

then there was a world wide pandemic, 

school was cancelled, 

Shane worked from home, 

we officially decided to home school, 

Shane went back to work, 

and then she circled back to there being 

more opportunities for work in 

Calgary in the near future.

 

We we waiting for a while for 

everything to be official.

Here we are again, moving.

I confess that I am secretly hoping to move outside the city, 

as the Calgary team all work from home, 

now Shane will be as well.

There are some options like Airdre, Okotoks, 

Chestermere, and Cochrane. 

The only problem is Small town rent is usually a lot more.

We'll see what is even available right now.

Updates will come soon.

ms. C's Birthday

To finish our week in Cardston we had an early birthday party for Ms. C.

 

 

The girls decorated grandma's house! 

So Fun!

 

 

Dino Cupcakes courtesy of Auntie Shannon

Present time!

 

Oh the love!

 

Sparkles!

 

YUM!