~ Puddle Jumping ~

Last Wednesday after all the rain we had left nice BIG puddles in my Mom's complex. Lennah, Charley and I we going for a walk when we discovered the "puddles of fun", we did an about face to put on some welly boots! As you can see the girls had a fantastic time. Lennah was wet up to her neck and we had to dump out the boots at least 4 times. She ran and jumped and galloped and leap-frogged and pushed her sister around. I think the seniors in my Mom's complex had as much fun too. A number of people stopped by to comment on how much fun Lennah was having, others drove by waving with big smiles on their faces.

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~ Truck Got Smucked ~

If you look closely you can see where the Ford Taurus is impaled on my trailer hitch. He attempted to drive away, the car was in reverse while we were talking to him, but because of the trailer hitch, he was unable to go anywhere!

I took this photo aiming straight ahead, the way my truck had been parked! He moved it over approximately 3 1/2 feet.

On top of, and resting beside my Mom's Jimmy.

On Sunday night as Mom and I were watching the news in our PJ's when a crash loud enough outside the livingroom window to literally scare us off the the couch could be heard. Neighbors came as far away as three and four houses down the street. One thought a BBQ had blown up! No, it was only a Ford Taurus that had crashed into my truck, pushing it into and ontop of my Mom's truck. My 8000lb diesel truck was pushed sideways that far!!! Thankfully no one, including the driver was hurt. Between my Mom and I, we've got approximately $10 000 worth of damage to our vehicles. Just when I was getting ready to head home to McBride and settle in to our new digs. Oh well, we'll be there next week some time.

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~ Canada Day 2009 ~

Breakfast at the FireHall

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Boat trip to Rainbow Falls

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Back in the Lower Mainland while Nathan is overseeing our big move to McBride, warranted some "fun in the sun". My Mom, the girls and I spent Canada Day with my sister and her family in Harrison Hot Springs this year. We had pancake breakfast with the firemen at the FireHall, along with a ride in the firetruck! Grandma was all set to take Lennah and Eric along on the ride, until Lennah realized Mommy wasn't going with them. So, I had to go along with the kids (poor me! LOL).

Then we all piled into the boat for a quick boat ride to Rainbow Falls for the day. BBQ on the beach, dinghy ride for the kids and another boat ride to get all three girls to nap. We came back in for pizza before Mom and I left to return home.

We had a great time, thanks to the Letourneaus!

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~ Happy 1st Birthday Charley ~

The Birthday Girl showing off the last of the crab crawl.

Yummy spaghetti, birthday dinner.

I'm ready for that cake now!

She's getting that "Fox amble" down pat - just like her Daddy. Charley's walking up a storm, she's getting around awfully quick now. In just under two weeks she went from furniture cruising to almost running! She's also talking a little bit. She says Daddy, doggie, duckie, Uh oh, Hello and sometimes Mama.

Showing off her party dress. I bought this dress for Lennah's birthday and unfortunately she didn't get much of a chance to wear it as she wasn't walking and kept getting tangled up in it. I couldn't wait to put it on Charley as soon as I knew we had another girl!

The big sister putting on a puppet show.

Here it is! My second cake - that I made. I tried making an angel food cake and I didn't realize that it wasn't fully cooked through when I pulled it out of the oven, so it collapsed - raw inside. Oh well, carrot cake it was and it turned out great!

The girls certainly seemed to enjoy it. Lennah even lapped up her plate!

We celebrated Charley's first birthday with our Takla Family. Sandy and Steve were there with Sandy's parents showing up for a visit all the way from Chilliwack! We even got on the webcam to show off Charley's walking skills to Nana and Nona. And we spoke to Grandma and Auntie Sheri by telephone. We're looking forward to getting together with our friends when we get down to the coast at the end of the month.

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~ Mother's Day ~

As mentioned before, my pink camo semi-auto 22! Happy Mother's Day to me.

Eric's blue tongue from the ice cream.

The Nelson girls out for Mother's Day lunch. Nathan was there to document the outing!

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Heading home from our last trip over Mother's Day. The Fox family celebrated without photographic documentation. We had a great meal and cake and some gifts, too.

Nona and Charley.

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~ Garden Cart ~

ME, assembling the garden cart.

First test run.

I think it's a hit.

The girls are definitely having fun.

Just some more photos of our beautiful girls.

In lieu of the traditional Toys R Us plastic wagons, we've opted to "go hard or go home" and bought the Garden Cart. This baby has fold down sides, 10" pneumatic tires, a removable canvas liner and can hold 800LBS!!! Who needs a crappy plastic wagon? Not us! I fully intend to tow these two kiddies around McBride in their new wagon.

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~ Fishing in "Takla Town" ~

Look at that technique!

Fishin' in true Takla style!

Just hanging out on the beach, notice Charley's swing and the medic sleeping on the quad.

Me and Sandy relaxing. One of the few times I get the chance to put my feet up.

Here we are just hanging out at 5 Mile Bay, about 5 miles from the house. It was the first time I'd been there since we've been in Takla. Lennah had gone fishing with Daddy the weekend before and had a great time. Right behind us is our new quad - I had a fantastic time riding back with Lennah all by ourselves. It was pretty special for me.

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