Looking Back....Another Wedding

Second grandchild (brother to granddaugher that got marrried) got engaged in April of 2021. They planned their wedding for Thanksgiving weekend in October. (At the time their were no mandates or restrictions because of Covid)

Well shortly before the date the mandates and restrictions all came down.... so that dissolved the church wedding and inside reception unless she only had 50 guests.

Makayla was determined not to cancel any invitation she had sent our...and found an outside venue... (outside gatherings were allowed up to 200 people)

It was a beautiful spot on the outskirts of the city with views of the mountain. The day was sunny (but you could feel the breeze off the mountains)

She had chosen beautiful fall colours

The reception and dance were all outside.... 

with firepits going at the end of the day.... 

It was a beautiful wedding

Two grandchildren married off...

and one daughter and son in law who became empty nesters!

Grand week continued...

We spent a day at the Wildlife Center....

 And walked Corn Creek...then the eldest had to leave.

 We spent a day at the beach with the other two....

 The youngest was creative .....

 We crossed the border...(we are a border town...we are 8 km from the border and about 30 minutes from a little town in Idaho.... There we had all you can eat pizza...

The day before they left....we kayaked the river.....

We had a week of fun with the kids!!!...And every night...we had a game of Mexican Train..... the last night ...we were Mexican Train played out!!!

A 'Grand" week.......

We were blessed with a visit from our oldest grandchild....

 We kayaked....

to 'pops'favourite area...he calls it Driftwood Paradise!!...and he is a collector!

 He had someone to help him 'collect' ....my rule is if he can't carry it...he doesn't take it...but grands don't follow that rule:)

This was my find at the river...
That evening we had two more grands join us...

We ended the evening with a game of Mexican Train!!

Graduation

My sister was commenting...that the 'potatoes' where still on my blog... 

yes it has been awhile since I have posted....but life has been happening...

 

Our second oldest grand daughter graduated this June..... 

Six of our grandchildren are home schooled... 

Molly was home schooled until grade 10...

she plans on being a Vet so she went to public school in grade 10.... 

She had the third highest average in over 200 hundred students... 

we are proud of her accomplishment....

 Molly with her siblings...

And her cousins

They are all unique !!

Molly's off to college in the fall to start her pre-vet

We are proud of all seven of our GK's....

Summer Bubble Fun

More summer pictures I found on my camera...

It's amazing how they do it...

The grandkids take my camera....

And I get a series of pictures...

That I can't help but post...

I would of never thought of taking pictures ....of bubbles....

On the Rocks....

Camping with the GK'S..we got them all building in the rocks...
The Bench, Chair and Table...

Very useable... the boys are enjoying the bench and the chair...

 The other creations...

And there is always one who needs to play with fire...so naturally one design was a fire pit...
We just need it closer to the 'Table'

A few things....

It's been a week...that my camera hasn't been working... 

I can't get it to focus...

I did every thing the manual told me to do...and more so...

what do you do...fix it...or replace it?

Anyways...my pictures are now all from my phone...

(I don't take great pictures to start with...so bare with me:)

This week,  youngest -  little girl is turning 5...

she is also our youngest grandchild...

We had a going away party for her...

Our 4 year old grand daughter was going away forever...

she would now be 5 never to be 4 again....

she thought it was fun..

When I asked what she wanted to eat...her favourite food

well it was Pancakes and Bacon...

I tired a new recipe with Bacon to make it special...

This recipe I found on Pinterest.... 

(I just joined Pinterest...and I love it...

I'll have to link it to my blog ...someday)

Anyways this recipe is super easy...

 The adults loved it...

but thankfully I had cooked 'extra' bacon...

As granddaughter just wanted bacon..

Children are so easy to please...

We also had fruit to go with the pancakes...

 Her favourite was dessert...

 It took her ...about 5 tries

to get the candles out...

"Grandchildren are loving reminders 

of what we're really here for."

Author: Unknown