...more summer...

...back we go a bit...

after nova scotia, we were finally planned and packed to go to our family cabin at gull lake for 5 days...

the kids were ecstatic to get their first summer ride on our jetski!!!

...and the next day came the phone call that my sweet Grandma had passed away that morning.

so i called mike to come to the cabin to finish packing back up as i needed to get to the city to go to the hospital and be with my Mom...

the rest of that week was the heavy hearted planning to make the neccessary arrangements for Grandma...the cremation, the service, the music, the flowers...everything was really overwhelming and I wished with all my heart to cancel it all and just have my Grandma back with us....

...and in the midst of all our sadness with our loss, we had to stay strong and on our feet because the same week as Grandma's death was also the much anticipated wedding for my younger brother Curtis and Erith!!

so we all did our best to focus on the happy upcoming occasion and got through our rough week together as a family.

curt and erith's wedding rehersal was on july 22...the day after grandma's memorial service, and was also curt's birthday as well!!!! 

we KNOW in our hearts that grandma was with us all through this week, and would not miss curt's wedding she was looking so forward too...she just just had the best seat in the house from Heaven...

...july 23 was their big day...

I had the honour of being their photographer and did my best to capture many happy, loving memories for them...

( out of respect to curt and erith, i could only post a few photos for you on my blog...)

...and a few days after their wedding, and also having the privelege of driving them to the airport to send them safely off on their month long European honeymoon, we were ready to have a few quiet, restful recovery days at the lake again...

...this was our first time taking our NEW TO US fishing boat out on the lake for some attempted fishing...

( boat kindly donated to our family from Uncle Les and Aunty Maureen Griffin !!! )

we bought the kids their own fishing rods as one of their "passing the grade" gifts and they were quite happy to try them out on the lake...

...daddy was the only one who caught ( and released) a couple little jackfish that day...

WOW.

i have much more to update here....mostly just some fun happenings of the summer.

which is good.

i prefer laughter to tears anyday!!!!

...be back soon...

:)