bEacHes, bEacHes, aNd mOre bEacHes..

Well, this last week we have about ran ourselves crazy trying to fit in lots of summer stuff before we cruise out to good ol' Utah. Tuesday we headed out to Queensland beach after Mark got home from school, Wednesday we cruised out to Crystal Crescent Beach for the afternoon and then Saturday we joined the Peterson's fabulous beach party at Conrad beach. So needless to say, we are a little beached out at the moment...but we are definitely loving the great weather and the fun times!! We also took a trip out to Lunenberg, Ovens Provincial Park and Mahone Bay on Friday. Lunenberg and Mahone Bay are these cute little fishing towns and the Ovens is a Provincial Park famous for sea caves that you can hike down into. It has been a FUN and BUSY week!

kEarNy lAke...

This last Saturday we took our first venture to Kearney Lake. For all our Utah folk, it is one of the many many lakes around our house. But this one has a fun little beach and dock to swim and play at. Ilie loved the sand (although when we first got there she said, "Oooh Dad, it's so messy!!") But she warmed up to it quickly and was rolling around in the sand in no time. But she didn't warm up to the water until five minutes before we left and then (of course) she didn't want to go home because she wanted to swim. It was a fun day with the girls, all dressed up in their red polka dots!!

o' cAnaDa...

Well, we had a week of celebrations!! So...Happy Canada Day to all our fellow Canadians and Happy Fourth of July to all our good ol' Amerians!! We celebrated Canada Day on the fabulous harbor. First, we visited the Citadel and explored around. Then we headed down to Stayners Restaurant on the water and had some YUMMY fish and chips (the BEST we have ever had!!) Of course we had to hit Cows Icecream afterwards (and a thirty minute line didn't even stop us...that's how much we love our icecream.) To finish off the night we watched the fireworks over the water. YAHOO!!

Our Fourth of July wasn't so action packed but we had a fun BBQ in our "backyard" with some of our American friends!! We ate lots of yummy food and the kids had a blast running around like crazy. But we sure missed the fun times in Utah and Mark was sure missing that he wasn't on the Snake River with his fam. We heard the water was great this year, so he was bummed that we were missing out. (I was bummed on missing the fam, but I'm kind of a woose when it comes to the river, so I wasn't missing that too much!)