Trestle Walk

The girls and I went to visit Mom and Dave this weekend. Mom, the girls and I went to the canyon that caught on fire in 2003 and has since had all its railway trestles replaced. It was a great walk walking on the trestles and going through the tunnel. The weather couldn't make up its mind what it wanted to do. We were in the tunnel when it started to rain but we waited it out and it cleared up for the walk back to the car. It then started to thunder and poured rain on the drive back down the mountain. The girls enjoyed their visit to Grandma's but had to do their music homework before heading home.

Kilby Children's Festival

The end of August also is marked by the Kilby Hisotic Site Children's Festival. The girls had lots of fun with sack races, croquet, face painting, feeding the animals, climbing the firetruck, and Heather got to participate in one of the entertainment shows. We got to pick apples and pears from their orchard and they were so yummy. We fed the cores to the pigs so they got a treat too. We love this place!

Last Few Days of Summer

I have not blogged in a while because school has started up again so I am behind on everything.
The last week before school started I took the girls to Dinotown. I remember my mom taking me there once when I was little and it was still called the Flintstones at the time. It really has not changed that much. They still have a lot of the original buildings, bumper cars and canoes. The girls enjoyed themselves but I don't think they will be back until they have kids of their own. Who knows, they might still have the same stuff when they go too.

"Corning" Around

Today we went to a Corn Maze. It was really neat. I have not been in one like this before. This farm has been doing it for 11 year and they have had some amazing designs. The girls had fun running around and trying to find their way to all the clues and the finish line. They got see baby bunnies, ducklings, goats, etc. They even had a corn box instead of a sand box. A few hours to keep us occupied was great and there was a bit of a breeze so we were not too hot. The picture with the two girls in the corn maze is in the middle of the maple leaf that you can see in the aerial shot of the maze

Water Fun Week

This week the girls were rarely dry. We went to the water slides for the afternoon early in the week. The girls are still too little for some but had fun on what they were able to go on. Vanessa couldn't stop smiling and Heather impressed us with her courage and independence to do the slides on her own. We went to the local spray park the next day with friends from school and Heather and Vanessa had a great time getting wet on a really hot day. On Friday, the girls wrapped up their second 2 week set of swimming. Heather still did not advance but I noticed a big improvement and she can swim well enough on her own: I will not have to worry so much. Vanessa had a big crush on her teacher and I think he liked her a lot too. So much that he accidentally passed her into the next level. I had to go talk to him because I knew there was no way that she could do all that she was suppose to. He said that when he was doing the report cards, he had in his mind that she was much better than she was. He was going to talk to me about but I got to him first. He was afraid that I would have been mad that he made the mistake but I assured him that I didn't care if she passed or not as long as she was learning to swim. I think we will take a break from swimming lessons for a while now. Imade the pictures a little smaller again but if you click on them, they enlarge.

New York Yankees Come to Town

Rita and the girls are in the centre of picture at the top of the wall

Johnny Damon

Derek Jeter

mmm Garlic Fries

Ichiro Suzuki Trademark pose

Todd and I went to Seattle for a game on Friday. The yankees beat the Mariners in the ninth but it was a good game. Derek Jeter was friendly to the fans and we watched Johnny "Captain Caveman" Damon during his batting practice. Ichiro Suzuki played well. He has this whole routine before he sets up to bat that he does everytime. It is his trademark. We met up with Cousin Rita and her girls at the stadium just to say hi. We finally had to breakdown and buy some garlic fries. There smelled so good throughout the park. They tasted good too. What ever happened to hotdogs, peanuts and popcorn?