Gramps & Gran

This blog has been sadly neglected in recent weeks... But that usually means one thing.

I'm busy doing other things!

We hosted my parents from Manitoba here on the farm for about 2 weeks and we had a really great time. I was a little apprehensive about sharing our 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom, half-a-house with guests, but it went much better than I expected. We gave the parents our "master" bedroom, while Erik and I slept on a couple of mattresses on the floor in the kids room (thankfully their room is so big!)

It was fun to show our parents the acreage for the first time. It's a pretty significant upgrade from the townhouse...

Erik happened to be doing renovations in our shop, so my dad pitched in and helped. He was also found helping Erik's dad put in fence posts around the yard. We had to maximize on the free labour I guess.

Meanwhile, my mom and I went shopping and made soups and pies at home - with a little help from Silas here and there. The weather was even decent enough to enjoy a weiner roast and s'mores for supper one evening.

On the weekend my parents treated us to a hotel stay in Bellingham. We shopped and ate and swam.

(backwards swim trunks...)

My mom enjoyed her new ipad.

When the rest of us weren't hogging it.


And some of us rested...

(I tried to take the "deedee" out of his mouth while he slept but his teeth were clamped right down on it.)


While we were down there we decided to drive to Deception Pass.

Dad and Erik contemplating the tall, tall trees...


Thankfully the wind and the rain held off long enough for us to enjoy a walk along the beach.


We got our fill of stone-throwing and rock-climbing...

And when we were done playing, the kids (Erik included) hiked back to the car with pockets full of colourful "one-of-a-kind" beach rocks.

Thanks Mom & Dad for a great visit!