Just July

July was a fabulous month.

Much of it was spent travelling, some of it together, some of it not. Stephen was off in Trinidad for 10 days with Samaritan's Purse at the beginning of July. He took 3 of our own students with him along with another leader. The house stayed so clean while Stephen was gone...but he was greatly missed!

We were able to spend some time up at Jackfish Lake once Stephen came home which is always enjoyable. The first weekend we took our grade twelve graduates up for a mini camping trip. The mosquitos were horrible, but we had a great time around the campire and at the beach. We taught the kids how to do some "Tim Tam Slams"

I looked up the definition on Wiki...it is pretty great.

"The Tim Tam Slam is the practice of drinking a beverage by sucking it through a Tim Tam, an Australian chocolate-covered biscuit, with both of the ends bitten off.
Ideally, the inside of the biscuit should collapse but the outside should remain intact. Just before the biscuit falls apart, it is placed in the mouth."

Anyway....

We also went up again the weekend following to Jackfish Lake with our good friends Dave and Juliegh Clarke. We were eaten alive againby mosquitos while shooting a twilight round of golf. Unfortunately I have no pictures to document the event, but it was absolutely ridiculous. Stephen's grandparents Trevor and Norma Quinn are always very hospitable and fun to be around. I don't think we will make it to the lake again before they go back home, but I look forward to next summer already!

Our travels then took us to Kelowna! Oh what a glorious land that is! I love BC. We spent 8 wonderful days with the Reid Clan, all 6 of us this time! Maegan is back from Australia and is now living at my Mom and Dad's and so we were all able to spend time together (which is very rare these days).

The weather was hotter than hot. 40 degrees almost every day. So we spent most of our time by a lake or pool. We did some day trips to Peachland and Sicamous. Hit up a winery. Did a little shopping. A little cooking. SUCH a good holiday.

Enjoy the pictures from July!