Best intentions

I do try to keep this blog update but time seems to run away from me. So here are some pictures of the last three months picture worthy events.

In early May we went to Algonquin Park to spot a moose - we actually, really, did see TWO but they were too quick for us to get the camera out -especially as we were driving at the time. However we did a couple of hikes through the woods and around a lake or two as you can see.

May 23rd saw Madisyn's FIRST birthday party, although technically she was one and one day...



In June Den's mum and sister came for a two week visit from the UK.....

I think Sarah will work out cell phones long before great grandma!!

Who are these funny people?

during which time we also spent some time downtown Ottawa as well as Pinhey Point (only 20 minutes from home but never been there before)....

....Gill did the 5k Barrhaven run...(red shirt #321....and she came in ahead of her shirt number)


...then we had a walk around Pink Lake in Gatineau park, Quebec.....

A stroll in the swamp

The snow is all but gone, Easter is here and the sun is shining. Looks like a good day for a walk at Stoney Swamp in west Ottawa whilst Daniel got some peace and quiet at home to study (the inside of his eyelids!).
I'm not sure why we bothered taking the stroller on the walk, it was quite bumpy so we carried Sarah virtually all the way!



Gill and Sarah





Who's this with big ears?






Sarah (in case there was any doubt)





Denise and Gill




Sarah and me (on the left!)





Denise




...and even a chipmunk poked his nose out of a tree trunk to check that Spring is really here....





Last weekend Natalie and Madisyn came up here for the day so it was a chance for the cousins to get together again for a few hours.





Duet at the piano!










Someone's getting tired...

I know already!

Yes, I do know that it's been too long, again, since the last blog. I would like to say it's been because I'm too busy but the opposite is true. I have continued looking for work but also been spending time working in Daniel and Gillian's basement. That is now finished, inhabited and looking good.

The job search is also just about over, I have picked up some work to do from home but am very hopeful that a more regular job is just around the corner...

Last Saturday we met up with David and Becca Munro and their children Georgia and Daisy. David is the eldest son of our very good friends in Christ, Tony and Jenny Munro from the UK. David lives near Toronto and was in Ottawa visiting other friends and experiencing Winterlude festival on the Rideau Canal etc. By the time we met them they were feeling chilly and tired so we headed directly to the museum of Civilisation for coffee and doughnuts! Gillian, Daniel and Sarah were also along for the ride.


Becca with Sarah


David and Georgia





Daisy