July 12/13
Back to the Bleau family with boys in tow. So how do we start our time together as a family??? You got it – repeat performance at the splash park! Seriously whoever came up with these deserves a medal. We could LIVE at one!
Back to the splash park
Cups, boys and daddy and all… lots of splash and run and play and smiles… what a great way to celebrate being together again.
With Daddy
Mr. Emanuel
With Mommy
Oh and stopping to smell the flowers…
Pretty
Then back to our home base and the chance to hang out with another family we have missed who are up temporarily visiting from California. The Davey family. It is the first time in years that we have all been together… 11 kids in total! Catherine and Trinity were instant buddies.
Catherine and Trinity
Although at first it was just the Davey 3 and our 5. After all, the Bleau 3 had their program at the swimming pool.
Some of the kids
The next day it was the Reinsch-Johnsons and the Daveys at the splash park. With the wildfires in other areas of Alberta there was some smoke coverage but nothing too horrible. That did mean the splash park was empty of all but us though. Definitely a nice situation!
Splish
Splash
Catherine and Trinity
Jeff and Zack
Amanda and Chris
And then Sharon joined us after her lane swim.
Sharon and Echo
Which meant that she and Ken banded together and drug me into the park and soaked me good. All in good fun of course.
SOAKED
And then for lunch… McDonald’s thanks to Jeff. And for the afternoon/evening… we got to watch the guys fix a kitchen faucet. It really DOES take 3 programmers to do so! From the dismantling, trip to the store and then to the final installation. But what a lovely faucet indeed!
Under the sink
Work in progress
Success
Don’t forget supper around the table… 11 kids at one meal! It was so much fun!!! Our last chance to have all 3 families together for possibly years and years!
BBQing
Full table
And then the evening free of men as they went to Spiderman. The night before as well, just us girls watching movies and hanging out. It was so much fun!
Hanging out
We even had the guys hamming it up for us after their showers and our girls in their first sleepover party!
Emma, Trinity and Catherine
It was so nice to be with old friends. I hope that one day we can do it again. But it will be quite a long time…
Our big boys