Home again, home again, jiggity jog

Well, after a very long flight, we are back home in Longueuil. I am missing the morning view of Marsh Lake from the rocking chair in the great room. It became part of my routine with the early morning feedings to sit and rock the baby there. Thanks for the nice message Dad. We sure had a great time with you guys. Thanks for taking care of my kids. As parents, you know that much of our own pleasure comes from watching your kids have so much fun. Mathis grew so much ( well perhaps not physically ) from crawling around and exploring and well Noé, he just had such a great time with the loaders, the sand, gravel, water, the walks with the dogs and all the attention. Thank you gramma and pepère!!! Love you and miss you already.

Beachers

Hi Kids

Mom & I are feeling kinda sad, all of a sudden our house is so empty & quiet. So, to cheer ourselves up we went out and scooped some sand from the beach for a special celebration that's coming soon.

A beautiful day at the beach today, hot with a nice breeze. We took Copper for long walk on it when we got back from dropping off the Kuan-Teaus at the airport. Mom & I talked about all the things we wanted to do while the kids were here but didn't, 'cause there wasn't time. It seems all we did was "prepare-for & clean-after"...

(Oh - oh, the water-bombers just flew over, reckon that's what happens when it's hot & breezy in The Yukon.)

We miss Noé & Mathis...

Mouse & JL too, they did so much for us the short time we had them. Thank You So Much you two, you are a wonderful family.

Looking forward to gathering 'toute-la-gang' again in just over a month.

Ole Dad

P.S. Perhaps the construction company Réno-Noé should invest in a 'new backhoe' for this up-coming heavy construction season. (they'll especially need one with 'eyes' for the headlights)

Lake is coming in

Hi Kids

It's been windy the last few days so we have that mini sand berm all along Army Beach, with the big (sun warmed) puddle behind it. The lake is rising fast, so the beach itself (between that puddle and our breakwater wall of rocks) is only about 40 metres of nice sand now. Remember, it was about 200 m out there when the ice melted and of course will be reduced to nothing by July. So ya, the lake is rising fast, but nothing like it did the last time Jude & I went to a summer wedding in the far east... "no flood this year" in case you're wondering.

The picture here is a couple of french tourists enjoying a view of the evening sun setting on a smoky White Mountain in the distance, just above the point of "The Island". They wanted to perhaps wait till dark before the ventured nude across the deck to the hot-tub... We told them "That will be sometime in August"...

Noé and Mathis are a delight!

Bucket truck at the cottage!

Had some major storms up north, from Tweed where Mike and Gails' place is to Toronto. Lots and lots of trees down near the cottage and one took down the power line. No power for almost a week! They say more hydro guys were deployed than during the legendary ice storm. So we watched the guys in the bucket truck hook up the power then took the chainsaw out to clear the roads to the neighbours place. Exciting days up north!
Having much to much fun out at the cottage, so the house has been neglected. Are putting off the renos until the fall!
Counting down the days until we hook up in montreal, then of course Halifax. Gonna be the best summer ever!
Luv ya,
Pean