Sauble Beach

Yesterday was kind of an overcast and cool day so Payton and I decided to venture into Sauble Beach and see what we could find to do. Our first stop was to find the best beach fries we could find. Boy were they good. Next stop was mini putt.



After a very intense game of putt putt, we relaxed with an ice cream cone from Dairy Queen. I can't even tell you the last time I had a DQ ice cream. It was very tasty.



After our ice cream we headed up to the Sauble Beach Amusement Park. It was kinda cheesy but for $20 it killed an hour or so and we had a good time. Payton started out on the smaller rides and worked her way up to the go-karts with me.







By far the go-karts were the most fun. I drove and Payton sat beside me. I kept looking over at her and she was smiling ear to ear. She said at bedtime that she had a great day. I'm glad. Isn't that what summer is all about?

Check back again soon!

Tubing

This past long weekend, we went out boating with two families that we know from Kitchener. Brad and Kim and their son Chet have a trailer in the same campground we are in. Ian and Christine and thier kids Zoey and Coleton have a cottage not 15 minutes away. Jeff had the jetski and Brad and Ian each had their boats. The day consisted of swimming, tubing, waterskiing and jetskiing. I think fun was had by all. The thing that surprised me the most was that Payton went tubing alone and really enjoyed herself. She really wanted to go but was very aprehensive about going alone. Finally she stood up to her fears and settled into the tube and was ready for her ride.



Tell me she's not having a good time!!!






I think clearly that this is turning out to be the summer of a lifetime. Not only for Payton but for me too.

Sunkissed!!!

I just took the most awesomest picture of Payton ever! Check it out! For sure this one will end up on a layout.

What a summer we are having. She keeps me busy and I hate to admit that she is growing up too fast.

Love you honey!

Old Friends!

This is the week every year that we would normally be at Evergreen Resort on Red Bay. We have gone there for the last 6 years. Every year the same people book the same week so we have built some great friendships. We have always brought Zoe with us each year and I think she was more excited about going there than we ever were. A week away from her brothers was I think the best part. (I'm sure the candy counter helped too!)

Payton and Zoe became very close with a little girl named Sidney that the talked about many times throughout the year and she was the one they went looking for as soon as they arrived there.

Because we decided not to go this year, Payton and Zoe were very disappointed. We tried to explain to them that being able to see each other every weekend for 5 or 6 months was better than just for one week but I don't think they bought it. So when Sidney's mom Robin contacted us by e-mail to see if we were going, we made arrangements for them to stop here at the campground for an afternoon so the girls could visit.

I commented to Robin how I thought it was so cool that they only see each other for one week a year and when they finally get to see each other again, they just pick up where they left off.


Good friends are hard to find and I hope that this friendship lasts a lifetime. Glad you had a great visit girls.

New Friends

Since we have been coming up to the trailer in the beginning of May, Payton has met alot of new friends. However, the two that she spends the most time with is 4 year old Isabel and her 7 year old sister Andrea. This picture was taken of them a few weekends ago.

The mintue we arrive in the park, Payton is already asking to go see if they are here. With the nice weather arriving in the next day or so, I am sure there will be alot of time spent in the pool with these two.

Summer fun and lasting friends!

Rock Painting

On the long weekend in May, we decided we needed to paint some of the rocks that Payton had collected over the past couple of weekends at the trailer. It was a beautiful day so we sat at the picnic table with Zoe and painted some rocks. The girls had a good time. They were mixing dish soap in with the paint and swishing it around and making it foamy before they put it on the rocks. Not sure how they came up with that idea but it kept them occupied for some time.



Payton and Zoe are good together, they get along quite well. Here is a token picture of the two of them enjoying each others company.



One of the finished rocks for our garden.....



Peace Everyone!

Gymnastics

Payton has been taking Tumble and Bounce at Revolution Gymnastics for the past 8 weeks and really enjoyed it. She was pretty bummed on Tuesday as it was the last class until sessions start up again in September.

On Tuesday, they allowed all the parents to come into the gym so we could all watch up close and take pictures or video of them enjoying their last class. What? An opportunity to take photos of my child doing what she loves? You don't have to tell me that twice. I was there with my media bag which consists of two different cameras and a video camera. I have added a clip here of her practicing all the different types of bounces they learned in their classes.



I am looking forward to the sessions starting again in September because I love to watch her try so hard to master a skill. She trys just as hard to please herself as she does her coach and anyone else she demonstrates her skills to. She is very flexible and loves to be on her hands more than her feet. It is not unusual to see a cartwheel in the middle of the living room as she is on her way to do something.

This is a picture taken at the end of class doing her final "Ta-Da!"



She deserves a gold medal for determination.

Well Done Payton!!!