Happy Father's Day!

Wow, we had a great Father's Day. We slept in a bit and then went to Rockin's Johnnys here in Kanata for a big breakfast. Yummy!

After breakfast we have a family outing to the Stittsville Range were we shot some .22 rifles at paper and steel targets. Lots of fun. Here is a pic of the kids in safety gear.. ear and eye protection.


Here is a picture of Alana coaching Matthew along with the .22. Lots of fun!



After the range outing we went home and I had presents waiting for me! Yippe! I received a nice pair of shorts from the family as well as some nice cards and artwork from the kiddies.

Here is the card. Can you figure out the meaning? Pretty cool!



Here is a nice picture that Anna made for me (Anna and I in the woods) and a painting of a snake that Matthew made at school.

We had a nice BBQ and then went to watch Anna's play soccer. This evening we relaxed out on the deck and enjoyed the beautiful summer evening. What a perfect day!

Tom

Fun in the Sun

It was hot and humid here yesterday, so the kids and I wen tout to the backyard to play in the sprinkler. Not quite as goos as having a pool, but still lots of fun.

Here is a pick of the kids doing what kids do best.. play!



And here is Matthew.. armed with a Super Soaker!



Here is a short video clip showing the fun!



Surprisingly, Dad was able to remain dry. ;-)

Anna's Birthday!

Anna turned 5 today!

For details click here for Anna's Blog.

Tom

Thunder Storms

We had a nice line of storms go through here last night. I have added pictures and info on our Family Weather Blog.

Music Videos...

Here is a short video of the kids "lip-syncing" to their favorite song "Move Along" by the The All American Rejects which happens to be the theme song for Lego Bionicles. ;-)




Hilarious!

Here is another video of the kids dancing to a remix version of Sarah McLachlan's Vox ;-)



Tom

Flower garden

Here are some pictures I just took of Alana's flower garden. I am not sure what these flowers are called, but they are beautiful! I will update once I can get Alana to ID them for me.

Tom

Vegetable Garden

We have finally finished planting our vegetable garden! In our 20'x3' strip garden we planted 2 8' rows of bush beans, 3 beef-steak tomatoes plants (one poor plant did not make it ;-) , 2 jalapeño peppers, 2 green peppers, 2 banana peppers and 3 mini-pumpkin plants. In containers we planted 2 bush cucumbers and a bunch of assorted "wild-flowers" to be used for cut-arrangements. If you look closely you will see the strawberry plants that are groing wild all around the gardens.


We are very pleased that Alana's peppermint and spearmint plants are thriving, but not spreading outside of the containers. The rhubarb plants that we brought from New Brunswick are doing very well! We already harvested one crop of rhubarb and Alana made freezer jam...yummy!