June 1 - 15, 2015 Carters 5th Birthday and graduation from J. K.

Joe and I got to host Carter's Birthday Party in our back yard, the weather was great and the 15 kids got to splash in the pool and throw water balloons at each other, while the adults went for the protection of the umbrellas 

There was lots of homemade hamburgers, hotdogs, veggies to go around and of course the …. CAKE

Carter is a great fan of the Hulk and all of the Super Hero's, Lily had this made for him

to Carter's surprise Batman came to help him open his presents

Wyatt Baker, Carter Reid and Batman (aka Ryan Marriott) one of Carters dads best friends

Joe and I always love to have Carter stay with us and here is Joe and Carter playing lacrosse, Joe played on a team in his younger days, and I think he still has the moves for it, but says his knees won't handle the running any more

of course we need to head off to McDonalds for an ice cream come

then putting Lego together, another one of Joe's favourite  past time, Scott (Joe's son) has a huge Lego collection and they spent hours together assembling, many years ago

Carter is blowing bubbles while Joe is worn out from playing, ha ha … or just catching a few rays of the warm sun

Kim (Clarity) and I are enjoying a sail out in the Owen Sound Harbour

while Terry and Joe do all the work.  It was actually light winds that night, so not much to do.  After the race we had a pot luck back at the club.

it is graduation day from Jr. Kindergarten, here is Wyatt showing his mom some of his work

Carter is showing his dad, Jesse and Lily his accomplishments

every page had to be explained, what a great keepsake

the 2 best buddies Carter and Wyatt, Joe and I are so lucky to have these two little ones in our lives

we are looking forward to spending more time with them both this summer

I brought home all our spices from the boat, so it was time to sort them out and take count and get what I will need for when we return … as all of them will be heading back to the boat with us in November

now that's more organized

I helped Carter's dad, Jesse, with a deck cleaning project in Sauble Beach, it was nice working under the trees on such a hot day, but we had to work hard on removing the moss from the wood

this project is still on going, because the hot and humid days, with rain, it is hard to find a few good days in a row to let the wood dry before the next stage

to be continued  ...