Oh ya, I never had any!
I've got some nasty allergies happening to me right now, thanks to the generous sprinkling of canola fields around my small town. Last week we headed out to Leduc, where my parent's live to celebrate Canada day in the sunshine. While we were there my allergies subsided and I felt back to my old self, with the exception of an asthma attack at the compost facility- I felt great!
As soon as we arrived home in Strathmore, the sneezing and wheezing started again and I feel very exhausted by it all. I know the allergy thing will be short lived but it has been quite a shock to my system.
Ken and I also feel like we need to go out and spend some time together. I feel like I never get to see him and when I do I'm competing for his attention with our kids (rightly so!!). So hopefully in the next month or so we can beg Auntie Jessie to watch the kids for a couple days (and nights!) and have a little time together. I'm really looking forward to it.
Next week I'm back off to Leduc with the kids to watch my mom's animals while she goes to a family reunion in Saskatchewan. She's going to debrief me on the feeding routine of her birds while she's gone, I'm nervous... those little suckers have delicate temperaments and I'm anything but delicate... hopefully they all survive. I'm going to do my best to find things for the kids to do while we are there... lots of parks in the area and a lot of biking paths. I see many adventures ahead of us!
As you can see by the photo above, Ken took the kids fishing in the lake downtown. They had a ball, Paige caught 2 rainbow trout, Nolan caught one and Ken even caught one accidentally as he was bringing in his reel! I got some beautiful shots of everyone and their fish. The mosquitos were keeping themselves on the DL thanks to a nice breeze, it was a great night. I'm sure we'll go out and do it again soon. Here is a slide show of the shots I've posted to flickr.
Enjoy.
I should hop a long but I'll update again soon,
~jen
Your "get up and go" came over to my house I think ;)
Posted by: Jessica | Jul 24, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Long time no chat - scubadiva from tblog - always love your pics and stories.
He 'accidentally' caught a fish? I love it. Most people can't even catch a fish. (Last time I fished, I ended up with a double-barbed hook in the bone of my finger and had surgery!)
Hugs
Posted by: ScubaDiva | Jul 19, 2008 at 07:51 AM
The slideshow is wonderful....the kids look like they are having so much fun....I like the laughing when Paige was holding up her fish.....the beauty of the sky, clouds and the water is breath taking..... you are great with that camera....you really should enlarge some of those and sell them....put them up on etsy....there alot better than some of them I've seen on etsy... judy
Posted by: judypatooote | Jul 13, 2008 at 08:03 PM
That picture should win an award...It is so awesome.....love it.....and about your moms birds......don't feed them gravel.....the story behind that is that when my daughter Lisa was going to college she live with a classmate girlfriend, and Lisa had two birds....she ask the classmate to feed them while she was on vacation.....when she came home she called her dad and said that they were laying on their backs with feet sticking up.....and Jim said to go touch them......I could hear her screem through the phone.....yep deader than doorknobs... so Lisa found out later that her friend fed them gravel instead of birdfood....hummmm... going to go let max out, and come back to see your slideshow.... give kids a hug from me, and I hope you and Ken find time to get away... every one needs that once in a while...
Posted by: judypatooote | Jul 13, 2008 at 07:54 PM
Fabulous picture! I hope your allergies subside. I have winter allergies, and that sucks too. Glad to see you're blogging again!
Posted by: deb | Jul 12, 2008 at 07:54 PM
Your mama is trusting you with her birds? Does she know that you wash your fish bowls with bleach! Too funny have a great time, my friend.
Posted by: Laurie Lee | Jul 10, 2008 at 07:45 AM