Victoria and horses

Last Tuesday we headed to Victoria for 2 days, returning Brianna home. That afternoon we went to Vanessa's vaulting class in Saanich to watch a rehearsal for the upcoming Labour Day performances. Here are the girls warming up.

Nessa and a partner executing a movement - these kids have amazing balance, and the horse has infinite patience.

Another balance move that would no doubt facilitate a face plant for me, but which Vanessa carries off beautifully. Then we went to Mary Lois's for dinner and overnight.

ears and friends...

I took Amber to get her ears pierced (she has a nose pierce, but hadn't had ears done for 7 years and they had grown over.) As you can see, she was very brave....:-) She chose a turquoise chip for her stud - looks great!

Jason came for the weekend and after he and Amber left, we went to Sandy and Glady's for a glass of wine and great munchies with Maggie, Ingrid, Terri,Auntie Mo, neighbour Cathy and Brianna.

you can tell that altho the sun was out, it was kind of cool. Happy to say it is another hot sunny day this morning.

Chiik stayed home and slept through the afternoon in one of his favourite baskets.

mini golf, bumper cars

Started the day with lunch at the Shady Rest......or is that breakfast when you don't get up until 1 pm....?

Then off to Riptide to play on the bumper cars......

Here she comes......!!!!!

then mini golf.............here are the 14 year olds at the 14th hole....!!

Ended the night back at Pacific Shores in the hot tubs.....and a nice swim too! At midnight we all trouped outside to see the full moon with Mars......pretty cool!!!

more water......

Thursday Miki was still fighting a summer cold, so I took the girls for an evening swim at our time share pool and hot tubs. Another lovely evening with that fat moon up there.....

We even snuck in an ocean swim on the way back from the point hot tub....and then happily back to the hot water of the tubs.

More ice cream on the way home.....:-)

The 3 cats are quite obviously getting along better, although Chiik still sends Dax into screaming fits from time to time. Here they all are sharing our bed last night, so it can't be that bad......!

Bowling and full moon swim

Wednesday we all went bowling at the local lane.

Amber won the first game, Miki the second, but we all had lots of laughs and groans.....!

The girls have been so great this week - heading to bed around midnight and sleeping till noon.....remember when you could sleep that long......?

Wed night was a special treat - I took the girls down to the beach for a late night swim under the full moon. Ah....warm water, lovely sky.....

and this beautiful moon, shining over the ocean and the park....followed of course by ice cream at McDonald's......:-)

Beach Day

Hot and sunny again in paradise, so off to the beach......! Air mattresses to float on, snacks, warm water and lots of sunscreen!

The beach was busy, but no where near as crowded as last week.

There go our swimmers/bathing beauties out for a swim and paddle, with 3 wind surfers behind them. Burgers and video night completed the day.

Teen week

This week it is Amber and her friend Brianna at our place. We went to Nanaimo yesterday to shop, troll the malls, see a movie and have supper.

We got Amber's passport pics done, as we hope she and Dad Jason will come to Mexico this winter!!!

Then we all saw Step Up 3D - a fabulous dance movie!!! Dinner was at Montana's where we all promised each other we would never go on a birthday - those crazy horns.....!!!!