Whew, it's already September! Back in the old country when the BER months come it is time to think about Christmas. But before I can even think about Christmas, there's August to look back to for this edition of the monthly photo diary. August was rough. August was filled with grace. August has a ton of photos. I'm not posting them all because there are over 600 photos to sort through between us siblings. I do intend to create a Vancouver photo album here sometime this week, err..month. I promise not to let you go through 600 pictures.
There's very little photos from Vancouver on my own cellphone camera. I didn't take a lot since I relied on the family with the dslr and smart phones. It also allowed me to just be in the moment of grieving, laughing, eating, whatever it was I needed to be in the moment for I was there with no camera.
So in random order, only because I'm having difficulty putting them in chronological order, here are some snapshots from August. As always, when you are done here go visit my real-life blogging friend, host of this link-up,
Barb at Praying for Grace.
 |
| a hotel pool all to themselves, the oldest two race for it |
 |
| food from the old country in Vancouver |
 |
| view of downtown Vancouver from Stanley Park |
 |
| they love being here |
 |
| the weather was beautiful when we got there |
 |
| I can't help but take a photo of bride and groom |
 |
| fireworks from our hotel room |
 |
| our travel buddy at the Vegas airport, the slot machine is a dead give-away right? |
 |
| he was so happy to pick us up at the airport, he had been begging for us to come home already! |
 |
| he wasted no time playing with his new umbrella imported from Canada |
 |
| the baby pushing me on the swing, I love this photo |
 |
| she's just glad to be home again |
 |
| ummm, he's really happy |
 |
| a sugar-laden Canadian flag cookie made by the girl |
 |
| a sugar-laden American flag cookie made by the girl |
 |
| my happy boys |
 |
| and then we went camping |
 |
| the cook lights the fire |
 |
| while we were in Canada, the others went to the State Fair with their cousin Kelsey |
 |
| not sure if he's thrilled or scared |
 |
| don't know the reason for the jaw dropping |
 |
| the all-knowing Smokey the Bear |
 |
| the middle child chose baseball over going to Canada, a decision we all struggled with. It was somewhat prestigious to be invited to play with the All-Star team. When he changed his mind, it was too late, plans have been made and there was no way we can pull him out of the team. He was a very unhappy child. Lesson learned for all of us. I think this photo was from my husband's cellphone. I love it. I love that the child dedicated this note to his dad and I love what my husband wrote on the bottom |
 |
| but as soon as game time came, all the gloom about not traveling was gone. He played really well and their team made it to the semi-finals, something this team hasn't done before. |
 |
| the tournament games were early so he slept through some of it |
 |
| that right there is a good man (with the super- ornery baby LOL) he is the rock and pillar of our household |
 |
| their baseball league had a special night at the ballpark, they got to march around the field in their jerseys |
 |
| fun! |
 |
| and expensive and I thought the airport food prices were outrageous |
 |
| oldest got a home run ball, the background light beam is almost angelic LOL |
 |
| we forgot that this was a plastic vase, oops! burn courtesy of the mosquito coil, thank God our porch isn't wooden! |
'Til next month!
No comments:
Post a Comment