King of Spades

Marc went to "Rock Camp" - his band was called King of Spades

They did a superb job! Marc's becoming quite the drummer :D

Camp Photography

Angie & I led a photography interest group at
camp for two days this week.
We taught kids how to use Digital SLR cameras and Photoshop.

We were there for staff throw-in as well

Curious Cows

They are replacing a hydro pole in our field,

and the cows are very curious as to what they're doing.

Listowel Dairy 4-H

Getting Dressed

Last minute touch-ups
(Although, I thought this was Marc's calf. Shouldn't he be doing the touch-ups?)

Marc and his calf - looking sharp!

Marc got third - He did a great job though!

Michelle and her calf

Her calf won first in its class!

William in the Pre-Calf 4-H class

This kid and his calf were really cute

Nannying

I spent the week at my friend Christa's. She hurt her back really badly, so I had the priviledge of helping her out a bit.

That help included watching her two adorable children.

FIRE!!! ...almost

We had some really hot bales in the shed

So hot we decided to call the fire department

They stood on hand as Dad took the bales out of the shed

Cleaning up the hoses

...and the pool

And back to Palmerston they go

Lemonade $0.10

The neighbour kids had a lemonade stand up today

(pictured are Cameron and Joel)

Marc drinking some delicious lemonade

Rita

Campfire

The weather's just warm enough for a campfire.

Day at the Beach

Angie, Sarah, and I spent the day together

We tuckered Sarah's dog (Livia) out, playing fetch

The beginnings of our sand castle :D

A little farther

Complete!

Angie having a little nap after all that hard work.

Sunsets, Baseball, and Fireworks

For a day full of rain clouds it was a wonderful surprise to still be able to enjoy a spectacular sunset

To celebrate Mapleton and Canada Day there was a special baseball game - the New Zealand Black Sox vs. the South Perth All-Stars

They played two 5-inning games. First one was tied 2-2, and the second one was 2-0 for New Zealand.

The fireworks were fun to watch - a great end to a fun day!

Visite

We had some visitors from Holland come yesterday

Linda

Miranda

and Sjaan & Piet (and Jake & Hendrika of course)

Goodbye Miranda!

Mir also stopped by to say goodbye.

Since our work is finished she headed home.

Canada Day Festivities

Mapleton turned 10 years old today, so they had a special day set up in Drayton. Dad and I joined the festivities for a while.

Tonight we'll go to the fireworks.

John Wilkinson, our MPP, had a turn in the dunk tank

Dad was the second to try to knock him in the water.

Someone else eventually got him to fall in.

Aunt Annette hard at work on a quilt.
You could enter a draw to win this quilt.

Aunt Sue had an Alpaca wool stand

Reuben hard at work spinning

Glynis with granddaughter Jocelyn

Arm wrestling

Even 3-year-old Trenton had a go at it

And won his very first arm wrestle!