7.29.2018

made it home at 4:30 pm.

safe and sound.

wonderful vacation memories fill the air.

cheers !

7.27.2018

vacation day #14.

every morning we open the front door to 2 cups of tim hortons & timbits -

thanks dad for spoiling us rotten !

uncle steve's world famous candy candy bar opened at 9am.

totally cleaned out by 9:15am.

loved hanging with sugar high nieces and nephews !

beach afternoon.

dinner at the boathouse tonight.

perfect way to end out canadian vacation !

off to pack .....

7.26.2018

vacation day #13.

and the party continues !

our annual game of balloon volleyball.

hanging on the beach.

luke tubing with uncle eddie.

in his prayers tonight, he described tubing as

"the best day ever"

annual sippel open golf tournament.

dinner and bingo at cherry hill.

ethan saw that william was sad because he didn't win tonight

& totally unprompted, shared his winnings with him !

BEST MOMENT EVER !!

poker at ed and erin's that lasted long into the morning hours.

good stuff !

good families !

we are truly blessed that both families revolve  their

summer trips around our annual trip home !

does it get any better than this ??

7.25.2018

vacation day # 12.

uncle steve's DAY-O-FUN !

another great tradition lives on.

we take hannah, owen, ethan, luke and william

to the dollaramia.

each child has to buy a gift for their mom & dad.

and then several gifts for themselves.

such fun to see what they pick out.

afternoon at the beach.

luke's first day tubing with uncle eddie.

"his best day ever" according to his nightly prayers.

south coast for sippel party.

off to ed and erin's for conor's birthday party

and NFL draft selection.

lars & willa joined us via facetime.

new sippel fun tonight -

oven mitt game.

great laughs & matt was the lucky winner.

might add this game to our new traditions !

cheers !