Christmas, Holidays

4th Annual Christmas in August

We went to our 4th annual Christmas in August and despite the rainy weather, it was an awesome trip.

We left on Thursday and headed up to North Bay early this year so that we could help set up on Friday. As you can see by the picture we had some great supervision while setting up the dining tarp.

Aiden supervising setup

However, it did not survive the rain on Saturday Night.

Tarp Damage from the rain

Some of the highlights from the trip

Abby & Aiden playing with Logan
Hanging out with Logan
Aiden playing with Yogi in River

Aiden & Abby had a blast playing with the  dogs all weekend. Here are some shots of them with Yogi, who is Aaron & Chantale’s dog & Logan who is Al & Joyce’s dog. After watching them this weekend, I think it is possible that we may see a dog sometime in the next couple of years.

Hanging Out With Family

Panorama of the bonfire
Kids with Philip
Aiden hanging out Auntie Joyce

Melissa & Shauna posing for the camera
Melissa with Auntie Joyce
Steven & Karen on their morning canoe ride

We had a great time doing stuff with the family. Here are few highlights. There is Aiden who spent anytime he could on Joyce’s lap. There was Abby & Aiden wrestling with Philip while he tried to watch the Muppets with everyone else. There was the family bonfire which I will have some more pictures of down below. Steven & Karen going on there morning canoe ride. And of course a little acting crazy courtesy of Melissa & Shauna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spending Time at the River

Despite how rainy and chilly it was we still spent a lot of time at the river. On Friday, Abby & Aiden begged us to go swimming, so we told them that the water was cold, but they insisted so we decided to let them figuring that they would get in the water and change their mind. That was not the case with either of them especially Abby. Both of them went right in the water and Abby swam out an jumped in off the floating dock as you can see in the video down below & Aiden went in up to his waist and splashed around for a while.

After that I went paddle boating with both of the kids around the river, which was a lot of fun, especially for Aiden. However, with the wind, it quite difficult to paddle across the river for very long.

And of course, on some of the evenings there was the opportunity to see some incredible sunsets, especially on Sunday night as pictured below.

Despite how rainy and chilly it was we still spent a lot of time at the river. On Friday, Abby & Aiden begged us to go swimming, so we told them that the water was cold, but they insisted so we decided to let them figuring that they would get in the water and change their mind. That was not the case with either of them especially Abby. Both of them went right in the water and Abby swam out an jumped in off the floating dock as you can see in the video down below & Aiden went in up to his waist and splashed around for a while.

After that I went paddle boating with both of the kids around the river, which was a lot of fun, especially for Aiden. However, with the wind, it quite difficult to paddle across the river for very long.

And of course, on some of the evenings there was the opportunity to see some incredible sunsets, especially on Sunday night as pictured below.

Paddle boating with Abby

Paddle boating with Aiden

Aiden having second thoughts about the cold

Dad providing excellent supervision on kids while swimming 🙂

Sunset on Marten River