Doug and Bernice kept Jordan and Nathan for a week after the August long weekend and brought the kids home the next weekend. While they were here we were able to go to Auntie Barb's cabin on the Shuswap (boat access only-very cool) for the day. The kids just can't seem to get enough of the beach, water and the seadoos. And neither can we!


Fun with Grandma King and the Claw

Here's little Nate, the bravery of our kids never ceases to amaze me. Yeah, he's three.

I think Jared should have been a gymnast or a diver, check out that perfect pike position.

Here goes Jorji!

We found this rope swing just down from the cabin and Jared and the kids had a blast doing their thing.

Little Lu LOVED the one on one attention that she got while the big kids were away. In fact we're a little afraid that we have created a bit of a monster. She was one spoiled little girl during that week and we are still dealing with the repercussions.

While Jordan and Nathan were spending the week at Grandma and Grandpa King's house in Castlegar, we decided it was a perfect opportunity to build a fort for them as a surprise. It's something that we've been wanting to do for awhile but just haven't had the chance. We found a great plan online and had a blast cutting and building this project. Well, Jared did most of the work while I was quality control. I did have some fun with his mitre saw however as I cut all the siding! So fun!

So while the kids were partying at Grandma's we were busy doing this:

While also dealing with this:

And the result was this:

Three very happy kids!!

It was such a fun surprise! The kids didn't get home till dark but we did the big 'reveal' anyway. They love it and have moved right in. It has a really cool trap door underneath that they can close and thus have complete privacy. In fact the other day I asked Nathan to come over for a moment to help me with something and he took off for the playhouse and then said while inside "I can't mom, I'm up here!"