June 19-22 Father's Day and the first official day of summer

Friday was a hazy day but warm at around 23 C. Didn't go out on the boat today as we attended to things here at the house. The biggest chore was finally taking the motorhome up to the sani-dump as it finally opened to dump the tanks from our trip home from the USA mid-March. There was not a lot in the tanks, only the last 3 days of travel but nonetheless, I wanted it out! Of course I first loaded the tanks up with water from the hose here, so there was a better clean out at the other end. There is no way to attach a hose up at the dump to do a back-flush as the hose is fitted with two female ends. lol. Ray will have to get an adapter so he can do it for next time.

Kristi called and asked what was for lunch? She wanted to stop for a short visit before driving out to Kissinger Lake to meet up with Jason. Off to the store I went for some lunch fixin's. :) We had a great visit for an hour and off she went. The rest of the afternoon we spent sitting up on the deck where there was a little breeze. Down on the dock was hot and muggy as we found out putting the boat cover back on due to the predicted rain tonight.

One of my Iris's in the front garden.

Over in Squamish, the other grandparents arrived for their first meeting with Stella. Apparently the "fight was on" as to who was going to hold her. lol

Ana and Bill and one very much loved Stella!

Saturday morning was very warm and wet outside. Mostly drizzly, but I did hear the rain coming down harder in the early hours of the morning.

Ray was pretty sore today, an accumulation of a week or so of hurting more than usual, so it was a down day for him. First up "into the hot tub for him!

I saw a recipe in my Facebook feed for Tropical Margarita's so had to try that for him too.

In between rain showers, Freya spent her time on the back lawn, while Ray and I stayed up on the deck. Part of the reason for Ray's soreness is due to giving our lawn "measles" again ... reseeding the areas where he got rid of a bunch of weeds, a large patch of poor grass and many dog pee spots. lol

Our neighbours are spending quite a bit of time the past few weeks getting a rock wall built surrounding their lawn, and a new concrete walkway to their gangway to their dock. Also they built a hot tub platform with all the work entailed and finally yesterday, their new lawn was seeded and the hedge between us severely pruned. Definitely improves our view of the lake from the deck. :) Thanks Mike.

View from our deck

Fortunately for them the day stayed reasonably nice with only a few misty showers until late afternoon when the rain began again.

Ray went to Duncan earlier this morning and picked up some fresh spot prawns for a treat for Father's Day so that was dinner. One happy guy. The prawns were so fresh that they were jumping around in the bag when I opened it up. We have not eaten prawns this fresh since we used to catch them ourselves 10 years ago. :)  He also purchased some Honey Blue mussels from nearby Salt Spring Island.  Apparently the store rarely gets these and never this large.  They were excellent.  Feels like we're back at Newport Beach! 

Sunday, Happy Father's Day

Ray had his "Father's Day" a day early yesterday. lol This morning very grey and breezy outside. Hopefully it clears up for the afternoon. For Ray's breakfast I made a breakfast pizza with homemade dough. It turned out pretty good.

Talked with Garrett this morning ... his first Father's Day. Kat sent us this picture for Ray's first "Grandpa's Father's Day."

While taking these shots, Stella's "poop face" occurred and Ray almost got that pic instead. 

For dinner tonight I'm trying smoked pork belly bites on the Traeger Smoker. Should be tasty and it was. Down day for Ray as he continues recouping today, so he just relaxed and we managed to get outside for a while in the afternoon. Of course the sun came out late in the afternoon.

Monday Kristi and Jason stopped by on the way home from their fishing/camping trip at Kissinger Lake to celebrate a belated Father's Day with Ray. I made burgers on the BBQ. After lunch Jason headed home with the trailer and Kristi stayed a couple more hours at our campfire in the backyard. A great day.

This picture, Stella looks just like Garrett did as a baby.

And that was Ray's Father's Day celebrations.