Steve and Dianne come to visit!!!! Yeah

Thursday, June 25th

Wow what an awesome day. The first day that it really felt like summer. First time in bathing suits down at the dock. 

I started out the morning going kayaking down to the marina and back. Absolutely gorgeous day.

By 12:30, I was down at the dock for the afternoon.

Ray was in and out of the water in a hurry! Move it Freya!

Did not come back to the house until 5:30 pm dinner time. Had to enjoy this day as the weather goes downhill tomorrow for a day or so and the temps will not be near as warm for the next week.

Friday, busy day with preparations and shopping for Steve and Dianne to come for the weekend. Yeah.

Saturday busy prepping for today's meals. Also Freya got a bath before Steve and Dianne arrive. lol She loves to swim and get's really smelly. :)

Steve and Dianne arrived in time for lunch ... Steve does not miss meals if I am cooking ! lol Chicken wings on the menu with ranch dip.

All the pictures of their visit is a compilation of all three cell phones taking pictures. :)

We were able to sit outside out of the wind as more sun came out than anticipated. We did have to move locations a few times though. lol

So glad to see them after near 5 months.

Ribs for dinner off the Traeger were appreciated. Lots of laughs and conversation. All of us in bed by 9 pm.

Dianne and Steve are an awesome cleanup crew which I greatly appreciate. Ray helped a lot as well with the cleanup, putting away all the leftovers.

Ray preparing our dessert. :)

After dinner we went back outside to the deck for an hour or so before we all went to bed.

Sunday morning after Eggs Benedict for breakfast, the boys went out to try some fishing but were skunked. 

The weather was much better than anticipated for the day. We spent a lot of time down on the dock and went for a boat ride.

It was hot enough for me to go for a swim. Dianne was still pretty hesitant!

Dianne actually got quite sunburnt.

Even Freya relaxed in a floaty!

By late afternoon the wind had come up so we moved up to the deck where I had the roast beast on the barbecue.

And yes I made Yorkshire Puddings. :)

Another fabulous day and in bed again around 9 ... we watched a little TV and Steve and Dianne watched a movie on their iPad all happy to be in bed. lol

I was able to talk Dianne and Steve into staying for another day as Monday was supposed to be the best weather of the weekend. Did not take too much arm twisting. :)

After a quick coffee, the boys headed out fishing early around 7 as the lake was flat calm and you could see the fish rising. Dianne and I stayed out on the deck under the gazebo with the heaters on enjoying the morning. Steve managed to catch a "small trout", so we count that as a successful trip. lol

Again, we all sat down at the dock until the wind came up. I made beef dip for lunch with the leftover roast.

After lunch Ray set up the chairs on the lawn as it was quite windy and we played some Mooseball. Both Steve and Dianne beat Ray and I.

After our game the wind had died down and it got really hot so back down to the dock. Managed to get Dianne into a "floaty" this time in the lake. :) The wind on the lake is on and off again all the time so it is fortunate we have so many places to sit to enjoy the outside but stay warm. lol

We managed to stay out there for half an hour before our butts were too cold. lol

After another lovely afternoon on the water it back up to the deck where I was smoking chicken quarters for dinner and were able to use up the rest of the leftovers from the other 2 meals. lol

Again my cleanup crew did a fabulous job with the dishes and we sat outside on the deck for dessert. another great day.

Tuesday morning, Dianne and Steve were out the door by 8 am to catch the ferry back to the mainland with chicken sandwiches packed for lunch on the ferry. One of our neighbours has a burst waterline getting fixed this morning so the water would be turned off at 8:15 ... that spurred everyone to have their showers early. :)

So this weekend's theme was eat, drink, relax, swim, fish and go for a boat ride ... rinse and repeat. We had a great time visiting with them and hope they come back to our lake house soon.

Here are a couple of "Stella" pictures. :)

Kat's mom "Grana" with Stella

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Kat's brother Phil, with Stella

That was our "long weekend".