August Long Weekend - Company Arrives! July 31 - Aug 7th

Company is a comin! So glad the weather is fabulous. We spent Wednesday and Thursday gettng ready. 

Kristi and Amelia arrived around 3 pm and my cousin Gordie and his wife Susana arrived at 5:30pm after experiencing heavy traffic from Victoria. Of course there's an accident just before the Malahat! Jason stayed home as he's suffering with a migraine headache and will come tomorrow morning.

Picture from Susana

I made Beef Rib Fingers and Pork ribs on the Traeger for dinner. Sides are a Mexican Corn Salad and Kristi's green beans from her garden. I also made Blueberry Mousse Cheesecake in advance with some help from Amelia decorating. 

Kristi, Amelia, Ray, Susana and Gordie

The whipping cream is melting as she is being so careful to place all the blueberries. lol

Kristi, Amelia, Ray and I were up at 6:30am, while the rest of the bunch stayed in bed until 7:30am.

Saturday morning Jason arrived at 9 and shortly after, we all piled into our new car and headed into Duncan for the Farmer's Market. All 7 of us fit! We'd decided coffee and pastries will be our breakfast.

Ray took Gordie and Susana for a quick walk to see some totems. It's pretty hot outside already and Amelia is done, so the rest of us waited in the shade.

Back home everyone headed down to the dock, while Jason and I made burgers for lunch. It's a really warm afternoon, so we spent the rest of the day down at the dock. Both Gordie and Susana opted not to swim. Susana is from Mexico and she loves the heat and finds the water way too cold. 

Jason probably wouldn't swim either, but with Amelia, he braves the water lol. Both Jason and Kristi wear lifejackets as it's easier holding Amelia up.

Look at that silly dog crawling up onto me! Amelia's swimming on her own. Thanks to Darryl and Pat, we have skinsuits for her to wear so she can stay in the water much longer. She is wearing Papa's fishing hat. lol

Ray made margarita's :)

Time to go back up to the deck. Instead of me cooking another big dinner, we all decided to have the leftovers as there's lots. Definitely easier for me :)

Kristi and Susana

Family walk. Amelia zooming off in front of us on her scooter.

After Amelia went to bed we visited with Gord and Susana on the deck.

All of us were in bed around 9 pm.

 

Once everyone was up we all went out for breakfast and then Gordie and Susana left they left for the ferry in Victoria. We sure enjoyed their visit. They were supposed to come last year at this time but for one reason or another had to give it a pass. The rest of us spent the afternoon down on the dock again. 

We borrowed the little kayak from our neighbours for Amelia to try. She did pretty good.

I barbecued two chickens for Sunday dinner. More than we need, so I sent one home with the kids on Monday.

Monday morning Amelia and I made blueberry pancakes with sausages for breakfast. We did a bunch of relaxing, or at least the Perry Clan did. :)

Pretending to nap lol

Amelia says not enough pillows or blankets lol Everything's piled onto Daddy

Stealing Papa's chair! A new game.

This morning, the lake's calm and pretty clear. We asked Kristi to check if she could see our missing chair under the water. She was unsuccessful.

While Jason's occupying Amelia in the house, Kristi finally got a few minutes to herself.

We played bean bag in the back yard for a bit before they all headed home. Amelia did not want to swim today.

Tuesday and Wednesday was catching up on laundry from 4 beds worth. lol The weather is still really warm so afternoons are spent swimming down on the dock.