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End of Summer

August 29, 2015 A Labour of Love 2 Comments

It’s been a crazy summer. If you have not seen me lately it’s because we’ve been really busy. Praises to the Lord for the strength He gives to continue on. We are richly blessed and are thankful for every moment. As we close out summer and begin our school activities, I thought it would be fun to share a few of our special moments.

Starting out with Summerfest and Music. Lindsey Stirling was amazing!

How about a glass of wine and a little Shakespeare in the park overlooking the city? Cheese and crackers anyone?

The night market was fun. Listening to music, walking the vendors, and watching the ice sculpture slowly melt in the 80 degree evening.

Who could believe we would once again venture down to Disney. Especially when we said we would never go during summer. We did enjoy several aspects however, that we would not have enjoyed had we not gone….

And seeing some friends of old! What a great night of selfies, dancing, blue blinking lights and sore feet. 🙂

Learning how to make several Korean dishes while listening to friends play the kids instruments.

One of the best parts of summer was attending the North American Championships in Maxville, ON. Ten bands competed for the North American Championship in Grade II….

Meet the winners of the North American Championships….Yes!!!! Greater Midwest Pipe Band. Well worth all of the travel and the work. Something the kids will never forget. Next year Scotland and the World’s?

Who could forget session in a local pub. Playing fiddle with friends and classmates.

On stage with Liz Carroll at Irish Fest. Playing just before a monsoon of rain, constant lightning, and wind gusts that nearly blew us over. It did end up being a great night once the rain stopped. Took longer for the lightning, we just avoided sitting on the metal bleachers.

Our daughter celebrated her 16th birthday which was not only her sweet 16, yet also her golden birthday. It was a day of celebration with friends, a limo, dinner and a masquerade party.

Yes this is me..scaring a dear friend at the end of the Jurassic World movie. It was hilarious… and I’m sure if she would have thought of doing it to me, she would have! 🙂

And lastly, a fun night with mom and daughter attending a Saucy Suffragette party with our friends and Attorney General for our stat celebrating 95 years. Should we be worried that the only thing we had to buy in order to dress time period, were the hats? What a great night.

I hope dear friends that your summer was as full and as exciting with thankful blessings of family and fun. I do hope to begin blogging more consistently in the next few weeks. I have plenty of Feline Friday pictures to post. 🙂 And a great many thoughts of God’s ever present providential care in our lives. God’s blessings to you all and to your families

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Kincardine Highland Festival

July 6, 2014 A Labour of Love Leave a comment

Here is a glimpse of how we spend our weekends. Here is the band competing in Kincardine.

Courtesy of Weekendsinontario.

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First of 2014 and Last As A Youth

May 18, 2014 A Labour of Love 12 Comments

The first Highland Games of the year… The last Highland Games of our sons youth!

He began competing on bagpipes exactly 10 years next weekend, and this week he will turn 18. In those 10 years he has worked hard to become a grade 1 piper (next step is professional). This is his first year as a grade 1 soloist and after yesterday it looks as though he’s on his way to great things.

All the years of traveling around, the hours of practicing, the hours of driving, sitting and waiting at his lessons has now affirmed we made the right decisions in helping him achieve his dream.

Before our birthdays my mom used to (and still does) remind us that we would never be that age again and that we had only another hour to be such and such an age. For some reason I thought of that and reminded my son yesterday that this was his last games as a youth. Thinking I was being silly, it didn’t really mean anything to him until he won piper of the day. It was fun seeing his expression when he thought of the fact he finished his career as a piping youth with an achievement he’d only hoped one day to accomplish. (Too bad he had left the games and was not personally handed the award… We received several texts from friends telling him.). Oh well…. There is always next weekend, and about 5 more this year!! Yes, it is possible to do this more than once. 🙂