So we survived the night. Everything is soaked, but we woke up cheerful despite the fact that the tent leaked a bit on me and Ronan! We went in to Harrison to pick up a few things from the little convenience store there. My mom had to take Krystal all the way back to Chilliwack to see a Doc. She had come down with an ear infection. So they were gone for a good part of the day. We played around at the beach there. It was pretty chilly, but the kids enjoyed a change in scenery and had fun digging in the sand. Ronan ended up getting an eye full of sand, but he handled it quite well! We went back to camp and cooked up some lunch. It was not raining hard, but drizzling enough to get us wet. The kids didn't seem to mind too much. Just after lunch the rain let up. My mom and Krystal returned to camp. My mom is a die-hard canoe-er, so she decided it was finally time to launch the boat! She took Irene and her kids out for a tour around the lake first. Then it was our turn! My kids have never been in canoe before, so this was a new and fun experience! Summer stayed behind with Irene of course. :) Ronan got to sit on the bench and "help" paddle. He loved it! We canoed out to one of the small islands in the middle of the lake. We beached the boat and went to explore a bit. It is a very small island and only took us about 2 minutes to get to the top, which was also the center, of it. haha The boys seemed a bit nervous being in such a "wild" environment. Ronan saw on one side of the island a "cliff" and decided he just had to PEE over it!! BOYS!!! Don't worry, no pictures of that. ;) I just looks like a pile of sticks and junk, but it was pretty cool. It had some broken shells in it and lots of down feathers. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...dowwwwwwwwwwwn...I love down. So soft and fluffy! Ronan on Island 2 with Island 1 in the background.

Mason on Island 2

So after that we canoed around the lake a bit more and checked out a couple other spots. My mom told a story about seeing a bear one time a few years back and I think that creeped my kids out. They asked to go back shortly after that story. :D It was a fun trip, the boys seemed to really enjoy it! When we got back to camp my grandparents had arrived and Summer was playing happily with some baseball hats on a large outdoor mat that my grandma brought. I'm not really sure why she brought it, but it turned out as a useful spot for Summer to play...if only she would stop walking off of it. Maybe then, she would only have gotten half as dirty!!


Later that evening just after dinner, Irene took Summer off my hands. She didn't get much sleep during the day, she was still adjusting to her new sleeping quarters, so she had been being a bit difficult. I was finishing up my own dinner and I could hear Summer screaming and screaming in the trees!! I was shaking my head in frustration. Irene came back over after a while and said "You gotta see this!!" She took Summer over to one of the trees near our table and Summer SCREAMED only not out of anger or fussiness, but out of pure delight!! It was absolutely hilarious! She has never been so up-close and personal with nature and was, apparently, fascinated by it!! She went on for about 15 mintues. It was so funny!! Here is a video of it: