Come Sail Away
Day 3: July 16
It might be better to dub the day "Chicken on Charts" day and if I can get my hands on the O'Neil boys re-written version of the song that the kids (with the exception of Owen) sang over and over again, I will post it here!
Tuesday was a day to remember love and family in different ways. We were lucky to spend Rob and Liz's anniversary with them last year and repeated the honor this year. I was a bit later getting wildflowers together, so there was no surprise to greet them, but will not forget to post Elizabeth's friend Mary's beautiful rendition of "
Make You Feel My Love" (for those that can't see that video,
here's Dylan's version). I can't tell you how fortunate we feel to have celebrated this special day with them for several years in a row. Something tells me that no matter who this day is spent with in the future, they will always be surrounded by people that love them!
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Project Time! |
In addition to the anniversary tradition, there is the Josh and Rob project tradition. This year's project was erecting a tarp ceiling in case of rain. Several ancient tent poles and car brace tie ons later and a sturdy shelter was built to protect from the rain and sun. Even the weather was intimidated by the shelter and the rain stayed away the whole day. The children played together and fished, catching sunnys almost the moment the line went into the water.
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Fishermen |
After a solid project done, we headed for some beaching and boating. Different crews of children went out exploring on the boat with Josh and Rob
while others played on the beach with Elizabeth and I. The St. Lawrence seaway is an astonishing river with huge ocean liners sliding over the water next to power boats. After heading in to lunch, we then went to the point of the peninsula where we heard there was a large rock for jumping. Jumpy rock, as the place was dubbed, became the run