Long Weekend

What a busy weekend this has been. Beginning with Bethany's 1st birthday on Saturday till swimming in our backyard pool before bed tonight. On Saturday we went for a nice bike ride in the morning (about 8 km) and Anna biked the whole thing! We then went out for lunch to East Side Mario's because we saw a sign that said that kids ate free and we wanted to relax someplace to watch the Portugal vs. England soccer match. We stayed there for a couple of hours on the patio enjoying the great game while the kids made a mess and enjoyed their food. The afternoon was spent at a park that had Canada Day festivities and we then went home for supper and birthday cake. Needless to say, Bethany was a little too tired to really enjoy her cake.
On Sunday we enjoyed two great sermons by the new Dr. De Visser; he really has a knack for making the scene of that day come alive and this helps to bring a very effective message.
Today was spent doing all sorts of little things. Colin and the girls went picking strawberries in the morning at an Old Order Mennonite farm. Great berries! After that the girls had swimming lessons, their first one, in town at the indoor pool. Anna was great and very eager but Naomi pretty much screamed or cried the whole time. She is definitely not as brave and outgoing as Anna. We'll try it once more tomorrow and if she still won't cooperate I'll see if we can get our money back and try again another year. For the rest of the day we just had nice family time - playing at the park, swimming in the pool and reading books in the house. Tomorrow it's back to work for Colin and a normal routine for me!
The pictures are from a few months back when I had bought Anna and Naomi swim goggles and they were very eager to try them out. It makes them look like speed demons on their bikes. Bethany was enjoying a bath in the sink while the big girls were having a bath in the tub upstairs.