A fun week in the Laver house

Isaac passed his theory test on Tuesday so he can now learn to drive. We've given him a couple of lessons so far which are going well. He will be able to take his practical test anytime from beginning of April next year.
I may not be at the market anymore but I have a steady stream of orders for scones and cupcakes which I don't mind doing from time to time. A lady called me and asked if I would do cupcakes for a 90th birthday party so I said 'Yes, how many do you want?' 17 dozen was her reply! They sort of took over my kitchen today but it was fun to do again.
Harriet's guinea pig had babies again this week, another 4 very cute ginger and white babies. She's on holiday this weekend with Rich and Jen as their babysitter (for the girls not them!) while they attend a conference.
Our resident snake keeps saying hi, the boys even caught it and were going to save it until I got home except it kept trying to bite them!
It's Harvey Days this weekend so there's been lots of events on like dances, sports, yards sales, parade, big screen viewing of Olympic mountain biking, fireworks, fair etc. I went to the village photo where a couple of hundred people turned out and 3 horses! Josh was in the parade throwing candy at the kids from the firefighters float. I also went to the olympic screening (just to get on CTV!!!) it was difficult holding back the cheers for the Brit when came in 1 before the Canadian.

Isaac holding the snake with my oven glove as it was trying to bite!

One of the new babies

The best photo I got of Josh in the parade, he was in the yellow rescue boat being pulled by the second fire truck

a small selection of the cupcakes with a sports and gardening them

A week of celebrations

Today we celebrated 2 years of being in Canada by going for ice cream at DQ. 

We still love it here, the kids are doing very well at school, both David and I now have jobs we love, we love our church, we live in a beautiful village and have our various animals who keep us entertained, busy and well fed! Hopefully through reading this blog you will have gleaned just how different our life is now but that isn't a bad thing at all. Sure we would have done lots of things differently if we'd known what we know now, who wouldn't? But that's all part of the learning journey. There are lots of things that make us think about life in the UK and wish we could teleport across, weddings we've missed, babies being born, just being able to pop in on family and friends, a really good indian, chinese or fish 'n' chips with mushy peas or even being able to walk to a local shop or go to any of the Olympic events. We quickly realised we won't be able to just pop across every couple of years as we had planned but we do promise that we do intend to visit when we are able.

Isaac and Josh came back from canoe camp today which they really enjoyed. Harriet was at Green Hill lake Camp this week as well, she hasn't stopped talking about all her adventures yet! While they were all away David and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary. We both got the day off and I presumed as we have all the animals to look after we would just go out for the day. As I picked David up from work he surprised me by telling me to pack a bag and my passport as he had booked a hotel in Presque Isle in Maine for us to stay. We had a great time and because we stayed more than 24 hours we could benefit from some tax free shopping too. 

This Monday is New Brunswick Day, basically a day off. On Tuesday Isaac has his theory driving test, if he passes he has 8 months to practice his practical driving before he can take his road test. He passed his Drivers Ed course in June which means he can pass his driving quicker and will have cheaper car insurance.