We've not changed a bit!

So today we are celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary, time has just flown by and we haven't changed one bit!

20 years, 5 different houses (plus the odd short stay in other houses), 3 kids, 2 dogs, other animals too many to count, 2 countries, lots of jobs and part time jobs, ups and downs, laughter and tears, slightly grayer hair, the list could go on and on. We're looking forward to the next 20!

We are going to celebrate by taking some time off in August when the kids are on camp. Harriet made us a lovely tea cooking up some delicious pork chops from a little known producer of quality pork in Harvey and baking us a cake!

Yes it tasted as good as it looks

 Since moving to Canada we still miss certain foods that are very different here, sausages are one of these things. This week we bought a sausage stuffer and found some good  old English recipes. Our first attempts at making them weren't half bad, I had imagined something like the generation game with sausages flying out at alarming rates but it was all well controlled and they looked like sausages just some longer than others. The taste was amazing we will be expanding our selection of flavours as we slaughter more piggies in the next few weeks.

Mixing the ground pork with the secret ingredients!

This is the fun bit!

The finished product ready to cook for tea...yum

July flying by

We had a wonderful visit with Steve and Jan. The weather got baking hot and a day tubing down the Nashwaak River was perfect relief. We also spent some time at Magaguadavic Lake on our favourite beach and finished the visit with a trip to the market.

Steve and Jan posing outside our house!

 Jan really wanted to go up a lighthouse, so these pictures are proof that she got to see one even if it was only in Fredericton!

 We had a picnic at the White Rapids in Fredericton Junction, unfortunately the bugs snacked on us too. This picture was taken before I fell in!

 Me and David at Yoho

 The day tubing, the yellow one is the cooler tube so we could stop for a picnic part way along.

 Jan

 Suz and the food!

Steve

Magaguadavic Lake, the perfect place for a swim.

After Steve and Jan went to drive down to New York to catch their flight home, Mum and Dad moved in for a week. During that time Josh passed his written test and now has 8 months to practice before he can take his practical test.

With Mum and Dad we visited the site of a  world war 2 internment camp and a museum about it, in Minto. We went across to Deer Island and Campobello Island on the ferrys for the day and did lots of wood collecting, gardening, shopping at yard sales and swimming to keep cool. The temperature hit 39 degrees on Monday which was very hot! Most days have been in the late 20's or 30;s for the past couple of weeks, thankfully this evening the weather has broke with a huge thunder storm lighting up the sky as I write. Hopefully we'll be able to sleep tonight!

After delivering our 2 pigs to Brewbakers we were mentioned as one of their suppliers in the newspaper at the weekend trying to encourage people to buy local. In honor of the weather we've started to sell a BBQ pack as no one seems to want to cook indoors at the moment!

Harriet is currently helping Jen look after all the kids she has while Rich is away on camp, the boys are going to work early on the farm so they can finish before the worst of the heat. 

 Dad posing on the ferry to Campobello

 While the rest of Atlantic Canada basked in the heat we went to Campobello in the fog!

Roosevelt's summer cottage we visited

Mum and Dad and the pigs!

Harriet, Max and Lemmon!

The Laver's with some of their crazy animals, pigs, dog and a chicken

 Maeve and Josy at the family meal at East Side Marios

 A wonderful picture of Rich! 

& Jen 

 Mum and Dad, Dad asked for a large drink!

Josh, Isaac and David

Mum and Dad left yesterday to get their flight from Toronto tonight so now we are visitorless again. Still time to book your flights if you want to come this year!!!

Happy Canada Day

Josh had fun doing his drivers ed last week and passed, he now has to sit his theory test next week then he can start learning to drive.

Harriet got some hours picking strawberries and babysitting so she was happy and Isaac is busy working most of the time weather permitting.

Steve and Jan arrived on Sunday. We went to the Canada day parade in St Andrews and the fireworks in Tracy. Today we've been to Yoho for a swim and we are planning on trying out tubing tomorrow.

Mum and Dad arrived at Rich and Jen's yesterday and are coming to us next week.

It's starting to get hot again but we still seem to have some very rainy days.

 Canada Day parade St Andrews

 Harriet guarding the block house in St Andrews

 Harriet, Maeve and Josy collecting polliwogs (bull frog tadpoles) and taking them for a ride!

 Steve and Jan at Yoho