Thursday, July 14, 2011

Fun up North-Cottage and Turtle Races-Part 1

So for the 4th of July and the week following we went up to Brian's (my step-dad) family cottage. It is on the beautiful Lake Bellaire. The weather was perfect and it was a great 10 days away. While we were there we spent time in TC and did some Cherry Festival events and our friends the Mike, Carmen and their 3 girls-Emma, Ellie and Abby came up and join us at the cottage for a long weekend. James and I weren't as camera happy as we have been in the past-but we still got some cute photo's. Mikayla turned into a fish while we were up there-the swim lessons are definately paying off-she has gotten so much confidence in the water and is even attempting to swim underwater! Beware-there are lots of photos to come-Enjoy!

Here are some pictures from the first few days!  



 Going out on the jet ski to Turtle hunt-had to get a few turtles for the Turtle races!
 Mikayla and Brian (grandpa) putting on a show-singing a song from the movie Rio!
Brian is the White Cockatoo-Nigel from the movie! Quite the stories are told when these 2 are together!

 Mikayla with her turtle at the Turtle Races!
 We brought turtles for Lauren and Camden too-This is Lauren (above) holding her turtle. Then Camden (below) watching his turtle-trying to get him to move!

 Waiting for the races to begin!
 The race-Mikayla's turtle won 1st place! So we had to wait until 10 heats had raced and then her turtle got to race again!
 Mikayla, Lauren and Camden with blue sno-cones to celebrate the race!
 Mikayla during the race-off-she didn't get first this time, but she had a great time!
Mikayla with her turtle and blue ribbon (on her shirt).

After the races we met up with Tim for a birthday dinner celebration at Red Ginger. It was a new experience for all of us and even though I would find much on the menu to eat-Mikayla and I both tried sushi for the first time and we enjoyed our dinner. Mikayla had noodles and I had lettuce wraps that were delicious!
 Happy 26th Birthday time!
Check back for more pictures in the next few days!

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