Summer of 2010

The summer of 2010 began and ended with a "bang" - which we captured with as many pictures as possible!! The boys and I drove to the cottage in Ontario once school was over at the end of June. Once we arrived at the cottage we purchased a used Grew Cutter 181, which we then moved into the boat house while putting the olde boat up on blocks for a couple of weeks. Fortunately, we were able to sell the olde boat to a local marina. Over the course of July family members arrived from all parts of North America and we had a great time tubing, wake boarding, water skiing, fishing, and touring with the new boat. We celebrated my 50th birthday during the first weekend of August and then people started to head home. Unfortunately, we had a severe wind storm during the first week of August, which caused numerous trees to be uprooted. We had an olde oak tree fall on the front roof of our cottage and Ruth & John had several oak trees land heavily on their newly renovated cottage. Christopher captured the storm on video and we were able to cut down the trees and put a large tarp on the roof before we had to drive back to Calgary. En route I somehow managed to get poison ivy on my legs and arms - so I wasn't a very happy camper by the time we arrived home.