design fun

here are two designs created with my girls.  

emery knew what she wanted and where,
with the photo, shapes, words & colours - all you see!

it was fun to create things her way,

to help her send love to her best friend!

for selah's design, we just changed a few things,

she was all about the stars!

i'm sure their friends enjoyed these surprises in their inbox.
we're looking forward to some beach fun in southampton
with those best friends over the next few days!

~

next design will be a party invitation for my almost 6 year old...

crazy.

wish i had a barn

don't you...

wish you had a barn like this?

i love it!

old barn - harrington, quebec

maybe when jude is done the deck in the backyard,

he can build me a barn just like this one...

linking up here today:

akropark

sooc = straight out of camera

click here to see more sooc images

while in quebec, we spent a day at tremblant!  

it's beautiful there.

there were many exciting activities to choose from, including a ropes course for kids.  

super fun!

(for those who don't know - i use to run the high ropes course at camp)

i was so excited when i realized emery was old enough to do this one...

here are some of my fav (sooc) photos from their adventure:

haley

hunter

emery - no hands!

she was awesome at it - totally comfortable up there...

emery had such a great time with her 'big' cousins on the course.

the luge was great at tremblant, 

but watching emery do ropes was the highlight for me!

treasure hunters

just got home from spending a week in a rustic cabin in quebec with my family.

we had a fun time exploring the land and sights (photos to come)...

we also explored an abandoned house on the property.  

call me crazy...

but this was the highlight of the week for me.  

it is something i have always wanted to do!

you know those old houses you drive by on country roads, with the doors wide open...

there's one on the way up to my parents' place and i've always wanted to stop to look inside.

i wish i had captured a photo of the house and how it looked...

  (you can see it in the background)

it was crazy inside, ceiling down, floors tilting every which way, 

cupboards leaning so much that doors are wide open and dishes are sliding out one by one,

yet there was unopened mail sitting on the little table in the kitchen...

we brought these items out to save them (it was clear that house hadn't been touched in years),

but willing to return each piece if removing them would upset anyone.

 i think it's crazy that all these 'treasures' were left there untouched.

 can you see the old hockey skates?

what would you have chosen from the collection?

upon receiving the okay - my sisters and i each claimed one of the black chairs.

i was also able to bring home the globe

(which my mother bravely rescued from the very slanty room at the back of the house).

~

if you know of a old house that needs exploring, let me know!

have you ever explored an old abandoned house?  

what treasures did you see?

myw

hello from camp mini-yo-we!

evan ~ 1 1/2 years old

if you missed me at all this week - i've been at camp.

i have spent many a summer in this place!

it's so fun to be back here and witness the changes 

and the things that never change.

this place has played a huge role in my life.

 at camp, i learned to lead and serve others,

was given endless opportunities to grow and try new things,

and i formed life long relationships here!

(this is where i met judah...).

i will always be thankful for this place,

and it is a pleasure to be back here this week with my girls.

i think it's safe to say that they are loving it here too!

from here we're off for another week of adventures,

so i'll check back to the blog in mid-august!

is there a place that you loved as a child/youth, that felt like your second home?

that's what mini-yo-we was for me.

p.s.
i haven't had time to read other blogs this week, but found a few moments today.
and i saw that one of my photos was featured here.
such a nice surprise!  made me smile for sure.