JUNE 30TH THRU TO AUGUST 7TH

I'm not sure where time goes

I'm not sure why I haven't been doing blogs

BUT

Hopefully this is a new beginning

WHERE

I will get into a blog routine once again

June 30th

The boy came down to Michigan to the

Port Huron Fighting Falcons Jr. A hockey camp

For three days we travelled across the St. Clair River by ferry

Would catch the ferry at Sombra ON

cross the river to Marine City MI

then drive to the ice rink in Mount Clemens MI

Beau was on the Red team

Sunday morning

We had the ferry to ourselves!

Beau made it to the All Star game which would be played Sunday

Drying out

Ah............the sweet smell of hockey equipment

All Star Game

Off to hospital he went with his Papa Tom and Grandma Elaine

14 stitches to close the wound caused by a skate blade

After the game Joe and I stayed to wait for the list to be posted of the players who would be going to the main camp in August

This was a heart wrenching time for players and parents

and

'grandparents'

There were 67 players

Beau was one of 14 players who were invited to the main camp which would take place August 3rd in Mount Clemens

July 2nd

Here come the girls

We picked Zoe and her friend Katy up at the Detroit airport

Back on the ferry once again!

July 7th

We're up there somewhere

Grandma Elaine Aunt Carrie and son Thomas

Zoe and Katie all in one car

Papa Joe Granny and Beau in the truck

We headed to Toronto to Wonderland Amusement Park

Beau needed a partner for the rides

Granny stepped up the plate!

We saved the best till last

LEVIATHAN

Ha......My arms were not in the air

I was hanging on!!!!

A fun day for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

How they have grown!!!

Papa Tom and Grandma Elaine joined us for dinner

Check out the steak!

The girls were absolutely delightful

Grandparents are soooo blessed

Life is good at the cottage

Katie in her Stag Island sweatshirt

July 11th

Beau was off to Chicago for a Topeka Kansas hockey camp

He along with 250 boys were trying out for the team

Beau worked hard and made the team

Spotted this part of a plane on the 401

Heading Toronto way

July 17th

the girls go home

Curtis and Christine arrive for a week at the cottage

Curtis and our neighbour Ray out fishing at 7 in the morning

Lovely butterfly near the pond

Neighbourhood dogs and children gather at the beach

Of course Gwendolyn was right in the middle of it all

O CANADA

The Niagara

Replica of a ship from the war of 1812

July 28th

Sun going down on Lake Ontario

July 30th

The girls came for lunch at the island

Joe was our chef

He did a magnificent job

We celebrated Georgette's birthday

August 3rd

It is nice to have choices

The boy was back in town

Beau was in Mount Clemens once again

this time he was attending the main camp

for

The Port Huron Fighting Falcons

Junior A Hockey Team

 We were back and forth on the ferry

for three days

Beau made the All Star game which took place on Sunday

Then..............we all waited for the outcome of the exit interviews

BEAU MADE THE TEAM

Much to the excitment of his grandparents

Papa Tom and Grandma Elaine

he will be living in Sarnia with them during the hockey season

going back and forth over the Blue Water Bridge to Port Huron

WELL DONE GRANDSON

August 4th

We decided to celebrate his making the All Star game

Went to East Side Marios for dinner Saturday evening

Upon coming outdoors we could see a storm approaching

Joe and I beetle barreled it to Corunna

Hopped in the boat with thunder surrounding us

Joe gunned the motor and we were on our way

Got around the tip of the island when.........

All of a sudden the wind took over

I had my back to the south so could not see what was coming

White caps

Rain

Wind

Thunder

Lightning

The wind was sooooooo strong that the boat litterly stopped in the river

Joe yelled

We have to get to shore

Get to the front of the boat

We inched our way through the wind

Made it close enough to shore where we could jump

out of the boat and pull it in

HOWEVER

we quickly found out that dredging had been done

and we were in water over our heads

Hanging on to the boat we treaded water and pushed the boat

Ha.............we made it to shore

Joe secured the boat and I

 ran to a cottage and there we waited out the storm

Let me tell you...............

That was another experience of living on the St. Clair River!

We pulled the boat up to the breakwall

The boat is back home safe and sound

August 6th

The phone rang

Hello I said

Is this the O'Rourkes

Yes I said

I want to know what your garbage is doing on my property

Pardon I said

He repeated the question?????????

Back and forth went the conversation

I passed the phone over to my husband!

_____________________

After talking about it a bit we decided Joe should check out the trailer parked at Pier 90

Not only were things taken out of the trailer

The trailer was missing

Phone calls between Sarnia Police and Corunna OPP took place

Our contents or most of them were thrown in a ditch

Other things were gone!

Joe retrieved the 'ditch' items Monday evening

Tuesday morning we received a call that the trailer had been found

Police seemed to think 'they' were looking for copper wire

Whoever stole the trailer broke into this place as well

NEVER A DULL MOMENT

This week we have dealt with a lot of rain

The sun was out this morning

Rain this afternoon

I tried to get Gwendolyn to look at the camera

No way!!!!!

Ah..........I have finished this blog

On to the next!

The story of Angus