Two weeks of life--no blogging.  Where do I start?  With last week I guess...

My parents were here for about five days.  We had a really nice time with them, but I can see how frail my Mom is getting.  In some ways their visit was difficult, but when you look at it from the standpoint of making memories, it was an excellent visit.

We played Tri-ominoes almost every evening.  It is Mom's favourite game, and it helps her mind to keep active.  We've been looking for the game, but can't seem to find it anywhere but online.  It looks like it is available on Amazon.uk, so maybe when we go to Scotland to visit, we can find it.

One afternoon the girls (Grandma, Belle and I) made a fabulous lemon meringue pie, while the boys (Grandpa, Daddy, and Boo) went fishing.  I think the pie was one of my best ones in recent times!  We were hard put not to finish it all at one time.

Boo was the successful fisherman of the day.  He caught his first fish--with a fly rod!  He was most pleased, and his Daddy, the Scottish minister, was extremely proud of his wee son.  Boo had landed the fish before he told his Daddy he caught it. 

There was much sadness after church on Sunday when the Grandparents departed.

But when Monday rolled around, swimming lessons started.  We signed up for the first two weeks of the summer session in our town's outdoor pool.  Now, one has to realize that we live in Canada, and even though we are south of the 45th parallel, the first two weeks in July can be somewhat chilly.  The poor children have been bravely entering the pool when the temperature outside is in the low 60s, and yesterday, the pool heater broke!  So today they shivered both inside and outside the water.  This year so few people signed up for the early lessons that there are only 4 kids in the pool during their session.  The folk in charge put my two together even though they are in separate levels.  They are having a good time so far, and I hope they both improve their skills.

The weather did warm up a bit today though, and it looks as though both the weather and the pool will be warm enough tomorrow.

And what have I been doing since we ended our school year???  Cooking, baking, cleaning (not much) and trying to keep together.  Granted, last week was very busy trying to keep things rolling smoothly with two extra people in the house.  This week is busy with swimming etc.  I have hope that the last two weeks of July will settle down a bit.  I have worked a little on some summer projects, but haven't accomplished a huge amount, and not nearly what I want to do.  When I worry, I wonder how I can possibly be ready to start school in August, but I know I need to just take one day at a time.