We have had some technical difficulties, but it’s all good now.  I won’t be back to regular blogging until fall, I suspect.  Too much summer to enjoy!  And just in case I hadn’t mentioned it before (ha, ha), I don’t like winter.  So I’m out and about as much as possible.  We’re all nicely tanned, our garden is growing, though it went in late, so who knows what we’ll actually harvest.  It’s fun for the kids to watch though.  We’re boating, swimming and just generally getting the most out of this season.  I may sporadically post, but for the most part, I’ll see you in the fall!

Yesterday was our country’s birthday.  We are now 141 years old!  Just a young and spritely dominion are we.

We had a bbq, swimming, boating, and then took the kids into town to see the fireworks.  They all enjoyed themselves.  And even Damara, only 13 mos. old, loved the lights.  I remember at least two of my other ones being scared of the noise and lights when really young, but she was just bouncing and clapping and laughing.  It was fun to watch!

There are many things I love about being Canadian.  Freedom, first and foremost.  Although with the events of the past couple of years, sometimes I think we aren’t as free as we suppose ourselves to be.  There are also things about being Canadian that I don’t like, or that are just plain embarrassing.  However, overall, in spite of the faults of our wonderful nation (what country is without faults?), I am so proud to be able to call myself Canadian.  I pray that our nation will continue to be what it was intended to be, from it’s very foundation, and that, like the words on the Peace Tower in Ottawa, God would have “dominion from sea to sea.”