picture explosion!

an update on things non-TTC and non-house related, in picture form :)

on father's day, i made golf themed cupcakes, a pinterest find

"ice cream" cupcakes for my sister's bday, yet another pinterest find, lol

in the beginning of july, my baby turned 3! cannot believe we've had her that long!



in july, i made my very first batch of strawberry rhubarb jam!

and with the remaining rhubarb i had, i also made my very first pie!
a little shocking i've never made a pie before considering how much
i like to bake...

another pinterest project that took me far longer to finish than intented...
they look great in the living room though!

at the end of July we went to my uncle's cabin on Jackfish Lake, SK.
DH liked feeding the squirrels crackers while most of my cousins
thought they were creepy and screamed each time they cross their path, lol

while at the lake, we got some fun on the water in the tube and jetski
i particulartly liked zipping around on the jetski

DH was most happy about getting some fishing in and
actually catching something this trip (2 actually).
the story with this pic:
the day's catch yeilded one fish so much uncle said if DH could catch
another one in the 30 mins before supper,that they would fry
them up as a snack before supper like the previous night.
DH accepted the challenge fully intent on succeeding.
the water was calm, perfect for the canoe.
he set out and caught one in 15 mins. as he was trying to get it in the
canoe, he realized he didn't have a net to scoop it up and tried
getting it in with just the hook in its mouth.
we were all on the beach cheering him on for hooking one so quickly...
needless to say, that fish fell back in the lake and he had to start over, lol.
he did manage to catch another one within the original 30 mins, so he
definately completed the challenge, we just didn't eat it til the
next day since supper was ready by that time.

technically his 3rd catch of the trip  :P

i got a lot of opportunities to pull out my camera and practice
(as evidenced in the previous pics)
while out at the lake, one of my favourites being this bright pic of the nearby lighthouse.
...and yes, we climbed all those steps to the top, all of them, lol.

at a friends wedding in august - showing off my much trimmer figure, haha.
(i've got one pound to go til i hit my goal weight!!!)

i had no idea our dog liked water so much, lol.
every time i run a bath for her, i have to carry her upstairs
from the furthest corner of the house to the tub.
when we walk near sprinklers or have one going in the back yard, she makes a
point of walking as far as possible out of the way of the spray from it.
one evening when DH was soaking the garage floor to compact the lose dirt, she was being
curious so he sprayed a bit of water in her direction and she apparently LOVED IT!
he called me outside to watch her and she just kept running in the water being sprayed
out the hose and trying to attack it and eat it like it were attacking her in the first place, lol.
it was super cute and i got a ton of video of it because the pictures just don't do it justice  :)