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Home to the Motherland - Part 1

Mark and me and the three youngest kids flew home to Nova Scotia for 12 days!  I had the best time doing all my favorite things.  The weather was just right - low 70's and mostly sunny.  Courtney and Matt drove up.  John and Carrie and their kids drove up.  Zoe and her kids flew up.  It was a party! Donair pizza for supper.  Then out to Western Head lighthouse to just chill next to the ocean.  Sunday morning Courtney and I biked around Western Head with Jaxon and Scotia while Mark and Matt golfed at White Point.   Then our daily trip for coffee at Main and Mersey.  Some BB gun target practice.  Swimming and swinging at Nickerson pond, Cafe Rio burritos for supper and then an organ concert by Xaver Varnus who spends his summers in a little old waterfront church he bought in Brooklyn.  On Monday Matt and Mark golfed at the Bluenose Golf Couse in Lunenburg and then we met them for lunch and wandering.  Then the whole crew m...

20th Summer Swim Season

This was my 20th summer swim team season and I loved it for all the same reasons.  The girls had an amazing time exercising and hanging with friends while becoming expert swimmers.  I love watching it all happen.  Honoring the seniors.  Scotia's last season :-( Scotia ordered this squirrel mask and ran around like a silly person for her last home meet.  They cheer so loud for each other.  Love them both!