summer evenings...

This weekend saw us venturing out to Abbotsford for a much needed and desired play date with Aunty Megan and the cousins! Megan made us a delicious dinner of bbq chicken and veggies, rice and one of her classic salads. It was wonderful! She is a super woman, I can barely scrounge up dinner with one baby and she's got a baby and a toddler!

After feeding ourselves we fed the babies :D Uncle Colin entertained Halle outside with his mad water skills! Megan and I were inside with our little ones listening to screams of delight from Halle as Colin would turn the hose on and off again. We also heard Colin screaming as Halle gained control of the hose and started chasing him!

We then headed to Dairy Queen to eat some cool treats! Surprisingly Halle was not too interested in ice cream... her source of entertainment was cleaning the table with some napkins (her mother's daughter :D ) and scrounging up some floor food at which point Uncle Colin took her outside to play on the playground! Colin later told me that Halle wanted to go on the BIG slide, so he helped her up to the top and then made his way around to the bottom to catch her. He looked up at her and saw terror in her eyes. Colin said to her, "Is it too big Halle?" She looked at him and nodded, "too big, too big!" Uncle Colin to the rescue got her down and they continued to play!

We arrived home and Halle was ready for bed after an exciting evening! So off to bed she went and the two little ones rolled around on the floor kicking and squawking . Perfect time for a photo shoot right? Right! Enter Colin with the camera and Megan and Sarah the entertainers! Here are a few shots from the night.

It was such an enjoyable evening! I love summer evenings when the sun is going down and it's cooled off enough to need a light sweater but still warm enough to be outside. The sky is pink and the air smells so sweet. So nice to spend such a lovely night with some of our favorite people!

We are terribly sad to be leaving them in only a month or so... but I know that even though the water separates us they will grow up to be great friends and go on many adventures together! It will be very fun to take the ferry to go and visit Aunty Megan, Uncle Steve and the cousins!