I took an unplanned hiatus last week for so many reasons. Opa arrived last Monday for his annual visit. We have been having lots and lots of fun. Swimming, fishing, going to the SuperEx, hanging out on Parliament Hill, going to Museums, birthday dinners and walks in parks. Packing it all into ten days. He leaves tomorrow morning, we are sad to see him go and only wish that he would make Ottawa his home again or at the very least a semi-annual home.
I also had a crazy pumpkin hat order. My biggest one yet. I had an order for twelve hats and they were to be delivered in two weeks. It was a challenge so I knit my way through the last two weeks, every spare moment I had including driving in the car to all these awesome places. As much as I enjoy knitting, it was a bit much. So I may not do another order quite that big, but we will see I am always up for a challenge.
I have also been busy photographing fabulous families. I do love my job and am happy that I am getting busier and able to share with others.
Although I am not looking forward to J returning to school it will mean that we will have a return to some normalcy around here. Our summer has been chalk full of visiting and mini-vacations with those visitors. We need to get back to eating right, proper bedtimes and organization. My house feels like it is a mess and everything is upside down. What I would really love is a two week extension on summer vacation just to hang out with my kids and do nothing. What are my chances?
What do you say when someone you have only met in real life once, drives with her family for four hours after a long day of partying while pregnant to visit you while you are on vacation? You say thank you Bethany Actually! We couldn’t have asked for a better way to start off our vacation than to welcome Bethany and her family to our quaint little cottage to spend the day with us at our beach.
We had just enough time to unpack, grab some groceries and have our favourite pizza for dinner before The Actually’s arrived. We all got a good night sleep and woke up refreshed for a day of sharing and fun on the beach. The sun was strong, the temperatures were HOT (35C/104F) with high humidity and it was a glorious day. Bethany and I even managed a little pottery painting while the kids and husbands napped. The Actually’s packed it in after dinner for their long drive home. We were so blessed to spend our first day with them, we hope that they enjoyed our beach as much as we do and hopefully we can do this again sometime soon.
To view more of our beach vacation head on over to my flickr page.
When I was contacted by Mom Central to participate in the Lay’s Chip Trips blog tour, I was more than happy to jump in on the action. Lay’s has been a family favorite for both Hubby and I since we were kids. As much as we would love to say that we only eat vegetables for a snack, the truth is we don’t. We love chips. Chips are a weekend treat in our house and a BBQ just isn’t a BBQ without a bag of Lay’s as a side dish to your burger. Hubby even puts in his special ‘Salt and Vinegar with homemade dip’ order when we head over to his Mom’s and she always has it ready for him.
Lay’s Chip Trips is program where you can earn points from your bags of chips and use them towards discounts for food, lodging, car rentals, museums and many other tourist attractions all across Canada. Whether you are staying home for the summer or you are planning a weekend away in Toronto or a week away in Nova Scotia you can use your Lay’s Chip Trips to save money.
How does Lay’s Chip Trips work?
- Simply pick up a specially marked bag of Lay’s Chips. Each bag is worth between 3‐15 points depending on the bag size. The most popular bag size is worth 10 points.
- Of note, the two new flavours, BBQ RIB and CHEDDAR AND SOUR CREAM are worth double points!
- Visit Lays.ca to create an account and then enter the unique code that you’ll find on the back of the bag. You can enter as many codes as you want and start to bank your points.
- Use your points to claim great discounts on fun things to do with your family and friends all summer long.
As a reader of my blog you can use this unique code BEACH-MAMA1 when you register on the site before May 31st, 2010 – be sure to enter the code and bank the points when you sign up so you can start adding up points right away. 10 points will allow you to start getting discounts immediately.
I look forward to sharing our adventures this summer using our Lay’s Chip Trips. I have already cashed in a few points to get us started.
Disclosure I am participating in the Lay’s Chip Trips program by Mom Central on behalf of Frito Lay. I received Lay’s Chip Trip points and a gift card to offset my trip costs to facilitate this post. The opinions on this blog are my own.
