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Sunday July 1, 2018


Happy Canada Day to everyone!

It is 10 to 9 and Gabriel is still sleeping!


The morning is a lazy one for all three of us.

With lunch behind us, we wash the car.  It is an art to wash a car with a 6 years old.
 
 

The car got washed after all...

After this wild car wash, we take a break.
We talk about everything and nothing.
 

He still never stop talking!!!
   

We had a look at his birdhouse he built last year, no resident yet.


Next project for the day?
Installing the new pool.


First we lay down a tarp to protect the pool bottom.
We use chairs to hold the tarp because of the high winds.


With the pool in place, we start to fill it up.
I am pulling the bottom to take away the wrinkles on the bottom of the pool.  Notice the dark clouds in the background?


Gabriel's best friend, Joshua, comes a play with Gabriel.  We put him to work pumping the pool up.


Everything is in the prep work!


Gabriel too has to work.


Look who is working the hardest?


Here I am getting the pump/filter and plumbing ready for operation.
 

Michele and Gabriel went to the new splash Park in the PMQ's.  This splash park is brand new.
 
 
 


The water level is slowly coming up.


It is too late and we did not go in the pool.
Tomorrow we will get in the pool.



Monday July 2, 2018


Gabriel is working on his welcome home sign for Dad.
 

Kristin, she is working on a stencil for a bachelorette party.


Me, I am cooking my breakfast sausages for the next few weeks.


We are filling up the pool some more.
Gabriel is in "car wash" mode.
 

The water level is coming up!
 

We will be using the small pool to wash our feet before we get in the pool.
Gabriel is working hard to pump up the small pool.


Ah!  He needed a little loving.


The water is really cold.
To protect the pumps and plumbing, we use some of our long chairs.


Gabriel is the only one brave enough to join me in the cold pool.
 

Gabriel does not seem to care about water temperature.
   
 

Nothing like a Mr. Freeze to warm up after a cold pool.


Playing in the garage after the pool.  It is warm in there.
 


After supper, I leave for Regina.  But first I have to fill up the MH.  According to my onboard computer, I should be able to drive about 980 km before the next fill up.  Really good!
 

Why am I going to Regina?  I have an appointment to get our MH generator fixed.
I am spending the night at the Walmart on the east side of Regina.  This Walmart is only about 5 km from where I will get the generator fixed.  I am not the only one in the Walmart parking lot.


Gabriel stayed home with Michele and Kristin.




Tuesday July 3, 2018


I am at the garage just before 8 am.  They started to work on the generator right away.  The diagnostic is not good.  I probably will need a new carburetor at the cost of $675.00.  Really?  The mechanic told me he had an old carburetor in the back and would check to see if he could use some of the gaskets to fix ours.  I also asked them to fix the elbow where the electric wires come out of the generator.


Things are going downhill fast.  Our extended warranty covers everything on the generator, but the carburetor!!!  Darn.  A word of advice, never buy an extended warranty, put the money it would have cost you aside and use it as repairs are needed.

So, $585 later, all is fixed and I am driving back to Moose Jaw.


Jeremy has arrived after supper.  He will be with us until Friday morning.
We put him to work fixing the hole in the pool.  He is the expert on glue and gluing stuff.


I am watering the flowers Kristin has planted in the front of the house.  I do not know much about flowers, but she gave me good instructions.


Our Gabriel.
 


Playing a little before bedtime.


Gabriel brought his Father's Days gift he made himself for his Dad.
I do not know why he smiles like that.  He is so handsome when he smiles normally.


Staying close to Dad before he goes to bed.


Gabriel and Kristin sure missed Jeremy.  They are both very happy to have him home for a few days.



Wednesday July 4, 2018


On y way for a shower.


Gabriel wants to plant three BC cherry pits.


First you dig a hole.


You place the three pits in the ground.


And you cover the pits with dirt and water them.  All we have to do is wait and see if they grow.


The backyard.




Thursday July 5, 2018


Joshua is with us this afternoon.  He is Gabriel's best friend.
On our way to the pool.


One in.


Two in.


Why no me too!  The water is still cold.


This is one of the many water gun fights we had today.  One of the rules is that you cannot shoot anyone who does not have a gun in his hand.  Just like Gabriel...


Two very happy boys playing in the pool.
 

I am bigger, so I win!  Ahahahahah.


Another Mr. Freeze to warm up!


The crazy picture.


Now that is a snack, apples, Rice Crispies squares and cookies.


We brought back some crawfishes from Texas.  We want Jeremy, Kristin and Gabriel to try them.
I am cooking them.


Meanwhile, the boys are playing in the garage.


They are having dessert before the main course.  They are having s'mores.
 
 
 

Joshua did not stay for the crawfish.  We started the feast.


Gabriel loves it!  So did Jeremy and Kristin.


Gabriel also loves playing with the claws.


It was a good feast.



Friday July 6, 2018


Weather forecast for today? 42°C with the humidity.

Gabriel has a hard time getting started this morning.


Jeremy has to go back to work with the Snowbirds.  He will be back on July 12 for almost a week.


I washed the MH this morning, well, three side of the MH.  It got too hot to keep going.
Michele went yard sailing this morning.
Gabriel is at Joshua's place this morning.

More pool time this afternoon.
 

They are cold, but with this sun, they warm up fast.
 

It was a hot day today.



Saturday July 7, 2018


I finished washing the MH this morning.

Next project, the assembling the bike support for the car.  I bought it a few months ago for only $25 at Walmart.
It is good, but the wheel are a little low I think.


The bikes are supported by two "hooks", one on each wheels.


Joshua is back with us and we spent the day at the pool.
 


We had a very good sandwich to build back up our strength and got back in the pool.


What is that?  A shark in the pool!
 

Once again, warming up in the sun.


They are not always in the pool.


And back in the pool with Grand-Maman.


Joshua's mom cooked some cookies and gave us some.  They are good.


Kristin was in Saskatoon with some friends doing some shopping about a wedding for a friend.
She got back just after supper.  Gabriel is in bed by 7:30.  He is so tired from the pool.



Sunday July 8, 2018


We have a visitor this morning, a woodpecker on the cover of the pool.  He even leaves us a present before he left!


More playing outside the pool.


Gabriel and Joshua spent the last part of the afternoon at Joshua's house.
I noticed that when I washed the MH that if my feet were wet and on the ground, I felt a little tingling when I touched the MH.
I checked the outside plug and found out it has an open ground, not good at all!  I changed location where I plug the MH.  We will contact CFHA to fix the problem.


We are having homemade pizza tonight.  Kristin is preparing the pizza with Gabriel.
 

The pizza was very good.

We had a very good day.



Monday July 9, 2018


We spent most of the morning getting ready for our trip to Wakamow.

We arrived in Wakamow shortly after lunch.  It is hot and humid today.
Gabriel is no help to us for setting up. LOL!


With the minimum done for setting up, we head for the park across the street.


We are looking at some baby sparrows in a nest inside the tree.


With all the playing done, we go back home to continue setting up, this time it is about the outside toys for Gabriel.  Now he is helping!
 

Our home for the next week.  A few years ago the joined two sites to make one big site.  Also, the electricity for the sites was so bad.  They have them all fixed now.  Good clean power at every site.
 

Time for a bike ride around the campground.
 


The clouds are getting darker and darker.
 

Two strong men!
 

Gabriel and I are checking out the clouds coming our way and they look menacing.


We went from tornado watch to tornado warning for about half an hour and then back to tornado watch.


Who's that coming for a visit?


Kristin came to make sure we were aware of the tornado warning.  She told us that the hospital even had moved some patients to the hallways because the rooms have big glass windows.


Kristin did not stay as she is on call for the hospital and she can go any time.  We did see a cloud starting to turn on itself, but it disappears shortly after.
 

It turns out the big part of the storm went north of us.

Gabriel is very hungry, he eats like a bear.  What a difference when he only has one snack in the morning and one in the afternoon.


We had a good first day at the campground.



Tuesday July 10, 2018.


Gabriel slept 13 hours last night.
After a good breakfast, we walk to the park across the street.  Gabriel wants to catch some minnows and other creatures by the dock.
 

Too many kids from the summer camp were on the dock.  Not much living animals left by that dock, they all had nets to catch minnows.


One of the young boys from the summer camp asked Gabriel if he wanted his crawfish?  Gabriel did not say no.
Here is a baby crawfish.


The weather is not good again today.


The sky is still blue, but the dark clouds are still a long way away.
Why not a bike ride before the rain.  We are looking at the words carved in the rock.


Our home, seen from the other side of the river.
 

All three of us are on this bike ride.  A stop at the playground  next to the burger shack.
 

As we continue our ride, we come across the giant turtle.


Can you see the words Moose Jaw, Museum & Art Gallery, Wakamow Valley, 2007?


We had a problem, Gabriel's ice-cream reservoir is empty.  We had to stop at the burger shack for an ice-cream cone.
Gabriel had to fill his reservoir after all!


With the reservoir full, we continue our bike ride.


A big dark cloud coming our way.  We heard some thunder and saw lightning in the distance, but no hail.


Gabriel goes to bed at 7:30 h.  He really needs to catch up on his sleep.



Wednesday July 11, 2018


Another 12 hours of sleep for Gabriel.
Just like two old friends having breakfast together.  Special moments.


This morning we are going for a long bike ride.  We have to stop at a playground we never played on before!
 

The Merry-go-round being to dangerous, so they say, we know have a table with springs.  Let me tell you, this is just like a mechanical bull.  We did bike 6 km today.


Gabriel has found a new friend with the boy next door, Asher.  They get along great.
 
 

An ant mining site!


I have to change the crawfish water.  I am under strict surveillance from Gabriel, Asher and Ella.


They must have spent over an hour looking at and harass the crawfish.


I spent some time talking to Asher's parent.  Nice people.



Thursday July 12, 2018


It is Kid's Day at the park.  It is not very big, but still fun to go to.
I will get back to this photo.


Gabriel had a good time in the bouncing cow!


The bouncing cow is on her back!
 

Some skill games.  All for some candies.


Gabriel even milked a cow!
 

Gabriel toured the ambulance.  The first responder in the ambulance was very good with kids.  Gabriel has a good pulse and his oxygen level is very good.
 

We had a game of snake and ladders.


Going up the inflatable slide.


And coming down with a crash at the end.
 

Gabriel wants to go up the hill.  Michele says, "Sure, Grand-Papa will go up with you!"
At the same time a teenager loose his footing and comes down in an uncontrolled fashion...


According to Google Earth, it is only 40 feet high.  It is pretty steep as far as I am concerned.

 

This is the view at the top.


The going up was slippery, imagine the going down?  We both made it OK.
  

After the visit of the Kid's Day, we head home for lunch.


Gabriel had a major crash with his bike.  He is now wounded behind his right knee.  Here we are talking about the fix, should we cut the leg or just put band-aids on the wound!  Gabriel opted for the band-aids.
 

Jeremy came home in late afternoon and he will be here until Tuesday morning.  He will be working every day.
Sometimes your work, any type work (like oil patch), will take you away from your family for a period of time.  Thrust me, this kid will not need therapy for this.
Gabriel is very happy to see his Dad.


Father and son talking bike stuff.


Gabriel is explaining how he fell from his bike.


After supper, Jeremy and Kristin had to go back home.  Kristin is on call and Jeremy is working early tomorrow morning.


A good day.



Friday July 13, 2018


Yesterday, I went to Canadian Tire to purchase a new bike rack for the car.  I had bought another one last spring, but after trying it, it was not very good.  This one was on sale, so why not!
I must getting old, I am reading instructions!
 

Where did I put those instructions?


I had to take a break and chat with Asher's Dad.
 

The assembling is done, not bad at all.  Much better than the other one I had.  I will probably need to do some adjusting as we use it.
 
 

Grand-Maman bought a bag full of dinosaurs and Gabriel loves them


Another very good day!



Saturday July 14, 2018


We bought a dinosaur identifier for Gabriel.  He loves it and can even read the information!  He will be in first grade in September.


Let's go for another long bike ride.  It was another 6 km ride.
 

When we got back, Kristin was home from the hospital.


Kristin could not stay with us for supper.  She had a very long day.
We are having pizza for lunch.  Gabriel is very hungry.  He ate 3 slices for pizza like this one.


It is pretty windy today.  The sun is hot, but the wind is chilly.


Gabriel and Grand-Maman needed a jacket.


Another bike ride, but only in the campground this time.  We were using the small walky talky to keep talking to Grand-Maman back at the MH.


Jeremy and Kristin came after work


We had a simple supper, hot-dogs and hamburgers.  Gabriel playing with his Dad hat.


Gabriel is burnt-out.  He finally goes to bed at 8:30h.



Sunday July 15, 2018


A great morning.  Gabriel wakes up at 7:20h to go to the washroom,  I told him to go back to bed and he woke up at 9:35h.
I was waiting for him to have breakfast!

So, after a good breakfast, we went for another long bike ride.
Gabriel showing the spring table to Grand-Maman.


We are at home this afternoon.  Kristin is still on call and Jeremy is working for the Air Show of Moose Jaw.
We enjoy the pool.


Even if Gabriel does not spend a lot of time in the pool, he had a good time with Grand-Maman.
 

Playing is so tiring!!!


Good conversation with Gabriel.


Happiness, ice-cream after the pool.


Kristin is home, but she is getting stuff ready for the Bay Shower tonight.  She did cook us a nice supper of smokies.
Gabriel is very tired.


Jeremy got home late afternoon, he had a quick shower and they all left for the Baby Shower.  We just went back to the MH without Gabriel, a night off for us.

Tomorrow we are moving site at the campground.  In the afternoon, I will help Jeremy and Kristin move some furniture from her house in Regina to Moose Jaw.  I just "love" moving furniture.
It has to be done.

We have made reservation at Grassland National Park near Val Marie.  It is about 4 hours south-west from Moose Jaw.  After Grassland, we will go to Eastend and visit the T.Rex Discovery center with Gabriel.

Until next time.

Life is good...
 


    
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