Sunday, September 19, 2021

Very Rainy, Crafty WOA #3 2021

Jo was finally able to come to a full WOA to help me out and this was the perfect one for her to attend since she is such an artist as this was the rainiest weekend and we were in for a whole lotta crafting!!!

We dragged all the ladies up to the dryshed for a game in the dark!  There was lots of screaming lol

Kelly doing bath bombs ....

Chris doing a history lesson with photos prior to the camp property tour!

So much rain, but there were still paddlers!!

...and hikers ....

.... and the ever steady embroiderers....

Happy Jo about to lead a hike up the mountain in all her rain gear!

Katie dehydrated so many oranges and led this craft ....

Wendy is always in for a good craft!!

And Shannon was oh so excited to whisper into the ears of running women in the dark ... lol .. she legit scared a few of them!  I mean, she looks silly here, but picture all the lights off and this coming at you from behind!









My sweet Jen .. I was her youth leader when she was 12 and got to watch her grow up - and now she is back with me at WOA, leaving behind kids and a husband and she had a really relaxing weekend.

Oh these pretzels were the best .... 

She is laughing ... I promise ...

Staff from first WOA to last dropped by 3/4!!!  So these were the fearless leaders on this last weekend!!





Sooooo....officially last tube ride of the summer and it was so deflated and we couldn't get it refilled ... they didn't seem to know any different!











All done!!  WOA main sites completed for 2021 .... happy to have come out relatively unscathed and with some new true friends ....

Elliot ....

I told Shannon we were coming over after WOA was over ... she stayed home this weekend to rest (though she was up on friday to terrify ladies in the dark) and work on lodge stuff ... I didn't blame her with all that rain!!  She had homemade lasagna waiting for us ....



Wednesday, September 15, 2021

September and new chapters!

Ben and Isaac were the faces of last years youth kick off …


This year Ben has moved onto Kaleo at Qwanoes and Isaac is grade 12 …

Here we are sending Ben a selfie to go and kick butt this year and that we are gonna miss him …

And then we went and dropped Isaac off at his first driving lesson.  

New starts everywhere …

Monday, September 13, 2021

23rd wedding anniversary

My love ... it has been 23 years of walking with this man ....

He organized a bike ride to the Shawnigan trestle .... it was a beautiful day. 















Sunday, September 12, 2021

WOA #2 2021

Katie needed a week off, so her mom came up on her own ... she was happiest setting the flower arrangements on the tables .... 

I got bangs ... read into that what you will .... when I told Nicole and Shannon I was going to get them, they both looked at eachother and rolled their eyes lol.

Nancy is so happy in her new job ... and I am thrilled that she is out of the toxic Post office environment .... huge loss for them .. she was such a hard worker ....

My boy being the most steady worker (next to Chris) for all these WOA's!!!  Here we are driving boats again for the ladies ....

Doing what we do best!! 

Aaaaaand ... another boat tour for those who don't want to tube.  He is very entertaining for the ladies ... though we did miss Ben on this tour.

Well this view doesn't get old ....

We made these bible bookmarks at morning devotions one morning ....

Loved seeing success with women who haven't skied since their teen years!!  However, we have see some injuries in a few of them ... which was enough to keep me on the sidelines and not behind the boat though I remember loving skiing.



One of my favorite women ... she is always up for anything, she is so crafty and happy and easy going ... love that she came to WOA and signed up for the paddle too!!

One of Isaac's teachers now comes alot!!  Julie is great!

Outdoor space means no masks necessary!!!

Isaac interviewing the women before their race!!  He has all their attention!

Macrame!!  

Nellie!!!!  (LOVE)



Oh Sally ... I know special diets is a total racket!!!



She's been so busy and crazy with the lodge this summer ... but she is always there for me ... if even in the background this year ... love her so much.