Nola's first camping trip.

Dougie took some extra holidays over the Canada Day long weekend, so we packed up and headed out to the family cabin at Moyie Lake, BC. I must clarify, our cabin really is just a cabin - not a house on the lake. It's basically an insulated box with a wood stove, a bed, some couches and a coleman stove for cookin meals. No running water, however thanks to a long extension cord, we do get electricity from our neighbors :)

We got out to the cabin on Wednesday, June 30. It was a relatively decent day, so we walked Nola down to the beach (unfortunately we forgot our camera, so I'll do my best to describe her reaction). Moyie is a super cold lake - even on the hottest of days, it still takes your breath away to jump in! Last year, Doug went wake-boarding and after only being in and out of the water for about 20 minutes, his lips were blue! Anywho, I walked into the water up to my shins and I would dunk Nola's feet in the water. With every dunk, she tucked her legs up into herself like a turtle and would let out a pathetic like whelp! Haha, it was pretty funny. Needless to say, we are cruel parents, and we dunked her in about half a dozen times. Finally, she really started to cry, so we decided we'd better stop. Unfortunately, the weather was crummy the rest of our trip, so we didn't make it back to the beach.

While at the cabin, we spent most of our time just chillin'. Nola was GREAT!! She spent lots o her time hanging out on the deck in her

<--- pop-a-tot. That thing is a work of art!! Oh my, I'm in love with it! It's kind of like a camping exersaucer. Anywho, Nola loved it too and she spent tons of time in there, chatting with Mr. Duck and eating her hands.

On Canada Day, Dougie, Nola and I went into Cranbrook to spend the day with my cousin Jodi and her husband and son, Gabe. Poor Jodi, she was in her 10th month of her pregnancy (she was due on June28th) and we spent the day out in the sun at the spray park. She was having contractions all day long and at 9:30am the next day, July 2, she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Isaac! We were so happy to be around for the special arrival! Now Jodi deserves mother of the year, because Isaac is one BIG boy. He tipped the scales at 10 lbs 1 oz!! Holy Moses!! And she did it without drugs! Kudos to you Jodes, you're a better woman than I.

I love this picture because you can really see how big Isaac is! Him and Nola are 4 months apart!! I actually just weighed Nola and she's now a whopping 11 lbs 11 oz! She starting to get chunky!! So here they are, Nola and Isaac, 4 months apart and 1 lbs 10 oz difference.

Jodes, bless your soul.

On Saturday morning, our friends Clint and Nickie come out for the weekend. It was great to see them! Unfortunately, the weather was pretty crummy, so we didn't do much of anything. On Saturday night, we cooked up a butt-load of meat and stuffed ourselves stupid. Even Nola was trying to sneak a piece of Uncle Clint's steak.

Nola did great sleep-wise for all but Saturday night. I'm not too sure what her issue was, but she freakin' screamed and it really sucked. BUT, other than that, our camping trip was a complete success!!

Yay for family holidays!