We made some of these simple mini comets on our last camping trip. Easy to make and fun to play with  ... they make a good evening activity...

It's Day 3 in Spud's Mountain Eco Day Camp. So far they have been doing a lot of hiking, nature journaling, learning wilderness ...

Another tick ... Summer Night Markets! Love them. And we are blessed to have 3 of them! We hit the Richmond Night Market  for the ...

We had the best time picking berries on the weekend. The end of the raspberry but the beginning of the blueberry season meant we go...

Ahhh. Warm summer eves. Spud spent the early evening sailing with his Pa ... practicing his new found skills of manning the jib. Th...

Two years in a row now, Spud has chosen a cooking-themed summer day camp. In  last year 's day camp he made lava cake, corn sou...

Yes, we still have a drive-in theatre in our midst! Granted, we had to drive an hour to get there but it was worth it! Despicable Me ...

11 kids. 15 adults. Tubing. Swimming. Marmot Spotting. Biking. Hiking. Mozzy dodging. Badminton. Crafting. Water rockets. Watermelon...

Mmmm. I truly heart cherry season. Especially when we are lucky enough to buy them from the Okanagan ourselves! The best way to enjoy che...

Kids vs. Adults ... go! Here's our full  Summer Fun Passport List  for 2013 and our  passport  we made to keep track of ever...

Beating the heat on the deck with some reading time.

We really love making popsicles around here. And eating them. Here are 3 recipes from last year. And 5 recipes I posted on Ap...

Hubs, with Spud's help, built this rocket launcher following the detailed instructions in these videos . We had some friends o...

"Scary and fun all at once" pretty much sums it up. The first day he spent in the coach boat. It was a choppy day and he w...

Spud has signed up for the Summer Reading Club at the public library again. And his school's reading club too! Fourth year in a ro...

Well, it's been over a year now since we visited London. And we miss it a lot. Here, in no particular order, are Spud's most missed ...