The Summer is here and the sun is shining, what glorious weather we are having. Vancouver Island Summers are normally nice and this one is no exception.
Its been a busy year in the gardening world, good weather means being busy. We have also started deer fencing some of our field ready to start growing crops in there next year. Mette is also keeping busy as houses continue to sell.
Darren’s mum has been over for a break and split her time between here and Darren’s sister in Vancouver. Both his mum and dad will be coming over again in September, as will Mette’ mum and they will actually overlap by one day so will also have the opportunity to see each other.
The jam has been selling like crazy and we have had a record year this year. There have been bumper crops of plums and blackberries and this has enabled us to make plenty of jam. We also sell garlic and sell both the scapes and the cloves.
Daniel has been playing basketball for Victoria Prep and they won a Vancouver Island tournament and have also played in tournaments in Vancouver, Seattle and Las Vegas. The Las Vegas tournament is big and they managed to finish in the final 8 of their division which is a great result. Daniel was also spotted playing there by a US college coach and he has received a lot of letters regarding his college for education and basketball, so we will see what happens. Daniel has passed his driving test and has got himself a car, so there is no stopping him now. It also helps us if we need any shopping or if Anja needs picking up from somewhere as we have a keen volunteer.
Anja performed at her dance show in the Cowichan Theatre and is now trying out for a musical that will have shows in Duncan and Nanaimo. If she gets in there is a lot of rehearsals and this will be the first musical Anja has been in.
We went to Seattle to watch soccer and watched Seattle v Barcelona and the legendary Lionel Messi. What a great player he is! We did a stadium tour of the Quest Field and ate in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Space Needle. We enjoyed our time there but couldn’t watch a baseball game as it was sold out. We went on to Mount St Helens, a very interesting trip. We continued on to Portland for some tax free shopping and then went to Bonneville Hot Springs for a nice, relaxing break. See, I told you we like hot springs! A great family road trip.
School will soon be back in, both sets of parents will soon be here, and the good weather continues. We love it!