little bitty girl

I always forget that Canada Day falls so closely to Independence Day in the U.S. Our friends Paul and Maureen were nice enough to invite us to their family cottage. It was so nice to be out of the city and to enjoy nature.

Maureen's father is a really tremendously active guy who learnt how to snowboard five years ago and has since gotten his instructor's license. He took Stef out to wake board for the first time and was so patient about the whole process. Stef, being the natural athlete figured it out pretty quickly. I didn't try because it takes me longer to figure stuff like that out and I would have been frustrated. That, and I still haven't gotten used to cold lake water.

Milo, their pup was also subjected to "water sports" as all the kids and adults tried to entice him to swim. We just couldn't figure out why he just wasn't into it since all dogs usually love playing with water. He did finally go out the last day to the delight of everyone. All in all, a really fabulous weekend well spent.