Summer at The Bluffs 2012

We were delighted to enjoy the company of our dear friends and former neighbours, Bob and Joan, from McKinney, Texas, who enjoyed the cooler temperatures up north for a week!








The new T-dock was finally installed at our beach:











An afternoon on the boat with Brian and Denise:









The boys play golf at The Pines-Lou and Pat:





Pat, Lou, Brian and Uncle Donnie:




Steph and Pat on the new dock!




Pat and Lou's new squash appetizer when Brian and Shelly visited




Ben, Shelley, Brian, Elliott, Pat, Lou and Jen (Steph was at work at the hospital in Fredericton):




Annual sushi extravaganza at The Bluffs-Pat, Peter, Robert and Lou:




Georgie and Paula:




The following evening, a Bourque Family reunion dinner, including Matt and Suzanne's family from Dartmouth: Jean-Pierre, Céleste, Alex and Arielle:






Uncle Donnie, Aunt Monica and Georgie:




Lou, Steph and Shelley:




Denise, Brian and Andrew, visiting from St. John's:




Jen, Ben and Elliott:




It was Alex's third birthday, a big Calgary Flames' fan! (cake made by his mom, Suzanne)




Jen and J-P doing the honours:




Céleste, Denise and Steph:




Jeremy from St. John's, Allison from Fort McMurray and Clara from Calais, France:



Family shot: Ben, Jen, Steph, Lou, Kathie, Elliott and Pat





Céleste, Alex and Steph:





Elliott's new playpen!




Thanks, Uncle Lou, for putting up my new swing!




The best part about birthdays, this time Grandma's!




Time to take the dock out...Pat towed it over to Peter's beach where the tow truck pulled it out:




Robert's lobster boat in the sunset on The Strip:




The beach on The Strip:




August 15th birthday dinner for Kathie and Georgie-Elaine, Peter, Peter, Steph and Pat:




Brian, Denise, Bob, Elaine, Georgie, Ron:




Birthday cake! Thanks, Denise!




More to come from The Bluffs...

Location:Sypher Cove, New Brunswick

Grandma visits Elliott July 18-24, 2012

Time at our Lakehouse in New Brunswick usually starts with a stopover in Montreal. I enjoy early morning walks throughout Westmount to admire the homes, the gardens and the view over the city. This year Jen celebrated her 30th birthday while Elliott enjoyed the tissue paper! We had the added bonus of lunch at The Gryphon Tea Room with her godmother, Chris, visiting from St. John's.












On Saturday, Ben, Elliott and I left Jen to work on her sermon while we drove out to Hudson to check out Finnegan's Market and enjoy lunch on the terrace at Willow Place, my old stomping ground!




How big is Elliott? So big!




The four of us drove to The Bluffs on Grand Lake on July 24th. The following day, Elliott turned 10 months old. After breakfast, Jen, Ben and Elliott headed to Nova Scotia to visit the Seamone Family.



A merry-go-round ride at the Bridgewater Fair:




My new iPad screen page:




Water play:




Indignant at the thought of a new type of constraint for use on the boat, which we never did use while they were here!




More from The Bluffs...

Location:Montreal, Quebec

At The beach June 29, 2012

It was awfully hot and humid the week we were on the island, but we tried to get to the beach a few times! It seemed we were pretty happy just hanging out at our villa in the shade of the pines or in the pool or playing Settlers of Catan:











Mind if I borrow your sandal, Grandpa?




Yum, my favourite flavour of Crocs sandal!



Where's Elliott?




Heading back to Ibiza on June 30th on the 1 pm ferry:




The harbour at La Savina:










Family shot on the patio in Caldetes:




Dinner at El Vellard in our village-gazpacho Ruben's style with a swirl of EVOO:




His famous salad-with shrimp:




And with goat's cheese:




Steph and Lou say farewell early Sunday morning at El Prat Airport as they leave for Zurich-Toronto-Denver:





Until the next scuba trip.....

Location:Formentera, Spain