Thanksgiving

This is actually a dessert we made for Thanksgiving dinner. There was this whole thing with emails and things progressed, and well, out of that came the idea to make a dessert that looked like shi… crap.

That's melted tootsie rolls on a cake, cookie and pudding bed. It tasted better then it looks, which is good since it looks like poo.

Max getting into the meatballs.

At the Park

Just another day out at the park. 

Ev wearing her hand me down fluffy jacket and loving it.

Max going through a tube

It's a bird. It a… bird.

Carrie and the kids

Storm

A storm blew in and the light show was crazy awesome. So out came the camera and…

Canoe

For our 10 year wedding anniversary we decided to go out, and I mean all out, for a nice dinner. So we went to Oliver and Bonacini's Canoe Restaurant in downtown Toronto. We did the Taste Campfire. It was a five course meal which included:

Amuse Bouche

Cold Poached Rock Hen
Woodland Mushroom Salad
Chestnuts and Bacon Gellée

Fire Roasted Lobster
Summer Sweet Corn And Daikon Ribbons
Pickled Cattails and Watercress

Intermezzo (no photo)

St-Canut Suckling Pig
Smoked Blue Cheese and Wild Rice Spaetzle
Caramelized Holland Marsh Onion

and of course no campfire is complete with out,
S'mores
White Chocolate Marshmallow
Graham Cracker Cup
Spiced Chocolate Sauce

Dessert was my favourite, nope strike that, the company was my favourite. Thanks for a great night out Carrie.

At the Ex

At the Ex this summer we stuffed our faces with some really good food. I wanted to try more of the stuff they had there but my wallet said no. They had everything there including deep fried butter. Next year I'm bringing more money. :)

What we did eat was a Burrito 

        

 a quesadilla

and I had the crispy cream hamburger. Thats two doughnuts for buns plus bacon and an egg. I don't remember the calorie count but it was a lot. like a lot, a lot. Hate to admit it but I could have eaten a second one. 

Who wants to come with us next year?

Toronto Island

Thought it would be fun to take the bike down to the island and walk around with the camera. There was a little light, very light drizzle, but Carrie assured me it would be okay. So off I went. Well it wasn't so okay. After arriving at the docks and seeing all the people getting off the ferry were soaking wet, I thought I had missed the worst of it and I decided to go ahead and get on the boat to the island. Walked around a bit then thought it was time to start heading back. Just switched from the 70-200 over to the 8-16mm and that must have been the cue for the heavens to open, cause ten minutes after I did the rain started. I went running for shelter and quickly got the camera in the bag. Then threw my jacket over the backpack to help keep the rain off my gear. In the end I was soaked, completely soaked. The camera however was dry. Two minutes after I was on my bike headed home the rain stopped. By the time I was home I was nearly dry.

City

 

Family Reunion

Had a little Family Reunion this summer.

Yup, it was a good time :)

summer wrap up

With summer over, even though it doesn't feel like it since the temperatures this week have been in the 20s. I figure it's time for a Summer wrap up of sorts. This summer was busy, but then again so is every other part of the year.

However, we did make sure we took some time to stop and smell the flowers.

We tried riding bikes, but haven't quite figured it out yet.

Did a little bug watching

Of course we hit up the splash park to help stay cool.

Max learned how to operate the camera and even managed to take a few photos where his finger wasn't covering the lens.

and on rainy days we hung out with our good buddy TV.

Happy Birthday Evelyn

That's right our little girl is a year old. And wouldn't you know it, we had a get together to celebrate the day. Here is the Birthday Girl (and her dad)

A big thanks to her Aunt Patricia for making a fantastic cake

make that two, fantastic cakes.

Evelyn loved having a whole cake all to herself

although she didn't eat it all she did give a valiant effort.

Having a birthday in the middle of the week means having a huge party on the weekend followed by another party on your actual birth date. Look how happy she is to be having a second first birthday party

just like Max on his first birthday Evelyn tried to put out the candle with her finger. (ouch)

a big piece of cake makes it all better.

Thank you to all those that made it out for Ev's big day. And a special thanks to Patricia for making the cakes. and of course thanks to all those that didn't make it but were thinking of Ev on her day. :)

Day Out With Thomas

Max loves his trains, so we decided to drive 200+km to St. Thomas to see Thomas the Tank Engine. Highlights from the trip include: walking through a bubble storm created by

a bubble making truck.

Max finding all the Thomas pictures.

Evelyn letting us know that she is there too.

Playing with all the Thomas toys

The anticipation

And the pay off. Going for a ride on a train pulled by Thomas

Also there was a petting zoo.

That pretty much sums up the day. A lot of Thomas plus some other stuff thrown in the mix. We lined up to have a photo taken with Thomas but they shut the gate just in front of us. There was no way were were waiting around for 30 minutes in the 30+° heat just for a photo. So we piled into the air conditioned car and went home.