Near the end of June my brother in law and soon to be sister in law came for a visit. The kids were excited and we had lots planned. During the first few days we hung out then we had a nice day and headed to Mont Cascades water park. We were a bit disappointed but the lack of slides and the kids were not to happy to be there. Once they went on a couple slides they were better. Kiera loved going on the kiddie slides and Riley liked the carpet race slide.
As for having summer free of injury, we didn't disappoint. My soon to be sister in law Becki, ended up have a pancreatitis attack early Monday morning and had to be driven to the hospital. Once there they admitted her. She was in the hospital for just over 2 weeks. Most day we spent going with Sean to visit her. At first she was on meds for pain. Then they thought she had some sort of infection and put her on antibiotics. Her white blood count didn't get better and they sent to her to one of the city hospitals for a ct scan. They said they saw something on her pancrease and would be moved to another hospital in the city. When she arrived there they did another scan and saw nothing so she was sent back to Carleton Place hospital. Then the told her she was very sick but had no idea what was wrong. She was then put on a very high dose of antibiotic and needed to be at the hospital. Eventually the hospital gave Becki day passes where she could come to the house for about 5-6 hours then go back get some antibiotics then come back to the house for a few more hours etc... During this we went to the children's museum, a movie and celebrated Ron's birthday. While this was happening they were to have gone to Montreal and be back at home. Not a very exciting trip for them but we were glad they came.
A few days after they left my mom and dad came down. Everyone had been bumped for vacation time, so they arrived Monday. We spent a couple days with them then headed to Sandbanks with our friends to camp. Camping was great except for the day it rained. I hate camping and rain. they don't mix well. We had fun at the beach, around the camp fire, going through the dunes etc... Once we were home we visited with my parents. We went shopping, went to a few small towns, down to the states to shop, went to the balloon festival and even to the drive in. Then it was back to school for the kids. Kiera and Riley started on Sept 8th. Both were happy to go back and see their friends. Both kids love their teachers. On Thursday Sept 10th my parents left for home and we were a family of four again. Now a little break before we have more visitors. Although Sept is so busy with planning Riley's birthday party, running the schools meet and greet, Riley starting hockey and drama club, Kiera starting sparks and gymnastics, Ron's hockey and my cake decorating class and school council stuff. It will make for a busy year.
