June 90th birthday

Kim and I go for a boat ride

Go around a lake for a couple hours😊

My brother and his family waked boarded and the nieces and nephew seemed to have lots of fun 🤩

We went on paddle boards, that’s more my speed with my weight. I do have a wake board but I haven’t used it since my kiteboarding days.

I get out and fell in the water 💧 about three times. Water is nice temperature and we went for a swim 🏊‍♂️ off the boat a bit later.

We get out and enjoy 😊 some summer fun out side on Sunday.

On Saturday we enjoyed my grandpa playing in a band for his birthday 🥳 .

An enjoyable event, nice to get a church location to let us use there building. The church even put up a sign on there billboard wishing him a happy birthday 🎂. I thought that was very fun.

The aunts and uncles put lots of work into the event, and it looked like everyone had a fun time. It’s stellar that we could be there for it.

A fun event,

After Kim and I got to the hotel and fell asleep early. With my meds I get tired in summer heat quickly.

Kim and I had fun, a nice get away, we saw her family for breakfast at smittys on Sunday also.

We stayed a extra night at the trailer by the cabin after and was very special that my uncle could set us up for the night. Made going back on the QEII easier on a Monday morning than on a Sunday Night.

We staying in the trailer is a fun time, fresh air and birds 🦅 woke me up early at about 5:12. We were on the road by 8.

Kim still has lots of photos on her camera. I might be able to get them off her in a bit.

Kim took a photo of some big pelicans on the lake.

She tried to make lots of nature shots.

She did take a few photos of the family, with her photography camera.

Lots of the family was excited to get those photos.

And Kim showed them off on her labtop.

Hopefully will get to see family soon again, in travels there or here.

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