August 11, 2012

 Last Monday was a provincial holiday here (BC Day).  The whole family was busy volunteering with St. John most of the week-end at two art/music festivals in Comox. Kaili and I attended church long enough to teach Sunday School classes.  She was covering Dax's since he was needed for the bike squad with SJA.  It is a good thing he was there to, as they had a pretty bad injury to deal with first thing in the morning.  Fortunately, the person involved was up and around the next day- she came by to thank the crew for their assistance. The picture shows Kaili hard at work in the First Aid post at the Filberg Festival on Saturday afternoon. 

Elizabeth went camping with a girl friend at Horne Lake on Wed/Thur and came home tired and sunburned
after paddling around the lake for two days.  The rest of us have been busy working all week.

Today, after doing a bunch of clean-up around the yard, Ron and I took Ellie to the local tortilla factory to stock up on fresh corn tortillas.  Then we all took Adam (well, his likeness anyway!) to a local alpaca farm owned by one of my friends and her husband.  They currently have 33 alpaca, 3 of which are new babies.  They are expecting another baby any day now. Their fur is so soft and they have the sweetest faces- check out those eyelashes!

Ellie, "Adam" and Zephyr (Xena's baby- 12 days old)

Lily (Momma) and Lacy (6 days old)

We continue to have really warm, sunny days (80's) and the blackberries are beginning to ripen.  It is quite cool at night, but Ron and I are still sleeping out on the deck in the fresh air.