Summer Time :)

Ken with Anika and Makenna fishing on Nita Lake in Whistler

Anika playing in the bouncy castle in Whistler

Anika enjoying the bouncy castle in Whistler

Makenna enjoying the bouncy castle in Whistler

Anika trying out the climbing structure in Whistler

Anika and Ken doing the Luge ride in Whistler

Makenna on her first pony ride inWhistler

Makenna and Anika enjoying a guided pony ride in Whistler

Makenna and Anika enjoying a guided pony ride in Whistler

Anika loving the pony ride in Whistler

Makenna wanting the camera

Anika and Makenna fishing with the neighbour girls, Georgia and Maggie (foreground). Grandpa Stanick helping out.

Anika hanging out at the playground in Whistler

Ken holding Makenna during the Canada Day Parade in Whistler

Anika enjoying the Canada Day festivities in Whistler

Ken trying out Makenna's glider bike in the parking lot in Whistler

Jennifer hanging out with Makenna and Anika in Katherine Lake on the Sunshine Coast.

Makenna all wrapped up on Bonniebrook beach on the Sunshine Coast

Anika and Makenna hanging out in the shallow waters at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Makenna enjoying some time in the ocean at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Anika enjoying the ocean at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Grandpa Earwaker walking with Makenna and Anika on the sandbar at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Anika and Makenna going to bed at Grandma and Grandpa Earwaker's house

Ken hanging out with Makenna and Anika on the sandbar at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Ken and Makenna playing in the sand on the sandbar at Bonniebrook Beach on the Sunshine Coast

Ken finishing first in a surfski race in Gibsons

Grandma and Grandpa Earwaker enjoying their time at the waterslides

Hollie and Anika at Great Grandma Squair's 85th Birthday party

Anika floating about on Alta Lake in Whistler

Anika and her good friend, Elliott, walking at Meadow Park in Whistler

Makenna at the cabin in Whistler

One of Makenna's funny faces at the cabin in Whistler

Anika's 5th Birthday Party at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver

Clockwise from left -Jennifer, Taylor, Riley, Anika, Kenzie, Elliott, Tessa, Siera, Makenna, Ocean, Ocean's cousin, Pascal.

Anika's 5th Birthday Party at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver

Clockwise from left -Jennifer, Taylor, Riley, Anika, Kenzie, Elliott, Tessa, Siera, Makenna, Ocean, Ocean's cousin, Pascal.

Anika opening gifts at her 5th Birthday Party at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver

Anika in front of an Olympic Wall in Whistler Village. We must of rode into town as she is wearing her little bike gloves

Anika enjoying an ice cream cone in Whistler

Makenna enjoying an ice cream cone in Whistler

Anika, Ken, Jennifer, and Makenna in Deep Cove

Anika in the center of the kayak. Ready for her first Tuesday night race in Deep Cove with Mommy and Daddy paddling. This is was a special Birthday treat. She fell asleep two thirds of the way into the race:)

Makenna and Anika playing with toys bought from Birthday money given to Anika from Grandma and Grandpa Stanick

Anika lining up for a ice cream sundae during her friend Siera's birthday party

Makenna not looking so excited about me filling up the chariot around her so that we have what we need for a day at the beach. I can't figure out why I am called the 'bag lady' by the neighbours:)

Ken taking the Anika and Makenna for a spin on a stand up paddle board on Alta Lake in Whistler

Anika eating cereal on the deck in Whistler

Makenna making a funny face at the playground in Whistler

Makenna riding around on her glider bike in Whistler

Makenna watching TV and feeding her baby. She looks like a natural...so relaxed:)

Makenna after a couple roasted marshmellows in Whistler:)

Anika roasting marshmellows on the barbecue with Ken during the campfire ban.

On the deck in Whistler.

Makenna enjoying help from Anika on the swing set at home.

Anika's amazing photo of a dandelion

Anika flying a kite she made at the kite festival in Kits with Makenna running behind her.

Anika flying her kite she made at the kite festival in Kits. Her face is painted like butterfly:)

Anika and Makenna hanging out at the end of our driveway in North Van.

Makenna loving the swing at home in North Van.

A banana slug the girls found on a hike in Lynn Valley, North Van.

Makenna, Anika and her friend, Elliott, enjoying a rest on a bench during a hike in Lynn Valley.

Elliott and Anika checking out some old machinery on the side of the trail during a hike in Lynn Valley

Ken enjoying waffles with whip cream, strawberries and blueberries on Father's Day:)

Makenna looking cute in her cowboy hat during our hike in Lynn Valley.

Elliott and Anika posing for the camera during a hike in Lynn Valley

Makenna looking cute again in her cowboy hat during our hike in Lynn Valley.

Makenna and Anika jumping on the trampoline on the other side of the cul de sac in Whistler

Elliott and Anika during a hike in Lynn Valley

Makenna :)

Anika climbing around at Princess Park in North Van.

Makenna and Anika hanging out with Grandma Palmer, Uncle Mark and their dog Malcolm at the cabin in Whistler

Makenna and Anika getting a ride in the cart in Ikea

Anika and Makenna jumping on the trampoline across the cul de sac in Whistler

Anika

Anika's friend, Elliot, helping her push her bike out of Mahon Park in North Van.

Makenna driving the truck in Mahon Park in North Van.

Makenna yelling out of the sunroof of the truck at Mahon Park in North Van.

Anika

Makenna at Lakeside Park, Whistler

Anika at Lakeside Park, Whistler

Makenna at Lakeside Park, Whistler

Makenna at Lakeside Park, Whistler

Well, they aren't always smiling:) I had to take a photo of this. Makenna pushing Anika out of the way and they are both screaming:)

Ken paddling

Ken and Nikki posing with some bear statues in Whistler

Makenna posing with some bear statues in Whistler

Anika posing with some bear statues in Whistler

Anika in Whistler

Makenna making a funny face while eating watermelon

Makenna riding her tricycle in Whistler

Anika roasting marshmellows at the neighbours' house in Whistler.

Only in Whistler....ski goggles stop the smoke from affecting your eyes when roasting marshmellow on the campfire

Anika and Makenna in a bin at home. Too cute:)

Anika and Makenna posing for the camera at Grandma and Grandpa Earwaker's house in Gibsons

Makenna at the park in Horseshoe Bay

Makenna at the park in Horseshoe Bay

Anika at the park in Horseshoe Bay

I am sooooo delayed in this post that it is embarrassing!

We are enjoying the summer holidays!! It has been sunny and warm or hot for so long. We have been in Whistler for pretty much all of July. Ken has been on holidays from work for the past couple of weeks which has been great. We borrowed my parents' tent trailer and went camping at Katherine Lake on the Sunshine Coast. It was a lot of fun.