We went down on the flats near 10 Mile for a father's day dinner with Pascal's family and their company from Holland. We have this huge biplane kite that was purchased last year at a garage sale and has been waiting in the van for its turn to fly. No instructions, of course; now we know why it was only $1. We tried every combination of construction, but just could not get it into the air. So, we decided to eat some hot dogs and smores instead.
After dinner, thanks to the engineering genius of Uncle Frank, we finally managed to get the kite into the air. It is quite powerful and we had quite a time bringing it in. It flew out of Pascal's hands and landed in the river. I didn't even hesitate to wade in after it and the kite was saved for another flight, another day. Thank you all for a nice evening. 
Here's a little tribute to Daddy that Kaes came up with all on his own. I just laughed hysterically watching it again for about the tenth time, so I figured it was worth sharing.
. On another note, the house is progressing nicely. They have completed both sides of the house and are now working on the soffit and fascia as well as the second storey in the front. We are getting tons of compliments on it and are very happy with the way things are going. My neighbour told me the other day that our house is a traffic hazard- everyone slows down to a near stop to look at what has been done!!
Every year the Cretelli family takes a week or two long camping holiday together. It has changed many times over the past few years from lounging on the beach in the Shuswap to roughing it in provincial parks. This year we decided to go up to Williams Lake to visit Ryan and his family. We also planned to head farther north up to Quesnel to check out that part of our province. Heather, Kaes and I loaded up my dad's car, while Dad, Shirley, Maxwell and Rosco piled into the motorhome and off we went. We spent the first day just playing with the kids and planning what we were going to do on our holiday. Our second day we took a trip out to Farwell Canyon to see the hoodoos. We did a loop route on some back roads and saw some very interesting country with some spectacular views. We had quite an adventure that day as our trip took nearly twice as long as we thought it would and we also nearly ran out of gas! Unfortunately, I only got one picture before the battery on my camera had to be re-charged.
Our campground in Quesnel was on Dragon lake. A beautfiul spot, but not the best for swimming, Turns out it is a great fishing lake though. We love our vanagon, but it was fun to stay in the tent again. Our campfire got rained out a couple of nights, but overall the weather was pretty good.
Back to Williams Lake for the night, and then the big drive home the next day. We came home over Hwy24 through Little Fort. If you have the chance, take that route as it is a nice drive. This is my kick off to summer trip, so expect a lot more!!
Same decking, but new footings and a newly constructed roof on the front porch. Pascal discovered some stucco arches underneath the old siding that had been boxed in. They were kind of cool, but not very structurally sound. The porch is now a little higher so that we have a better view out of the front window and a little steeper to make that snow slide better. It is also not sinking and not in danger of collapsing!
New roof, and a new chimney as well. The old chimney was crumbling and beyond repair. Troy did an amazing job of rebuilding this one and keeping with the older feel of our home. The old, red roof consisted of only metal that was estimated to have been put on in the 50's or 60's and the original cedar shakes from when the house was built. We were very lucky to not have had any problems with it and are definetely happy with the new one. 
