365 Days of Photos

This blog is getting a fresh start. After putting a bit to much pressure on myself my days of summer blog did not get to the end of the summer. I have started again on January 1st 2011, if I miss a day or take a long time to upload I am not going to quit, I am just going to try to be more flexible. After loosing my second baby in just over a year being flexible is now a necessity of life and survival and over the course of this year I have idea what will happen but I am open to many things and I am excited to where it might take me.

From the original blog:

On Monday June 21st 2010, the first day of summer I started this blog - sort of a days of summer blog, and when it is finished I am going to print it to make a book for me to remember this summer and the year following. This summer will be hard for me, just as the past 7 months have been becuase I am fighting my infertility struggles at the same time grieving my baby who was born too early and only lived for two weeks. I am going to find something gorgeous, beautiful or just plain cute to make me smile everyday and post it here. I need to start looking at all the beauty out there - and taking the time to capture it! To learn more about me and my journey visit me here: http://raindrops-sammy.blogspot.com

Monday, July 26, 2010

Friday July 23rd - Long Day

Long day today, I planned too many things and then the day ended up with a trip to the Dr. with Owen. I am not sure if I even took any photos but I will find something to remember this day by and post it ....

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Thursday July 22nd - Dragonfly's!

There are so many Dragonfly's everywhere right now, it is amazing. In the yard, buzzing around when I go for a walk, I love them! There is one in the bottom of this photo - they are hard to catch on camera, I am hoping to get a good photo by the end of the summer of one!

Wednesday July 21st - New toy


My husband bought me a new Mac ro lens adapter and I am very excited to try it out - this is just a sample!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tuesday July 20th - Whale watching, 8 months later


Today Jack has been gone for 8 months - I still can not believe it. It still seems surreal sometimes. I miss him everyday. Today Shannon and I saw a whale and I followed it along the beach for a few hours - it was a magical afternoon.

Monday July 19th - Swimming in the Ocean!


Owen took his first real swim in the ocean today - well he hung on to me but we were out over his head and he was not even that scared. I hope he swims like me instead of his dad... lol

Sunday July 18th - more time out on the water!


We had some bait left so we went out on the water again on Sunday - such a good time and we really packed in the activities this weekend, it was busy busy!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Saturday July 17 - Fishing Fishing!



Owen had a big day of fishing today - Fishing Derby followed by fishing with Dad and Grandpa. I went for my first ocean swim this year under the moon and the stars tonight.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Friday July 16th - Beach Day!

Thursday July 15th - 4 Years of Marriage!


We celebrated in Vancouver with a fun day and a good meal in English Bay.

Wednesday July 14th - Our Anniversary #1


14 years ago today Ben and I started our life together.
Tonight we drove up to three different beaches trying for a whale sighting. As the sun went down we gave up and threw rocks in the water.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tuesday July 13th


My little artist in the garden

Monday July 12th


Went down to the beach and had a peaceful walk along the driftwood!

Sunday July 11th


Wormy log at the beach - I almost thought I did not take a photo today, but I did! Three camera's can get a bit confusing to remember the dates but at least everyone was late and Owen was playing in the sand at Porpoise Bay and I took a photo of this log :)

Saturday July 10th


Fish Hatchery Open House - Owen liked it but was a bit scared of the fish!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Friday July 9th - Beach Day!


It was hot again today but we had a great day at the beach!

Thursday July 8th - Hot hot hot!

Wednesday July 7th - Little Swallow


This little guy spent the afternoon with me, while he was learning how to fly.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Tuesday July 6th


Wow - tomorrow is 8 months since Jack was born, I better get a special photo. We bought ourselves a little treat - a old pull behind trailer for future camping adventures, we are very excited!

Monday July 5th


Tonight we went out picking up some work right by the cemetery and we ordered a pizza and decided to have a little picnic. We have never done this before but it was nice for me just to have the time to sit there and not have to run off and do something. I went to visit our friends grave and looked back and saw these two wrestling on the grass - Owen loves jumping on us while we are lying down .. ouch, but Ben is a good sport about it. Jack`s grave needs some serious work, I am getting closer to ordering a headstone - soon I think.

My three boys together ... sigh...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

July 4th


Happy July 4th!

This does not look like much but I was laying on a kids slide at the park looking at the sky and it looked really beautiful. So peaceful - until the kids started fighting. LOL.

July 3rd


Honeysuckle. I remember eating these when we were kids and I still really want to find a really nice smelling one for my garden.

July 2nd


I did not take many photos this weekend. I did see many pretty flowers though, especially on my walks. It looks like the nice weather is finally here.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

July 1st


Happy Canada Day!