summer breeze makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind

DAY ONE (AKA CANADA DAY)
My parents came to pick me up in Kingston on thier way back from Toronto so that I could be in Ottawa for Canada Day :)

Marshmellow!!

Yawn

My Dad driving on the old 401 :)

Marshie sits in the front with my mum, and I am camera-happy :)

My mum in the car...

peekaboo... Shut up, I hadn't seen my dog since April!

Again!

Yay HOME!
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Tourists! We luhv Canadah, Dan Akroyd is awesomeness, yes.

Anne Murray! We see Quebec now, WOW. (Still tourists)

Setting up camp at the Gatineau Marina in front of the Musee...

Kathleen is edgy and I am.... cool...

Megan's right and Kat's left...

Kat's right and my left :)

What is the true meaning of Canadian?

Sending text messages to Irish people who are stuck in smelly Toronto

Kat is master photog

Our daytime view from our spot :)

It is starting to get darker :)

Uh oh, Kathleen is kidnapped!

Megan making a real pretty face for once

All the photos started making Kat nervous...

Zoolander!

This is why no one will ever be afraid of Meg. Fist of rage!

We don't know how to pose for pictures :)

Hesham came just for the fireworks...

and was mesmerized by Meg's glowstick (with the elusive Mary)

Kat loses interest...

Hesham is only more amused as time goes on

I was just resting my eyes... as to prepare them for the awesomeness of the fireworks :)

Heyyyy....

Oooooo....

Ahhhhhh.....

Ooohhhhh....

Whoooaaaa....

Sweet...

Nice...

Ooooooo....

Ahhhhh.....

Gasp...

Big finale time...

The end, Happy Canada Day! Yay!

Back to the Weiner-mobile to traffic jam it out of Quebec :) No more ninety-five for us!

Seatbelt! Safety first when you are going ten kilometres :)

Me with weiner-shotgun in the mobile

Our night-time view in Quebec

What could be more Canada Day than blasting "If I had a Million Dollars" and singing along!
DAY TWO - BAHA'I PICNIC AT LAC PHILIPPE

Kamran, Anisa, Mona and Shayda having a sit on the grass

The lovely Sahba :)

Sahba's friend from work who was awesome enough to join us for the picnic :)

Vafa brought a boat for rowing on the lake

Kamran just couldn't stay away from Martin the whole day

... and insisted that they... wrestle together

Going on a voyage

Whut?

A sniper shot of the dodgeball game...

...taken from the top of this ravine hill contraption

Gordon stole the camera...

... and tried to be artsy...

... and discovered the Macro button...

Mmm BBQ time!

Valiant chefs :)

Gordie :)

Catherine taking barbeque pictures :)

"Kamran! Stop burning the koobideh!"

Candid Sahba

Anisa in Sahba's proof that all candid pics of Anisa look posed :)

Posing Sahba

Gumball tree!!

Catherine modelling a fine hamburger :)

The Stevens...

The Braithwaites....

Time to play cards

Only Kamran could warrant that facial expression

The Joneses...es....

Poker and koobideh... a perfect team

That is one awesome hat...

Playing roake now, I think...

Sahba

Sahba and friend :)

Dan Jones and friend :)

best picture ever.

chillin'...

Kamran and having to touch Martin always....

Gordon has no poker face

Mona borrowing Marty's jacket. Martin: "It's a black thing. .... No really, it's a thing.. and it's black" Mwaamwaa...

Apparently any Braithwaite will do for Kamran :)

Gordie looks distressed...

The Owl and the pussy-cat went to sea

...In a beautiful

and they danced by the light of the moon, they dance by the light of the moon

Boys playing with rocks and giant slingshots :)

The spread!

Sarah in mid-sing :)

Catherine also in mid-sing, featuring tonsils :)

Zoolander!

Aww... Mona and Sahba... everyone is packing up and heading home
DAY THREE

Good morning, Marshmellow :)

My mum watching The Pacifier with me... (decently good movie, I would recommend)

Me and my mother making some post-movie lunch

Me, mum and Marshie on the couch....

Me and my dad (I was having a lot of fun with the timer feature on the camera)

Leaving the Perkins, Dawn and Megan stealing a stealthy glance at the hot waiter through the window

Okay time for a pretty picture... Dawn was giddy...

So silly!

Ehh!!! There's a pretty picture of my ladies! Super cool team needs to all be in the same place at the same time sometime for once >:(
THE END
- Mood:
picturific - Music:seals & croft -- summer breeze
