Victoria Wedding Photographer – Kathy Paton

introducing emily’s card factory… and more! 

a new etsy shop featuring exclusive creations and designs by ten year old emily!

in the shop so far we have a few of emily’s exclusive card designs and they are being offered in 4-packs or a variety 4-pack. envelopes are included with every purchase.

all money raised from the sales will be donated directly to the spca.

emily has an undying love for animals. and this is her idea to do this. she has set a goal of $1000 to raise by the end of 2007. she has been working very steady over the past month or so, designing, colouring and beading. there’ll be more in the shop soon! she’s been busy making key chains too. keep watching for those to get listed.

here’s an example of the variety 4-pack.

i am so VERY proud of her!

so, what are you waiting for! go to the etsy store and buy some cards!just click here!

thanks from me in advance to everyone!

p.s. this post has been pinned so be sure to check below for any of my new posts.

this week we went camping in our ‘new’ tent trailer to englishman river falls. what a beautiful spot. the kids had a greeat time riding their bikes, roastin marshmallows and making s’mores. derek and i relaxed and enjoyed reading books and playing cards. on our way home, we stopped in coombs and played mini golf in parksville.

i’ve put together a slideshow of our trip.

so, we’ve been camping for the past couple of days and i will share those pictures with you soon but for now i want to share what we did on monday.

derek’s mom and her friend, alan, came up and we headed out to the lake. we took both our boats (don’t ask!) out since there were so many of us.

one of the very BEST things that has happened this summer is that tyler is not afraid of the water anymore. after lots of coaxing by us and a week of swimming lessons in the lake, he’s built up enough confidence to swim around with his life jacket on. i can’t tell you how happy this makes derek and i.

this one looks like she’s walking on water!

contemplating the BIG jump!

click on this one to see it bigger. i took about 6 pictures and merged them together to make this panoramic shot of our little spot on the lake near memory island.

**edited to add that this picture isn’t as big as i thought it was going to be! sorry!

 

i love long weekends! i’m so happy that there are so many of them throughout the summer months. especially when i’m not working them. and this long weekend is even better since i am on vacation and don’t have to go back to work tomorrow.

yesterday afternoon was spent on our boat on the lake. i keep forgetting to bring my camera along so no pictures of our fun day. it was a great day. great weather and lots of great friends.

afterwards, we came home and made a backyard camp fire in the pit. we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. i love summer for these kinds of evenings. after we put the kids to bed, derek and i sat by the fire for a little while longer so i decided to have some fun with the camera. i told derek he’d have to kiss me and hold it for 15 seconds. (that’s how long the shutter stayed open) so he did!

this is a picture of one of my flower boxes. the only light was coming from a solar garden light (you can see a bit of it in the upper right hand corner) i love the effect of the lighting here.

tomorrow we are going camping. in our ‘new’ tent trailer.the kids are totally excited and to tell the truth,so are we. we love camping but haven’t really done much for the last 4 years or so. i’ll have lots of pictures to share when we get back.

that’s all it took her.

8 days.

start to finish.

she read the last chapter first because she just had to know how it all ended! (and NO, i never taught her this because i would never do it!)

she loved it. she told me everything that happened along the way. she had to. she was busting at the seams to tell me. i love that she loves to read! absolutely love that about her. among many other things too, of course.