Summer fun!

Well... way too many weeks have passed since my last entry - I guess summer just has a way of doing that to you!! The kids and I headed up to Penticton in the early part of August to visit family and hang out for Peach Festival - it actually was a nice relaxing week!! Daddy got a little R&R too at home with the house all to himself!!
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We went for a swim in both Skaha Lake and Okanagan Lake,and played a couple of times at the really cool Playground and Spraypark at Skaha Our second visit to Okanagan Lake had to be cut short due to the accumulation of ash washing up on the beach from the Terrace Mtn. fire on the other side of Kelowna from us. The smoke blowing up the lake from the fire also caused the CAF Snowbirds Demonstration Team to have to cut their Wed show over Okanagan Lake way short! It also grounded us a couple of days to - limiting the amount of time we could spend outside when the smoke was really heavy in the air.
Saturday we took in the Peach Festival Parade down Main Street -- this is a time-honoured family tradition that goes wayyy back!!
We picked up 20lbs of YUMMY Red Haven Peaches on our way home and cut and froze most of them - the others we ate!! Mmmmm.... Peaches, the best part of Summer!

-they were coming out of the smoke that was blowing up the lake from the Terrace Mtn fire on the other side of Kelowna. Unfortunately the smoke was too much of a hazard and they had to ground them and cancel the rest of the show shortly after this pass.