Posts Tagged ‘Lake Orion’

Hanging out on the porch with my sister and Nico, I heard the distant tinkling tune of the neighborhood ice-cream truck. “Do you know what that is?” I asked my nephew. “It’s a ice-cweam man,” Nico said. Then Katy told me the poor kid had NEVER bought a treat from the ice-cream man! We had [...]

After six wonderful weeks in our beautiful little house, we spent the last two days traveling back to Laos. Although we return to work on Wednesday, I have decided to remain in a state of denial. So I’ll just post a few more pics from our summer break. On one of our last days at [...]

I can’t believe I didn’t post about our visit from the Hossacks! It was a highlight of the summer. Duh. Scott, Amy and Blake drove from Canada to spend the day with us here at the lake. For some reason, I didn’t think to grab my camera till they were almost ready to leave, so [...]

Nico had a lot of fun learning how to fish with Liam last weekend. He got a big kick out of the tub-o-worms. Liam caught four fish that day! Lucky for the fish, he threw them all back in the lake … but not before they got a little love from my curious nephew.

My nephew, Nico, 3 1/2, tells the story of the Wizard of Oz … mostly through sound effects and gestures.

My 1 1/2-year-old nephew, Paul, is very musical. He picks up a tune easily, and then sings it for hours. Here is his rendition of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

Our little island does not mess around when it comes to celebrating Independence Day. Friday was Flare Night. We didn’t really know what that meant, but we inferred that we were supposed to buy enough road flares to line our lakefront. What time? My sister, Kate, had heard we should light them at 7:30 p.m. [...]

Without a doubt, the hardest part of living abroad is being so far away from my family. Many of you know I’m just a wee bit obsessed with my nephews, Nico and Paul. Maybe obsessed is an understatement … Today, Tony and I were shopping at Kohl’s when my sister, Kate, called. “We took a [...]

Sunday was a stormy day here at Lake Orion, but we still managed to fit in plenty of fun! I met Bob, another Bellevue Island resident, the other day when he was out walking his dog, Shiloh. He kindly offered to take us out on his boat Sunday morning. Sweet! Bob pulled up to our [...]

Yesterday I went for a swim in the lake for the first time. I walked down the concrete steps next to our dock and then waded in up to my knees. I was in the water for maybe 8 seconds before I came splashing out in horror. You may not know this about me, but [...]