Finally, another post

So I blame my lack of blogging on facebook. If any of you reading this have not become my "friend" on facebook yet, then please look me up and you can see lots more pictures and stories of what is happening on our side of the world.

However, I do not want to neglect those of you who are not on facebook so here are a few pictures of what has been happening here in the last wee while.
My sister, Kim, and her girls were over for a lovely 9 day visit, leaving only just this morning. Everyone had a great time, especially all the cousins who have not seen each other for over 1.5 years. It was a great time for them to get reacquainted.
So without further ado, here are some pictures:

The first few are of last Saturday when Shawn, Kim, and I took all 6 children up Arthur's Seat. No easy feat for three 3 year olds and three 5 year olds! Not to mention the three adults (whose ages will not be written here!). Arthur's seat is 251 m (823 feet) high and is climbed via a series of stairs made out of stones. It is a beautiful view and well worth the climb!

Shawn showing off his hill rolling techniques, this is on the back side of the mountain on our way down:

Almost to the top of Arthur's Seat, these are the steps going up the front face:

About to climb to the summit

At the top!!

We also did some sight seeing with our Canadian visitors and here are some pics of that:

At the Palace of Holyrood (where the Queen stays when she is in Scotland)

About to go into the palace
Outside Edinburgh Castle:
Just inside the front gates of the castle, you can see the drawbridge in the back:
The six cousins hanging out in the kitchen: