Newfoundland

I, Lehman, went to Newfoundland for the Tuckamore Music Festival this past August.

The view of the shore from the airplane

Cabot Tower, on the top of Signal Hill.

A picture of a small community just outside of St. Johns called the Battery, right next to Signal Hill

A view of downtown St. Johns from the Battery

Another view from downtown St. Johns of the Battery and Signal Hill

 The reason the houses have such bright, random colours is that they painted their boats radical colours as a
means of identification and with the leftover paint, they painted their houses. Or so I was told.  It is now a
law that if you want to or need to re-paint your house you have to get the paint colour matched.
You cannot change the colour of your house. Even new houses that are being built are built with different
coloured siding to keep the Newfoundland tradition.

The coolest candy store I have ever been in.

The coolest part of all, a picture of George Street. The largest concentration of bars and pubs in the world.
Some of the pubs in Newfoundland are more like a family  restaurant.
I played fiddle music with some of the other musicians in a pub one afternoon.

A picture of George Street (starts at the bottom right corner), Water Street, and Harbour Drive.
 The three most popular streets in St. Johns

 

The lighthouse at Cape Spear, the most eastern part of North America

A picture of Brigus, a small, old fashion town about three hours outside of St. Johns.
There was sign on the fire hall that said "in case of fire call 709-528-9500".
No 911 here. Hopefully no one forgets their number.

The Brigus Harbour: the site in which I saw a whale breach the water!

And of course, the whole reason I was there in the first place, music.

Doggie Memory Lane

I happened across this online and it brought back so many memories of the Kennedy Kids and dogs. Library books, charts, magazines were daily reading and discussion.  Perhaps the Kennedy Klan GrandKids will have fun with this as the Kennedy Kids walk down their memory lane.

These were the childhood favorites:

Darla ~ Newfoundland

Brent ~ German Shorthaired Pointer

Jared ~ Great Dane

Lauryn ~ Great Pyrenese

Davis couldn't make up his mind but his heart flipped out for this Australian Shepherd stating if we could adopt her he would pay for all her food and vet bills. Tennisyn aka Tess was an amazing dog.

Logan ~ Rhodesian Ridgeback

And Kaden kept changing his mind - Newf, Golden Retriever and Australian cattle dog! And he ended up getting a Red Bone Coon Hound, reminiscent of childhood reading Where the Red Fern Grows.

Janessa ~ Bernese Mountain Dog

Jillaine ~ Golden Retriever (but only the ones out of the Scottish breed lines)

Lehman ~ Beagle

Maryn- Australian Cattledog aka Red Heeler

As a teen, Lauryn bought a Coton deTulear and had one litter of pups with Vashti.
Vanna was one of the pups that she kept.  

And this is what we bred and had for pets! Cairn Terriers
They were the best - Taryn, Kirby, Reba & Lacey!
You gave us great memories!

Marshall- 5 1/2 years

My big boy, quickly establishing his seniority role.  Although a little bossy, this guy has sure stepped up to the plate with taking initiative and being Mom's little helper.  We also started Kindergarten this fall and because of his eagerness, we are still on track in lesson's, even with Kade's arrival.  He is a smart little cookie.  He loves babies so he has taken to caring for Kade.  Marshall is starting to enjoy the privileges that come with age by going on his first hunt with Daddy and doing a lot of work out in the shop helping him build things.  He loves building Lego, riding his bike and beating on his Dad.   We are moving into a new phase of life with this big boy and loving it!

Racing with Keaton

Hunting dud's bought by Daddy for his first hunting trip

Blue is his "favourite boy" and they have become inseperable.  For the record I have been notified that I am his favourite girl.

First day of Kindergarten gave us our first snow, but quickly disappeared.

Goofs

Showing off his Lego creation

Keaton- 3 1/2 years

Keaton; aka Skeeter bug/ Mr.personality.  What would we do without this ball of entertainment?  Sure things would certainly be a lot less hectic, quieter and a little less insane but what fun would that be?  Boy, this kid keeps us on our toes.  He has one volume... loud.  There are no "use your wispers" or "laugh quietly" and we love him! He is not interested in learning school stuff but is extremely creative and intuitive in so many other ways.  He loves to play Lego and construct space ships at the moment, he is always interested in a wrestle and anything that involves sports.  When asked what hero he is he will reply with a low, smoky voice "I am Batman!" and quickly run off to 'get the bad guys'.  He makes me laugh even on the bad days!

Getting the bad guys with Daddy

These eyes <3 p=""> 

Jess- 22 Months

OH how this little man has recently come out of his shell.  Our snuggly, quietly sitting in a corner alone with a book, little boy has exploded with personality.  Until just recently he hasn't even shown an interest in speaking and although it needs some work, his vocabulary has also grown exponentially.  Another thing to grow?  His attitude, little dude is one stubborn little guy.  Aside from that, he still likes to get his cuddles in and enjoys whatever his brother's do.  He is especially Keaton's little shadow, goodness help us! 

His sweet grin!

Angry Birds fanatic!

First time with potato stamps and qtips

Little boys in house coats and Marshall trying to get in on the pic

Proud to be a big brother but jealous of not being the baby