quading

Two posts in 1 day???

Who is this woman???

I just have a lot to say is all.

That and I got a bunch of pictures from Gramma and Pa D

from both of the days where I forgot my camera at home.

Days where we had so much fun that just has to be shared

in picture form on a family blog!

We spent Sunday after church at the Doell 'farm'.

Along with some cousins who have awesome toys.

It was a dirt biking, quad driving, kite flying, dike exploring kinda day.

(the kite flying was a bit of a gong show so no shots of that)

Finished off with Hot Dogs and S'mores around a fire.

Aydan made a brand new best friend.

Raquel is fabulous. Just ask Aydan.

('Kel is the big girl, she is fun)

So here's some shots from our Sunday afternoon adventure.

I sure hope we can do it again soon.

the tinkertown post (finally)

Having Liam and Connor's birthdays so close has been great for me. I have usually planned only 1 party and everyone is happy. This year I didn't want to do the friends from school party. Courtney and I got talking and Sam's birthday is close with the boys too. We decided to do a big family hoopla.

At Tinkertown!

It was awesome. Harvest Festival eat your heart out.

The rides were perfect, the cotton candy sweet and the lemonade ice cold.

The only bad thing.... I forgot my camera at home!!!

I even packed 'everything' we would need before church so it would be ready and waiting when we were on our way out. And still, I left it at home.

Along with Sam's gift.

Smart.

Now we have Liam who is 10

Connor who is 7

and Samuel who is 2

(and Aydan who was so disappointed that she didn't have a birthday

at the same time as everyone else... she got over it with cake)

I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family.

Especially a sister who orders a cake with Liam and Connor's names included on it.

(piped in before her own son's name... she is a gem)

I love them all to bits and can't imagine life without all these peoples in it.

Good thing Gramma D remembered her camera.

So these are the shots from our fantastic day.

poolside

For Father's Day weekend Jeff went fishing with the guys.

So my mom and I decided that we would head on up to

Winnipeg and spend the night in a hotel poolside with the kids.

It was a lot of fun. The pool was great for small children

and the theme was perfect... dinosaurs!

We spent Friday swimming and for supper we

went to Mongo's Grill. The kids love that place!

All of the choices and guys throwing around

eggs and cups of rice.

Amazing!

Saturday morning we swam some more

and got ready for checkout.

Went to Perkins for breaky, did some shopping

and then we went home.

The fathers got home at about 5 ish and we

exchanged stories, had leftovers and then we were done.

Beat.

Finished.

Kaput.

Ready for a good nights sleep in our own beds.

happy 50th

It was a grand day. June 10th that is.

My Mom's birthday.

Her 50th birthday.

She's a special lady and I love her so much.

I was going to bring my camera and take all of the

necessary embarrassing pictures of her

and of all the people who love her.

But I forgot it at home.

(yeah... go brains go)

So I wrote her a poem and will share it with you.

Happy Birthday Mom!

I love you and appreciate everything you do

I'm the woman I am today because of you

Sometimes we haven't seen eye to eye

And I remember all those times we cried

But we've grown into such amazing friends

And I believe we'll stay that way until the end

I'm proud to call you my Mother

And blessed that God chose you and no other

I know that life would not be the same

Without you being the one to play the game

So, sweet birthday blessings to you

I pray that you receive all the joy that is due

so small

grass

We've got a pretty big backyard for in town and now that we have grass,

granted it's still slightly patchy,

we have to mow it.

We think Liam is old enough to learn how to do this.

So Friday came along and this is how it looked.

Father teaching son...

Son trying so hard to mow a straight line...

Other children playing after tidying up the toys...

There were only a few strips of grass left when

Liam had finished. He was tired and hot but I think he

liked it. Being able to do something a little more 'grown up'

and have some responsibility is good.

I told him that it would get easier,

the more he does it the stronger he'll get

and the easier it will be.

But it's still a job and jobs are hard sometimes

and sometimes you don't wanna do it

but it has to get done.

Responsibility.

Let's see how he feels when it has to be done

every week, or even twice a week!

summer

I cannot wait for summer!

I think I'm more excited about it than my boys.

I have so many fun things planned already like...

Swimming Lessons

Camping at Otter Falls

Picnics in random parks

Beach days

Van A's Cabin

Possibly a trip to Saskatchewan

and of course

Birthday Parties

It's gonna be fun filled, action packed, good times!

No sitting around and waiting for school to start up.

Not like we ever do that, the school year always seems to sneak up on

us and spoil our summery fun.

Look out Summer 2010

Here we come!

(ps, i miss you beautiful sunset. can't wait till we meet again soon)