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Road Trip!

Mommy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:49 +0000

We had a wonderful time on a road trip to Calgary this past weekend and for once I remembered(wasn’t holding a baby the whole time!) to take lots of pictures.

The open road, amazing scenery and our whole family together! What could be better? (This was taken heading West from Calgary)

Saturday mid-morning – At a visitor center near Merritt, BC, David is showing his Maynards Wine Gums – only sold in Canada and a family favorite!

Stopping at Grandma and Grandpa M’s house in Kelowna was a perfect break. The kids loved feeding the ducks exploring around the creek and eating a very yummy kid-friendly lunch that Grandma made for us. It was so good to see Grandma and Grandpa again after far too long and we all got to rest and relax before the (gulp) 8 hours of driving ahead of us.

Enoch “playing” with the ducks.

The best we could get in a hurry and getting close to naptime for tired kids.

Amazing colored water(Wood Lake?) that the picture doesn’t do justice to.

We stopped at this cool Fruit Stand and farm a few hours East of Kelowna. We woke up the sleeping kids for this – it seemed worth it at the time. They had a playground, goat pens, fresh peaches(we bought a whole case and they were amazing!)COFFEE, and lots of interesting things to look at and buy.

Daddy with Elephant Garlic.

I wanted to buy the whole case of these amazing cheeses, but I managed to restrain myself.

We arrived in Calgary around 12:30am Calgary time and had no trouble falling right to sleep.

The next day(Lord’s Day) we headed to the Calgary meeting room for the Breaking of Bread and had a wonderful time with some of the most welcoming and hospitable people. Joe and France O. invited everyone over for lunch after meeting. It was a time of good food, great fellowship and I can’t remember the last time I’ve laughed so hard. After lunch and a Bible reading/hymn sing the kids were thrilled to discover they had horses. Thanks Sam and Abbie for your patience in helping the kids on the horses! I’m pretty sure this was one of the biggest highlights of the trip for them.

“This is fun, Mommy!”

These two were hilarious in their frog hunting. The little girl is Alexis G. and she’s holding the frog here squeezed between her thumb and finger while Luke is concerned and telling her “he wants to go to his home now”.

“Hey! Where’d he go?”

Abbie O. working on jumping her horse.

Daddy helping Alexis have a ride.

Thanks Joe and France and everybody else. We had a great day!

Sunday night: The long-anticipated swimming at the “hotowel”. Can you feel the excitement?

Cutie!

Daddy throwing Esther in.

A scary Sea Monster.

Monday we slept in and then we were off….heading home.

An absolutely perfect and refreshing trip! Can’t wait to repeat it…maybe next Labor Day weekend?

Sweet Six

Mommy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:14 +0000

Esther turned 6 at the end of February. Our little girl is growing up too fast. Cliche – I know, but true.

She declared this to be the “most beautiful cake ever!” I love how easy children are to please….well – sometimes anyways. Pink, sparkly sprinkles and hearts…that pretty much sums up her favorite things right now.

Her birthday dinner of choice: ribs, artichokes, ceasar salad(not shown) and rice.

Twirling

Happy Birthday Sweetie! We love you!

And a short walk down memory lane:

Sick Day

Mommy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:55:53 +0000

Here’s a photo from a few weeks ago when the flu was cycling through our house. Wouldn’t you like a sick day like this?

A movie, a milkshake and a warm bath……Aahhhh.

Valentine”s Day

Mommy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:42:49 +0000

We’ve never really celebrated Valentine’s Day as a couple or a family, but the kids are getting older and suddenly it seems like a good opportunity to teach them about practical Christian love and kindness. Tonight I created these jars so that over the next few days we can write down little things we love about each other and put them in the jars. As you can see, I added some candy to up the excitement factor.

We’ll see how they do.

Stalled

Mommy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:51:45 +0000

Okay, well this blog has really died. First, the security changes, and now – just no posting for 3+ months! I’m not even really sure why I stopped posting. Life has been busy, but it’s always been busy. I think sometimes when there’s other stuff going on that I don’t consider appropriate for the blog, it stifles my desire to write lighthearted “kid” posts. It’s easy to get caught up in the bigger issues….but, that being said – I really do aim to get back to blogging. It’s my record of our sweet children and the little memories we make with them everyday. Unfortunately I also haven’t been taking very many photos lately, which REALLY needs to change! Here’s my favorite photo from the last few months:

Enoch’s 1st Birthday, complete with dirt cake and lots of birthday kisses.

And for anyone who actually still reads this – check back soon for a complete site remodel ‘from scratch’! I’m thinking cheery and yellow, with an updated banner(finally!). My Man is going to tutor me on Expression Web design. Yes, sometimes that IS what we do for fun.

Swimming

Mommy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:08:11 +0000

What indoor recreation can you do with a family of 6 that only costs $6? Swimming! We discovered a Bellingham pool with waterslide, diving board and kiddie-sloped swimming area that has half-price evenings! The kids had SO much fun….I have a feeling it will become a regular thing this winter.

“Mommy, I can jump in!”

First (Full)Day of Kindergarten

Mommy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:58 +0000

Esther was SO excited to officially start Kindergarten today!

David is excited to show Esther around and help her on the bus. So sweet!

Waiting for the bus. She chose her outfit. Hopefully she’ll always dress like this.

Birch Bay Camping

Mommy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:10:24 +0000

Last week we squeezed in a last-minute camping trip in Birch Bay. I had told the kids at the beginning of summer that we’d try to do this, and suddenly I realized that school was starting next week(tomorrow!), so we went Sunday night and Monday night, and we were close enough to home that Daddy could come and go from work and join us in the evenings. It was a fun time of forced relaxation for me and the kids had a blast riding their bikes around and around and AROUND the campsite loops.

Cute, sandy feet.

One of the highlights of the trip for me was being down at the water at 9:30am. It was absolutely gorgeous!

Hmmm…someone got up too early!

Dollar store glow-sticks and flashlights are the highlights for the kids!

Thunderstorm Party and Catch-Up

Mommy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:27:53 +0000

What do you do with 3 nervous kids and a thunderstorm? Have a party of course! And chocolate!

I’ve always loved thunderstorms and I want our kids too as well. I think we’re on the right track.

I think Little D forgot all about the thunderstorm, though. He was too engrossed in his “thunder party”.

And here’s some catch-up photos from the last few weeks:

The “tree maze” at Grandpa and Grandma S’s farm. (the favorite place to play)

At the farm again, Luke trying to keep up with the others and literally eating David’s dust.

Picking Mommy a strawberry.

Why do our children always want to eat whatever Daddy’s eating?

After a vaccine appointment.

playing in the fountains in the middle of town

Enoch is making up for lost time. In the last 2 weeks, he’s begun crawling with increasing speed, and is pulling himself up on all the furniture. He’s also been having a lot more bonks lately….just this morning he pulled a kitchen stool over onto himself.

Why you shouldn’t tickle ants:

(I couldn’t figure out how to crop it and my techy-hubby isn’t here, so it’s kinda’ boring after the first minute)

My New Love

Mommy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:21:23 +0000

-laundry that smells like fresh air and sunshine

-no ironing

-doing an otherwise mundane chore, outside

-living room shaded from the afternoon sun

-did I mention no ironing?

-lowing our PSE bill(Sorry Dallas)

-pretending to be an old-fashioned country wife

And in case you are all bored to tears….. here’s some baby cuteness:

His pre-crawling contortions.