tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170663052024-03-13T05:49:09.650-07:00Family FunKids grow up fast - just look how big they're getting!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-28402037496277467842013-02-11T10:52:00.003-08:002013-02-11T10:53:24.611-08:00Jaden's 4!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Jaden's 4th birthday he wanted a League of Incredible Vegetables party.</div>
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Of course, Auntie Kendra made an amazing cake,</div>
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with a surprise inside!</div>
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It was super!</div>
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After his party his best friend and cousin Johnathan stayed for a sleepover. </div>
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Happy Birthday Jaden. Have fun being 4!</div>
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It's hard to believe, but on Thursday Kaitlyn will be 9 years old! She had a few friends over on Saturday to celebrate. </div>
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If you look closely at this picture you can see the girls are all blowing glitter.</div>
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Auntie Kendra of course made her famous birthay cake</div>
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and this year she helped all the girls decorate some fancy cookies. Too cute to eat!</div>
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Happy birthday Kaitlyn! </div>
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The thing she is most looking forward to about being 9: no more booster seat!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-36302898617462081372012-09-05T11:43:00.000-07:002012-09-05T11:43:00.489-07:00Pender Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After going to Pender Island three years ago the girls were dying to go back. So this summer we went with Gramps & Gram, Oma, Brian & Andree and their kids, and Jeff came out for a couple of days. The boys loved the ferry ride! </div>
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We rented a house that had a great view with ferries passing by every half hour or so</div>
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and beautiful sunsets in the evening.</div>
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These three spent many hours in the "warm tub."</div>
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We went exploring the beach </div>
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for sea creatures</div>
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and sea glass.</div>
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We didn't find anything washed up from the tsunami, except for maybe this coconut???</div>
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We saw sooo much wildlife:</div>
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75 deer (only 5 had antlers)</div>
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24 seals</div>
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lots of sea stars, jelly fish and sea anemones</div>
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1 snake</div>
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To name a few. But the highlight was seeing this little guy sunning on the beach for over an hour:</div>
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I think that's the highlight of Rachael's entire life!!! You can't even get that close at the aquarium!</div>
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Playing frisbee golf was lots of fun, too.</div>
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Yes, we had fun young and old. Well, I don't know how much fun Everleigh had, but at least she didn't complain too much. The kids are already asking when we can go back.</div>
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We have a new neice! Everleigh Anastasia was born this morning weighing 8.4 lbs.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hZN8Fa0oz2I/UB7mIVA-SVI/AAAAAAAACWU/NtN00DN6aqs/s1600/IMG_6335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hZN8Fa0oz2I/UB7mIVA-SVI/AAAAAAAACWU/NtN00DN6aqs/s320/IMG_6335.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
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Kaitlyn was the only one who wanted to hold her new cousin. Well, I (Sharon) held her, too.</div>
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She's so sweet and precious, as all babies are. Congratulations Brian and Andree!</div>
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The girls finally have their own rooms! </div>
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After slowly working on the new room in the basement off and on since we moved in (4 years ago, can you believe it?) Rachael's new room is done. </div>
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It's not a big room but it's her own. </div>
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Which means that Kaitlyn also has her own room upstairs. </div>
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We rearranged it so she has tons of room to play.</div>
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Better look quick because these are the cleanest these rooms are going to look in a while!</div>
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text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730288114847421074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zkpGwcnLHf0/T4YSrhofkpI/AAAAAAAACTM/P6IcmTfaCJo/s400/DSC04286.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Jaden had so much fun running to find the next egg that his goodies fell out of his basket!<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730288125821261746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4mHPg2XXNQQ/T4YSsKg3F7I/AAAAAAAACTU/7yZWhaWE6qE/s400/Sharon%2527s%2BPhone%2B120.jpg" /></div><div align="center">This was the first year we found all the eggs - and even two from last year!<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730288133605004242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vS_tAT2ljts/T4YSsngpk9I/AAAAAAAACTc/CNQh0MecaOo/s400/Sharon%2527s%2BPhone%2B141.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We had fun playing in the beautiful sunshine,<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730288619330623234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YfZrmPUa9wE/T4YTI4-qVwI/AAAAAAAACT8/JbRHBh7KN1I/s400/Sharon%2527s%2BPhone%2B176.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and making chocolate popsicles. <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730288138334773586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mt5SCRmjgVs/T4YSs5IUIVI/AAAAAAAACTo/nP6klpUwQQs/s400/Sharon%2527s%2BPhone%2B204.jpg" /> Happy Easter!</div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-81026179068966388742012-04-11T16:06:00.002-07:002012-04-11T16:15:14.806-07:00Science World<div><div align="center">We decided a four day Easter weekend wasn't quite long enough so on Thursday we took the kids on an unauthorized field trip to Science World.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730284161944758354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DgT02SwwTp8/T4YPFb7DqFI/AAAAAAAACRU/bT1KiERTmeU/s400/Easter%2BWeekend%2B003.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We hopped on Sky Train for the last bit of the trip for an added adventure.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730284170014947890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TG4JzIj-pWQ/T4YPF5_I-jI/AAAAAAAACRg/dYWJTKm-B0w/s400/Easter%2BWeekend%2B007.jpg" /></div><div align="center">The Lego exhibit was pretty cool, though it wasn't as big as I was expecting it to be.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730284205848122210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mE_sUpDaMHc/T4YPH_eb02I/AAAAAAAACSE/sIznwkq5MQY/s400/Easter%2BWeekend%2B011.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Darcy put his building skills to the test<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730284192619524994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VH1YtJWxDd0/T4YPHOMfc4I/AAAAAAAACR4/Tuqs-In3NAQ/s400/Easter%2BWeekend%2B012.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and Rachael and Kaitlyn rode "Lego" horses.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730284179309184162" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DoxwPyMfVmE/T4YPGcnDxKI/AAAAAAAACRs/MjiMC1eBRWk/s400/Easter%2BWeekend%2B017.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We had lots of fun there - so much fun that Jaden wanted to crawl right in there with the dinosaur!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-68188902534262684702012-04-04T16:05:00.002-07:002012-04-04T16:08:09.425-07:00Sleepy Head<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M5-R4OweTZs/T3zT_U40ARI/AAAAAAAACQ8/QX5KxBJVbHg/s1600/Sleepy%2BHeads%2B002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727685911000645906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M5-R4OweTZs/T3zT_U40ARI/AAAAAAAACQ8/QX5KxBJVbHg/s400/Sleepy%2BHeads%2B002.jpg" /></a><div>Temper tantrums sure wear you out! <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727685916233893762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VONCPpZxIgY/T3zT_oYhB4I/AAAAAAAACRI/m8GwgamhiYg/s400/Sleepy%2BHeads%2B003.jpg" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-64179761854528894552012-03-26T15:22:00.002-07:002012-03-26T15:28:45.048-07:00Rachael's 11th Birthday<div><div><div><div><div align="center">Rachael decided for her 11th birthday party to just have her three best friends over for a sleepover.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335511679840210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s_2b-f5ZAZI/T3Ds0azUr9I/AAAAAAAACQA/vsP5vWz1eik/s400/Rachael%2527s%2B11th%2BBirthday%2B020.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We went to Play Abby for a couple of hours of fun.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335514238674546" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6nTXxH8Eptc/T3Ds0kVZZnI/AAAAAAAACQM/bgcXYjEYuEY/s400/Rachael%2527s%2B11th%2BBirthday%2B029.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Kaitlyn and Jaden had fun there, too.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335536194025362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R9YimRnXx2E/T3Ds12H9d5I/AAAAAAAACQU/ZqTF57HHn5E/s400/Rachael%2527s%2B11th%2BBirthday%2B034.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Then the next morning Auntie Kendra came over to help them make Angry Bird cake pops<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335541784111042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tsoeyqbsiiw/T3Ds2K8vZ8I/AAAAAAAACQk/dH6ifcOR1y0/s400/Rachael%2527s%2B11th%2BBirthday%2B054.jpg" /></div><div align="center">which went on the cake.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724335547755328178" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WcHROmFF2jQ/T3Ds2hMY8rI/AAAAAAAACQs/Qg3QCRcu5cI/s400/Rachael%2527s%2B11th%2BBirthday%2B068.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Happy Birthday Rachael!</div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-46813480091039869842012-02-16T20:00:00.002-08:002012-02-16T20:07:24.780-08:00Can it be? Jaden's Three!!!<div style="text-align: center;">How can it be that my little boy is three years old already? Time flies when you're busy with three kids, I guess.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ITqF__OjiA8/Tz3SAsdPEcI/AAAAAAAACPM/WWiyDP091w0/s1600/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ITqF__OjiA8/Tz3SAsdPEcI/AAAAAAAACPM/WWiyDP091w0/s400/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709950811951272386" border="0" /></a>We had his friend Nadiya over to celebrate on his birthday. She is just three days older than Jaden so we made a cake for both of them.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kxcl_LGu3Mg/Tz3SCHrr7RI/AAAAAAAACPo/YhvtJmOrjhc/s1600/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kxcl_LGu3Mg/Tz3SCHrr7RI/AAAAAAAACPo/YhvtJmOrjhc/s400/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709950836439510290" border="0" /></a>But nothing like the amazing cake Auntie Kendra made for his party the next day!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V3fhZqW1wFo/Tz3SBO58CRI/AAAAAAAACPY/sufnPNmU04o/s1600/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V3fhZqW1wFo/Tz3SBO58CRI/AAAAAAAACPY/sufnPNmU04o/s400/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709950821198465298" border="0" /></a>Thomas is the current favorite around here. He got his first set for Christmas and he plays with it all day, every day.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhtASltiF3s/Tz3SDhdZ4YI/AAAAAAAACPw/Fp8aoawOpa0/s1600/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zhtASltiF3s/Tz3SDhdZ4YI/AAAAAAAACPw/Fp8aoawOpa0/s400/Jaden%2527s%2B3rd%2BBirthday%2B022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709950860538798466" border="0" /></a>Here they are with their cousins. Well, the little ones anyway.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-70218146972074698752012-01-18T11:28:00.001-08:002012-01-18T11:34:31.708-08:00Snow Day<div style="text-align: center;">We skipped school on Monday and it was closed on Tuesday so we had some fun in the snow:<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GVo0mHQl0sU/Txcek8vtwkI/AAAAAAAACPA/_jdR97XFemE/s1600/Snow%2B016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GVo0mHQl0sU/Txcek8vtwkI/AAAAAAAACPA/_jdR97XFemE/s400/Snow%2B016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057473591034434" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQk5x6pun8o/TxceT0zT2AI/AAAAAAAACOo/DTvUop1Bvwk/s1600/Snow%2B008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQk5x6pun8o/TxceT0zT2AI/AAAAAAAACOo/DTvUop1Bvwk/s400/Snow%2B008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057179400853506" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZTGXyWvh7g/TxceTd57XoI/AAAAAAAACOc/ccqUMzHx7Nc/s1600/Snow%2B007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZTGXyWvh7g/TxceTd57XoI/AAAAAAAACOc/ccqUMzHx7Nc/s400/Snow%2B007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057173254594178" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSe8q3Q0mBw/TxceSWwFtPI/AAAAAAAACOQ/o_U4vONVz2M/s1600/Snow%2B005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSe8q3Q0mBw/TxceSWwFtPI/AAAAAAAACOQ/o_U4vONVz2M/s400/Snow%2B005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057154154411250" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hjQo6cNGp8/TxceR2KHKpI/AAAAAAAACOE/H89KO2Q3Kg0/s1600/Snow%2B006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hjQo6cNGp8/TxceR2KHKpI/AAAAAAAACOE/H89KO2Q3Kg0/s400/Snow%2B006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057145405188754" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSVwqSA6BAg/TxceUCjxWdI/AAAAAAAACO0/ItZmOKxVPaw/s1600/Snow%2B011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSVwqSA6BAg/TxceUCjxWdI/AAAAAAAACO0/ItZmOKxVPaw/s400/Snow%2B011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699057183093774802" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-2379676767113975722011-12-10T14:32:00.000-08:002011-12-10T14:36:40.794-08:00Kaitlyn's Birthday Present<div style="text-align: center;">This is Kaitlyn's birthday present - a kitty! Kaitlyn named her Taya.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5qIwAVGKig/TuPeN5gAdRI/AAAAAAAACNg/hfgpaXyzxO4/s1600/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B096.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5qIwAVGKig/TuPeN5gAdRI/AAAAAAAACNg/hfgpaXyzxO4/s400/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684631485026432274" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She is about 12 weeks old and not very brave right now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40B6nT27RsI/TuPeN42oKpI/AAAAAAAACNs/58jefikSEMY/s1600/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40B6nT27RsI/TuPeN42oKpI/AAAAAAAACNs/58jefikSEMY/s400/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684631484852873874" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But she will snuggle on your lap, which is really the whole point of having a cat.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9xDGC624PkM/TuPeOvFc-yI/AAAAAAAACN4/TlAuQOm6qiM/s1600/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9xDGC624PkM/TuPeOvFc-yI/AAAAAAAACN4/TlAuQOm6qiM/s400/Kaitlyn%2527s%2Bbirthday%2B099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684631499410570018" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-12281542844254798302011-11-23T16:31:00.000-08:002011-11-23T16:44:05.678-08:00November<div><div><div><div><div><div align="center">In the beginning of November Darcy's brother Dale and his wife Cee came out for a visit. They haven't been out for 3 1/2 years! They hadn't even seen Jaden yet, so we had a good (but short) visit with the whole family.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 266px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678354402504929970" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tpwMolwSupw/Ts2RPm4U8rI/AAAAAAAACMw/mT8Kk7eBsG0/s400/Family_All%2B243a.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Jaden really took a liking to "Just Dale" (he didn't want to be called "uncle Dale, just Dale" so that's what we called him!)<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678356157659810658" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AEiex5QO1GU/Ts2S1xV3C2I/AAAAAAAACNU/cM9KZjbpvUM/s400/DPh%2BNov%2B291.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Rachael and Kaitlyn really like their "baby" Nika, the worlds smallest dog!<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678354406663817410" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ADEXX02eU3c/Ts2RP2X4iMI/AAAAAAAACM8/Xuy8yUr4nAE/s400/5_Guys%2B094.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Darcy celebrated a milestone birthday this month. Here he is with his two brothers.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678354420768150274" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iqmAFJqWHFg/Ts2RQq6nkwI/AAAAAAAACNI/KXx5O0BpMlY/s400/5_Guys%2B068.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Jadenis getting really good at coloring. Look at how he stayed in the lines!<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678354395071119874" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rCuCTzkbZ2c/Ts2RPLL-AgI/AAAAAAAACMk/MHpq451nsXE/s400/Pics%2B018.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">And we had our first snow of the season. It was pretty and stayed off the roads so it was nice. <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678354384797006226" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RfkV-xsOl8k/Ts2ROk6beZI/AAAAAAAACMY/gS8BML69A7w/s400/Pics%2B027.jpg" border="0" /> Kaitlyn will turn 8 in a few days. Time sure flies.</div> </div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-9659611543570817372011-10-19T13:42:00.000-07:002011-10-28T10:00:47.048-07:00Big Boy Bed<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fWB4mjto4SA/Tp82M_UawVI/AAAAAAAACME/BUtAq4xYNuA/s1600/October%2B005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665306453038776658" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fWB4mjto4SA/Tp82M_UawVI/AAAAAAAACME/BUtAq4xYNuA/s400/October%2B005.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yesterday Jaden figured out how to climb out of his crib, so it was time to set up the Big Boy Bed. The first night he woke up a few times (his favorite pillow kept falling down) but he stayed in bed! Now if only he would nap there!<br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-17040822639349229112011-09-09T14:08:00.000-07:002011-09-10T16:15:18.073-07:00Summer Review<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center">Since I was seriously lacking in my bloging over the summer, here's a recap of some of the things we did this summer:</div><div align="center">we had some playdates with our cousins;<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470482368389634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDtmD_hlDJc/TmqA91tl4gI/AAAAAAAACJM/OLcjGv-3p0E/s400/Cousins%2B008.jpg" /></div><div align="center">my grandparents celebrated their 65th (!!!) anniversary and my Grandpa's 90th birthday.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 266px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470950320463634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EJDwWe7V10A/TmqBZE-D3xI/AAAAAAAACJ8/OXm42deSPDA/s400/Opa%2527s%2B90th%2B023-blurry.jpg" /></div><div align="center">I think there's 24 great-grandkids with another on the way.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470946881059554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pLylmwM6GPI/TmqBY4KCuuI/AAAAAAAACJ0/t4yoTj6PuE0/s400/Opa%2527s%2B90th%2B017.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We ate lots of berries (yummy!)<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470487099580450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5nY55m74q9M/TmqA-HVmICI/AAAAAAAACJU/1DSoc1WgHfw/s400/IMG_5711.jpg" /></div><div align="center"> and icecream and gelato, too.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650493211614173330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bwZ8tRPNZBs/TmqVo2wE2JI/AAAAAAAACLU/WhKj5T0sLEo/s400/IMG_5759.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We went to White Rock<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470942399296642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nTnjs6Yq8Hs/TmqBYndgdII/AAAAAAAACJs/ir1D6085QXQ/s400/IMG_5761.jpg" /></div><div align="center">where we had fish & chips<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470493314383458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X0tkpLa1hMs/TmqA-efUfmI/AAAAAAAACJc/n81rCEX-2yo/s400/IMG_5747.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and saw the big train.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650495130761293634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W18DmcAPOJM/TmqXYkIZ70I/AAAAAAAACLc/JMPbDfTpXi4/s400/IMG_5754.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We went to Burnaby Village<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470475931204642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kZRWfcvJ9gU/TmqA9du2PCI/AAAAAAAACI8/BEF_J2gTtjU/s400/BV1.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and rode the carousel.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650496405202770146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y00zu_x2HkA/TmqYivy7mOI/AAAAAAAACLk/-lLD-TiQivE/s400/BV11.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We went to the beach<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650497471269102754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmJKhPelfA4/TmqZgzM85KI/AAAAAAAACLs/dDJwoq2zDdQ/s400/Harrison5.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and built some cool sand castles.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650471475777779362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2154fDjzx8g/TmqB3qc2NqI/AAAAAAAACKs/atG3nYsYnkU/s400/Summer%2B082.jpg" /></div><div align="center">We went to the park<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650470961069956546" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnBmM4VUnz8/TmqBZtA8HcI/AAAAAAAACKE/MN5gQ0uJttw/s400/Summer%2B028.jpg" /></div><div align="center">with our twins (Kaitlyn and her BFF)<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650471468694931538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TwcAAKDbWm0/TmqB3QEKiFI/AAAAAAAACKk/XOcQQZ1eM-0/s400/K%2526E8.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and went exploring.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650498859318014178" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x1X02u0SJs/TmqaxmFmcOI/AAAAAAAACL0/H0PCSsrgaCQ/s400/Summer%2B122.jpg" /></div><div align="center">And we went to the waterslides. <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650499427565721106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VWi39c45RrQ/TmqbSq-aVhI/AAAAAAAACL8/xnQTLgRcz0U/s400/Darcy_Phone%2B238.jpg" />It was a fun summer!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-28135955812115158472011-09-07T10:13:00.000-07:002011-09-07T10:19:10.768-07:00First Day of School<div align="center">I must appologize for my lack of posting during summer, but with the cameras on the new cell phones it makes it a lot harder to upload from 3 camera sources than just one. I'll try and get everything up to date one of these days, but in the mean time school has started again!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649667210736543074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6eA94pEagRA/TmemZRsfpWI/AAAAAAAACI0/yP2tk9uvE1M/s400/First%2BDay%2Bof%2BSchool%2B010.JPG" /> <br /><div><br /><div>I cannot believe my little Rachael is already in Grade 5!!! This is her last year in elementary school!!! I am so not ready to think about next year so we'll just try and keep her a little kid for another year. (Good luck, I know.)<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649667204259428194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hqYjiJ5uBWQ/TmemY5kOt2I/AAAAAAAACIk/R_TAGUmo14Y/s400/First%2BDay%2Bof%2BSchool%2B006.JPG" /></div><br /><div>And little Kaitlyn is in Grade 3! Man, time flies. Wasn't she just 3 years old last year? Crazy.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649667209723654578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YtS1S_KFhI/TmemZN7AMbI/AAAAAAAACIs/6ZdimrBwOjs/s400/First%2BDay%2Bof%2BSchool%2B008.JPG" /></div><br /><div>At least Jaden is still my little boy, though he had to pose for first-day-of-school pictures, too. Don't grow up too fast like your sisters, Jaden.</div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-13279614230446089242011-07-29T15:03:00.000-07:002011-07-29T15:21:24.068-07:00The Beach<div align="center">Finally we had weather warm enough to go to the beach! It's a family tradition that when we go to the "good sand beach" Darcy digs a hole and fills it with water which is kind of gross to look at but gets very warm very quickly. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899100868334466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fGprt6a-Bs4/TjMu4JRs04I/AAAAAAAACHE/9nsW9bUH4Js/s400/Harrison%2B003.jpg" /> Well now we have three kids, so this means three holes. That's a lot of digging, so we don't mess around with no wimpy beach shovels, we bring out the big guns!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634902680513044306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-V6DJ-Cd7Q/TjMyIgfgX1I/AAAAAAAACIc/4eFE_qwU9s8/s400/Harrison%2B008.jpg" /> <br /><div align="center"><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>Rachael and Kaitlyn decided to connect theirs<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899109671897314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWD2x6Kidhc/TjMu4qEoiOI/AAAAAAAACHU/AxkMT1CAvso/s400/Harrison%2B011.jpg" /> and somehow this lead to the idea that they should connect all three, and then remove the "island" in the middle, making a huge Mickey Mouse shaped swimming hole.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899114969515714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P7Ti7CgjzRo/TjMu49zrxsI/AAAAAAAACHc/uoRsIYpMH_4/s400/Harrison%2B030.jpg" /></div><br /><div>We thought about asking if we could borrow that big digger behind Jaden...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634901396306965010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n9S0OovZ7q8/TjMw9wc6shI/AAAAAAAACIU/CLFLPtTOqkc/s400/Harrison%2B012.jpg" /></div><br /><div>Uncle Gord helped shovel<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899120141282802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdBvtNfEb0g/TjMu5REurfI/AAAAAAAACHk/4QfdONoY0JA/s400/Harrison%2B035.jpg" /> and even Jaden did his part.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899698236188786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JYkzkFPctPs/TjMva6pS6HI/AAAAAAAACH0/9xjN98Fo5So/s400/Harrison%2B048.jpg" /></div><br /><div>The kids had fun playing in the puddle<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899694801228882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pj8bGr5KZo/TjMvat2VlFI/AAAAAAAACHs/CYmF3SLTx7o/s400/Harrison%2B040.jpg" /></div><br /><div>and in the lake, too<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899700267492818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SLsfa_27U1A/TjMvbCNmJdI/AAAAAAAACH8/z3Vq-aryC3U/s400/Harrison%2B053.jpg" /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899705292892082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-We2xLxWA-0w/TjMvbU7vp7I/AAAAAAAACIE/WTExDclzqSw/s400/Harrison%2B015.jpg" /> But when it was time to go Darcy and Gord decided to break the walls of the puddle, which the kids tried desperatly to repair.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634899711756466146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HG4FQlJ-GCw/TjMvbtAx9-I/AAAAAAAACIM/gqdd7XR5Fk8/s400/Harrison%2B059.jpg" /> <br /><div align="center">Here's hoping for some more sunny days!</div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-38985607464565379002011-06-28T13:30:00.000-07:002011-06-28T13:57:20.447-07:00Awards<div><br /><div align="center">The other day Rachael brought home a notice that she was going to be recieving an award at the school's awards assembly today. (Awards are given only to kids in grade 4 & 5.) "It's no big deal, Mom," Rachael said to me. But being the pround mom that I am I came armed with my camera ready to document the moment for posterity's sake. After singing O Canada in both french and english and handing out the birthday pencils for the month of June they started on the awards. Rachael was called up for a Citizenship award. Aww, that's great! She's always a nice kid.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371384423619506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k18AoxAEav0/Tgo6evCqm7I/AAAAAAAACGc/DNxhIe2KqMM/s400/Rachael%2527s%2BAwards%2B004.JPG" /></div><br /><div align="center">Then she got called up for another award. I wasn't expecting that, but hey, great! This one was for Outstanding Effort. Cool. She always tries her best. I like that. And two awards is great!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371385619155106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H9J3AUaDPBY/Tgo6ezftCKI/AAAAAAAACGk/AF03_U91WbM/s400/Rachael%2527s%2BAwards%2B006.JPG" /></div><br /><div align="center">Then she got called up for another award! This one was for Academic Achievement. Her report cards have always been great, but I wasn't expecting an honor roll award. Way to go, girl!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371393778431266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S-W9I_lBHzE/Tgo6fR5BtSI/AAAAAAAACGs/emQvU5PBti8/s400/Rachael%2527s%2BAwards%2B007.JPG" /></div><br /><div align="center">Wow, three certificates is impressive. I sure wasn't expecting that! But they weren't quite done yet. Those kids who received all three certificates also got a medal! (Ok, it's really plastic, but still.) Now that's impressive.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371398264800306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QnshYGUA4cI/Tgo6fimqRDI/AAAAAAAACG0/8iAihf6r19E/s400/Rachael%2527s%2BAwards%2B010.JPG" /></div><br /><div align="center">Not only did she get all the awards they were handing out, but her two best friends got them all, too. What a great group of girls! Alex and Alexa wanted Jaden to join them for this picture.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371403814644066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TO67lSdrxD4/Tgo6f3R2KWI/AAAAAAAACG8/9OFnUz7BUMA/s400/Rachael%2527s%2BAwards%2B015.JPG" /></div><br /><div align="center">Way to go, Rachael! We're proud of you and love you lots! </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-76026385922375058762011-06-27T14:02:00.000-07:002011-06-27T14:07:12.846-07:00A Dog's Life<div align="center">Rachael wanted to celebrate her dog Caspian's first birthday, and since the weather was sunny (for once) we took him to the creek. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008444294783330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aT10GFpJ7Yg/TgjwY1s2YWI/AAAAAAAACGU/PVGXLppUc30/s400/Bateman%2BPark%2B055.jpg" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008422558553234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6xqC3KPdKsY/TgjwXkuh1JI/AAAAAAAACF8/0iGGoYDXBs4/s400/8x10%2BBateman%2BPark%2B028.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008431486627634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYTIvZOf3z0/TgjwYF_JbzI/AAAAAAAACGE/r6y4SEyuC_I/s400/8x10%2BBateman%2BPark%2B047.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008434499480098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GUIwMibOy40/TgjwYRNd6iI/AAAAAAAACGM/iRtok-VKuG0/s400/Bateman%2BPark%2B022.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008416159822754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n0JUixlXTEU/TgjwXM4886I/AAAAAAAACF0/i3okgzexAPI/s400/8x10%2BBateman%2BPark%2B011.jpg" /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-32657835537237037892011-06-24T14:37:00.000-07:002011-06-24T14:49:28.520-07:00Sports Day<div align="center">When Darcy grew up in "Smallville" his school's version of Sports Day was really more like Track & Field. So since work is a little bit slow right now he took the day off to go watch his girls at a "real" Sports Day. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621904065390191906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JN08WAeDAtc/TgUD9hroJSI/AAAAAAAACFA/piiIj6jzR08/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B001.jpg" /> Rachael, being one of the big kids on campus, was in charge of creating and supervising an event for the younger kids to do.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621904071133341394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jCeoQvA_oVo/TgUD93E5ptI/AAAAAAAACFI/rndvBgrq7PI/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B003.jpg" /> <br /><div align="center"><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>(Apparently wearing the 3D glasses with the lenses popped out is "in" right now.)<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621904081152228690" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QNk-kr1m3cI/TgUD-cZlvVI/AAAAAAAACFY/_xzNWGI9QDU/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B007.jpg" /></div><br /><div>Then after lunch the older kids got to play team events.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621906409176684098" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xvVaKDFNuhE/TgUGF8931kI/AAAAAAAACFo/NNKJnvMjjpc/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B021.jpg" /></div><br /><div>They had a lot of fun and thankfully the rain held off.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621904076301539794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sgvi3AwE7BE/TgUD-KVGGdI/AAAAAAAACFQ/pA2hmuW02y4/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B004.jpg" /></div><br /><div>Grandma came and rescued Jaden from the torture of only being allowed to watch and took him back to her house for the rest of the morning.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621904087592564882" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_WadyHOYwSQ/TgUD-0ZFeJI/AAAAAAAACFg/b8AUa091TFo/s400/Sports%2BDay%2B006.jpg" /></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-84909701911144028382011-06-24T14:29:00.000-07:002011-06-24T14:37:06.683-07:00The Three "R"'s<div align="center">No, this time we're not talking about reading, writing and arithmatic, we're talking about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621903025547526194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yI9wJ4Gu8gI/TgUDA_90QDI/AAAAAAAACE4/hYnBdmH1G1M/s400/Recycle%2B5.jpg" /> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>I went with Rachael's class last Friday to the recycling plant. </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621903020915893090" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0SJywI9Z-s/TgUDAutjI2I/AAAAAAAACEw/m4tcaB2CN90/s400/Recycle%2B4.jpg" /> <br /><div>We made a bird feeder <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621901901589438658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SxEAOd5sOXQ/TgUB_k5U4MI/AAAAAAAACEQ/czYGJd53ZBg/s400/Recycle%2B1.jpg" /></div><br /><div>out of reused household materials<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621901910786689266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EpyWzUqiRIo/TgUCAHKHyPI/AAAAAAAACEY/cmLryHnCNG0/s400/Recycle%2B2.jpg" /></div><br /><div>and got a tour of the plant.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621901914023308706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zD3E1nmQGg0/TgUCATNyraI/AAAAAAAACEg/Cl1baO85nYk/s400/Recycle%2B3.jpg" /></div><br /><div>We learned all kinds of things there.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621901913600463378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LX7mliaHmIM/TgUCARo-khI/AAAAAAAACEo/Q8dDq4967hM/s400/Recycle%2B6.jpg" /></div><br /><div>Did you know they get more money for the recycled milk jugs if you take the lids off?</div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-42009429294568571772011-06-15T19:14:00.000-07:002011-06-15T19:24:29.174-07:00Gone Fishing<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div align="center">Kaitlyn went with her class on a field trip to the fish hatchery where they got to go fishing.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618635857922195410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSEBe2mgeEI/Tflni0G5f9I/AAAAAAAACEA/RndJCygjyTE/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B033.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">Kaitlyn was the first one to catch a fish (most of the students didn't catch anything.)<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618635825581967138" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MU4dOxR9sJ0/Tflng7oYxyI/AAAAAAAACDo/wt68_FhnzhQ/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B022.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">Fortunately the fishery guy was there to help her land the fish so I could just catch some pictures with my camera.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618635837816729970" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2OeI_WjJSIM/TflnhpNYcXI/AAAAAAAACDw/Nvv4OFjavgE/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B023.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">I think it was a cut throat trout but that's a bit of a guess.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618636041644833026" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NwECizH4I00/TflntghyeQI/AAAAAAAACEI/YLStQL440O4/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B026.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">After the photo op they released it back to the pond.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618635847105474290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Sg48rg_6cs/TflniLz_bvI/AAAAAAAACD4/ymwmlZ8EO1E/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B027.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">They had lots of fun, but the best part of all was that Kaitlyn got to be in the same group as her best friend Emilie.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618635820108854018" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-62H-CZJOtJM/TflngnPfswI/AAAAAAAACDg/Pxbnj_HfNhA/s400/Fishing%2BField%2BTrip%2B015.jpg" /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-47901656579813673112011-06-13T13:47:00.000-07:002011-06-13T13:51:29.835-07:00Young At Art<div align="center">Rachael had her first Art Show on Friday. Auntie Kendra bought her flowers and everything!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617808959071938946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4nsl-sBUQPA/TfZ3e919aYI/AAAAAAAACDQ/sjZxzDtsWAA/s400/Art%2BShow%2B001a.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">She had about 8 pieces on display, but her favorite one is the pencil drawing of sheep you can see here over her right shoulder.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617808967645096082" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-10ejmk4YrpA/TfZ3fdx9aJI/AAAAAAAACDY/C_Q5EgdkMP8/s400/Art%2BShow%2B002.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">Next year Kaitlyn is going to join her in art class. I'm going to need a bigger fridge to display all this amazing art work :-)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-16489633342489293792011-06-10T16:12:00.000-07:002011-06-10T16:29:33.357-07:00June<div align="center">So, I realize I haven't made a post in a little while, so this is kind of a make-up-for-lost-time post.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733577568093106" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MJYa-MxijA0/TfKlbhj0g7I/AAAAAAAACCQ/YmqjR4D-fLs/s400/Aquarium%2B052.jpg" /> Last Friday was a beautiful sunny day so we decided the kids needed to go on a field trip instead of being stuck in the classroom. So we went to the aquarium.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733583026529266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vGYCxuVbUR8/TfKlb15No_I/AAAAAAAACCY/MC87P_UPHfE/s400/Aquarium%2B043.jpg" /> The kids had lots of fun. We stopped at the park<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616735155529483554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vvTjLp2mang/TfKm3X7IhSI/AAAAAAAACDA/aKygRrfjg6w/s400/Aquarium%2B063.jpg" /><br />and we walked down to the beach by the seawall and saw some marine life au natural.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733783575298818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ORjfgXcVv1c/TfKlng_xAwI/AAAAAAAACC4/d29TD6O0T18/s400/Aquarium%2B076.jpg" /><br /><br />*****<br /><br />On Monday Gramps and Gram took Jaden and Johnathan to the zoo. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733592348560946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JuiLC82CYK0/TfKlcYnwjjI/AAAAAAAACCg/TP-VAR2ymK0/s400/J%2526J%2Bat%2Bthe%2BZoo%2B014.jpg" /><br />The cousins had a great time, and I know Gramps and Gram did, too. (And great weather to boot!)<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733601792951762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-46Qtqo3L3Vg/TfKlc7zehdI/AAAAAAAACCo/_UmXsZ-mP-w/s400/J%2526J%2Bat%2Bthe%2BZoo%2B026.jpg" /><br /><br />*****<br /><br />Today was Rachael's first track meet. The weather was overcast, but it didn't rain on us, and it wasn't blisteringly hot for the runners.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616733604824783554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4_fSGDsPkU/TfKldHGUmsI/AAAAAAAACCw/T1H-DrTFqEQ/s400/Track%2B%2526%2BField%2B020a.jpg" /> She had a lot of fun, and Daddy even took the day off work to come watch.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066305.post-50520577019054442922011-05-07T12:46:00.001-07:002011-05-07T12:46:49.250-07:00Yummy<div align="center">I'm thinking the whole family likes my new toy...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604062953604545266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-flb9pDQZ__0/TcWhkJCGevI/AAAAAAAACCE/PCUqGuKTc5k/s400/Bread%2B001.JPG" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0