Friends in Greenwood

We managed to spend a weekend in Greenwood to catch up with some old friends. The kids were so excited to see their friends as were we.

This is the Plainsview Sub gang as it used to be. They has so much fun playing at the park together. I managed to get a shot of almost everyone smiling. Sam has decided that he doesn't like to get his picture taken! He He He!

Aidan and his best bud, Paige!

Ben and his best friend, Mya!

Miss Erin and James had the boys for a sleep over. Miss Erin used to care for both Aidan and Ben when we lived in Greenwood! They love them so much and had such a good time with them and Devon their 5 yr old son. They also enjoyed seeing their new baby boy Cameron.

Theses are the "two Aidan's". They finally got to see each other after two long years. Aidan S. just moved back from Germany back to Greenwood. They pretty much picked up where they left off, it was like they were never apart.

Thank you for our great friends!!

Sam Turns 2!

Another year has passed all too quickly! Our youngest is now 2! It's so hard to believe. This year we were able to celebrate his birthday with family at the lake.

My mom made Sam a cake complete with gumballs!

Blowing out candles!

He got into the swing of opening gifts and really enjoyed it!

Sam loves his new Thomas train, it even toots and whistles!

Ooooo! A bowling set!

Aidan Learned to Ski

The tradition continues as the next generation of skiiers emerges on Molega Lake!

Such skill! He is even brave enough to wave!

Papa (Aidan's great-grandfather) came down to the lake just to see him ski. Adrienne was the first great-grandchild to ski, but Aidan was the first one Papa got to see! Papa was extremely proud of Aidan!

I couldn't ski this summer because of my injured arm, so Meliss skiied in my place for a three generation photo of skiiers! On the left is Melissa, in the middle is Aidan and Dad on the right.

THREE GENERATIONS SKI TOGETHER!

Bath Time

Bath time at our house can always be interesting. I decided it would be fun to bath Percy and Sam together. Sam actually LOVED it! Of course, after Percy was clean, I put clean water int he tub and bathed Sam.

Sam has grown quite fond of Percy and is no longer screaming if he comes near. He will lay on the floor so that Percy can lick his head and he laughs hysterically.

Here they are tubbing together. Percy was actually a pretty good dog, he didn't really try to get out, only twice. I don't think he liked it, but he was well behaved.

This is the after bath shot. (The one and only time you will see Percy on furniture!) Sam likes to even hold Percy now. Much better than the first time I tried to take a picture of the 3 kids with the new puppy and Sam isn't even in the picture!!!

Father's Day

Father's Day weekend was supposed to be a camping trip with Scouting, but it was cancelled due to a death in the Scouting community. So, I gave Chris his father's day gift a day early, a fire bowl, and we "camped out" in the backyard. We began the evening with roasting weenies on the fire. For dessert we made smores and then the older 2 boys were going to sleep in the tent with Daddy.

Sitting around the fire roasting weenies. Surprising that Sam and Percy never got burned!

Chris with his weenies (he he) and smokies all ready for roasting.

Smore + 2 year old = ONE HUGE MESS!

Ben and Aidan in the tent, about 10 mins before they were taken inside to sleep in their beds. Camping and smores proved to be too exciting for them and they wouldn't got to sleep. They had many warnings, and at 10:30 Chris and I decided to envoke the noise bylaw and brought them inside to sleep.

New Puppy

This is the best picture I could get with the 3 kids and the new puppy, Percy! Sam doesn't like to get too close to the puppy yet, he likes him, but from a distance. He is slowly warming up to Percy though. He is a wonderful puppy. He is in the chewing phase at the moment and really loves shoes and chair rungs, we are trying to break that habit now. He has lots of chew toys and bones. He is quite playful and last night I took him for a walk around the neighborhood and he followed me the whole way.