Catch Up!!

Where have I been!?!
Well in the last few months we have had
Claire's Birthday and Baptism (awesome!)
Christmas (nice and quiet)
Nana's Birthday (sushi @ Dono = yummy)
My birthday ( 30 yikes!!)
Marissa's Birthday (4 already!!)
Spencer's 11th Birthday (Boys are crazy)
Doctor visit at ACH: good news no surgery on Arron's leg yet!
Cami and Mark's wedding (sweethearts)
Merrill's Birthday (German choc. cake soo good)
Challenger Soccer coaches visit from Wales and England
Daddy leaves for summer sales with Vivint :(
Arron turns 2!! (he is so big already)
Our Anniversary
Easter
Now back to school and Marissa's Ballet, so excited to see her up on stage. I am a little nervous and hope she has lots of fun and isn't too scared.
I promise to back track and add some post for some of these events but for now this is it!!
plus I got a new laptop and I haven't added any pictures, so it's difficult to blog because I want to show off some cute pic's. Isn't life just a ride, goes so fast sometimes.

Waterton

We finally all went hiking together! We have had the MEC baby backpack since Spencer was a wee one, Luv IT! It's even better when Daddy gets to carry the big chunk.




Don't judge us, but we skipped out on conference because we had wanted to go to Waterton for a long time but something always got in the way! And we watched conference for FHE.
It was a perfect day, we saw a little bear on the way into the park and a bald eagle catching a fish, had a picnic then hiked Bears Hump.
I was a little worried the kiddos would be complaining, but they didn't! not once, not even little Rissa.

Hopefully we can go hiking a lot more next year in B.C!!

So much fun!

Good friends of ours the Nelson's took us quading!
Don't know how we got so lucky. Nana watches the little monsters and Mommy and Daddy get to go play in the dirt. It's been a long time since I've been quading, or played in the dirt period!! It was almost therapeutic for me, just to let loose.


















That's how I got so muddy!!








I don't what happened to these pictures! I need help with this stinky blogger.

RED Deer '10

Discovery Canyon was a big favorite for the kiddos when it got hot in Red Deer. It is close to the city and so fun, it has this man-made waterfall that turns into a windie river type thing that they floated down on tubes until it opens into a small pond with a sandy beach; where we built sand castles and sat in the sun eating poutine and ice cream cones!!

Daddy and his "crew" before he left for work, one nice thing about his work hours in the summer is that we could do some stuff in the mornings with him. He took them on many of the trails through out the city. They are gorgeous! everything is lush and green compared to yucky brown southern Alberta.

The City hall has these beautiful flower gardens, where we would have regular picnics and it was right next to the library where the kiddos and I would get some good books to keep us entertained when it would rain.

Gull Lake was a great getaway, warm water and beaches forever! you can wade out into it for a long time before it would get deeper than your thighs. Don't look at the fat whale in the background! that's not me!!JK.
This Summer was even better thanks to Ashley and her two little munchkins! It was nice to have company while we waited for the Dads to come home from working.

Only in Alberta!

So i was looking through iphoto at our family pictures yada, yada, and this caught my attention!! Notice the dates 8 days apart first the picnic weather then snowmen!!


and then just a few days later the aftermath of a snow storm!


These boys are so dang cute- Best friends since gr.1!

ARRON's first birthday!

Our baby boy
a.k.a Bubbles
- weights about 25 lbs:feels like more he's a brick.
- has 5 teeth (I haven't dared stick my finger in to find out lately he bites hard!)
- walks around the furniture and with push toys.
- favorite toys are cars and trucks.
- crawls really fast when the gate is open.
- loves to eat food,anything but his favs are broccoli,pears,noodles,yogurt and those little crunchies for toddlers.
- sleeps really good has slept through the night since he was 2,3 months old.
- loves his bottle still, won't take a sippy cup yet.
- is a big Daddy's boy.
- says Dadda all the time and momma when he is hungry.
- gives hugs, little squishy hugs were he puts his face into your shoulder and squishes with his arms.
- makes this funny little motor humming sound when he is tired.
- has the same belly laugh as Spenc when he was a baby.
- is such a sweet content little boy that will sit and watch whats going on around him.
- loves his bubba, boo and roo and they adore him!
He completes our little family


This little cutie LOVES spaghetti!

His cake!!
the icing turned his little hands and face blue!
Tried to download a movie but I suck at blogging. He smiled while everyone sang to him then when it was time to blow out his candle he tried to grab it!!


Gramps teaching him early how to play the piano!

Cruisin' with my hunny! (part. 1)

We arrived in Fort Lauderdale WAY too early in the morning, I promise to get better flight times next time we fly anywhere. Of course the first thing Merrill wanted to do was take pictures. I slept in the rental car!

Later we met up with Shawn and Christy, and went to a Gator farm where we had an awesome power boat ride. The driver was a cross between a bum and a crazy pirate!! The ride starts out all nice and cool then he kicks it in to high gear and were flying across the Everglades. Then all of a sudden he flips a 360 turn and I nearly peed my pants! it was sweet.