PLay

While Mackenzie was playing T-Ball the other little ones were playing in the grass and having fun.

Well actually Josh kept running away from us!

 

Ella and Lucy were throwing grass at each other and rolling around

 

  

Since Greg and I were the ones chasing after Josh running away we got a couple of cute shots with him.  I can't believe how big he's getting....time flies.

T-Ball

This year Mackenzie decided to do T-Ball this summer.

She has really enjoyed playing and can't wait to do it again next summer.

 

She is #5 and doesn't seem to mind wearing the big helmet!

Here she is hitting the ball

She has really improved over the season and loves hitting the ball and playing in the pitchers spot.

Run Home Mackenzie!!

 

Look at the concentration on her face.

Canada Day 2009

Well it's Canada Day and we went to The Roulston's place for the celebration and it was a blast!

Well at least if we stay away from him....

 

No just kidding....

No it's not Hooch...this is Hemme and he is friendly, that is after Joshua won the stare down!

 

So we had a pig roast and Greg couldn't wait to get his hands on some pork!

Yummmmm....PIG

Greg and Shane eating the crackling

Then it was time for some FUN!

 

Time for the Foam Machine

 

 

We had so much fun!

What a wonderful Canada Day

Playing with Orla

We went out to a friend of ours Robin and Don's place for a BBQ.

Uncle Pat and Auntie Jocelyn came with Orla and Sophie their dogs.

Well Orla was the hit with Josh and Lucy all they wanted to do was throw the ball to her.

And well I think she loved it!

 

  

Josh getting the ball ready for another throw 

 

Again!!

 

Daddy and  Lucy 

Swimming

The pool is open!

And yes the water is pretty cold

But it's seem like the kids don't even notice!

 

So Josh was having a blast with daddy bouncing up and down in the water until ............

 

We decided let's see what he does if we dunk him!

Yeah he didn't really like it:)

The girls took swimming lessons this year to get them ready for our pool and boy did they pay off.

Greg took Ella in the pool with her life jacket and with a little pep talk and confidence boost she did it she swam on her own!

We are sooooo proud of her.

If you know Ella she LOVES dogs and if she is swimming she has to pretend to be one!

It makes swimming that much easier.

 

Then we have Mackenzie who just went for it and is doing brilliant.

She loves the water.

We are so proud that her confidence has grown....and especially that our arms are free!

Shools Out

School has finally finished!

Another year over and Mackenzie has completed Grade 1 with flying colours.

She had a wonderful teacher this year Mrs. Cauley. 

So for the end of the year gift we decided to be creative!
We made a shool supply pot, full of goodies for her teacher.
They turned out so cute.

Ella has completed Junior Kindergarten this year.  She really enjoyed meeting new friends and having lots of fun.

So we made her teacher Mrs. Smith a school supply pot also and what a hit it was!

 

Thank you Chimo Elementry for a wonderful year!

We look forward to Grade 2 and Senior Kindergarten in September

Smores Please

So we decided it would be fun to have Smores
The kids were really excited and hey who needs
a campfire when a BBQ can do the trick!

So Ella and Mackenzie were the first to roast their marshmallows.

Mmmmmmm Yummmmm

Lucy loved her Smore

 

And Josh well he was just happy to eat a marshmallow 

Other Uses

So Ella and Mackenzie found another use for goggles! When it rains the drops wont get in your eyes....and you can looks straight up and see them falling! Crazy girls...what will our neighbours think.

Summer Fun

So summer is finally here!!

So we got the slip-and-slide out for some slippery fun :)




Ella was the first to head down the slide!
But we had to make sure goggles were on we wouldn't want water in our eyes.

Next down the slide was Mackenzie! 

Lucy on the other hand was happy to watch!
But hey you still need the goggles to do that :)

Let it Snow

So we had our first real snow fall last night.  So I told the gilrs that when they came home from school we would build a snowman.
What perfect snow we had to do this and this was the result...

 

And we love our snowman

There's an Alien in the house!!!

I was putting laundry away the other day and Mackenzie comes running into the room saying "Mom Lucy got into your make-up and she looks like an Alien!!"
So as Little Miss Lucy comes into my room this is what I saw......

 

  

See the wonderful use of the mascara :)

Puddle Jumping!

Well we had a day of rain last week and Mackenzie and Ella said they wanted to go splash in the puddles.

So daddy pointed out a big puddle at the end of our driveway and well as you can see it was a whole lot of fun!

 

  

Ah we are all wet!

 

Candy Apples

Last month as the kids and I went to do groceries we were trying to think of a treat for Family Home Evening.  Well the girls decided that we should have Candy Apples which just happens to be my favorite Carnival treat.

 

  

  

The only problem was I double dipped the apples so the candy was so thick that we had to bang them on the table before we could even bite into them!

Since Josh could not eat the apples he just watched us.

After about 5 minutes with the candy apple Mackenzie gave up :)

YUMMMM!!!!