Ahh...the summer....kind of...

Hey all...a post to catch up on the past 3 months...birthdays, graduations, trips and vacations! Here's hoping the summer slows down and heats up for the month of August!
Ginger turns 1!!

Co-ed party for the twinnies...they're really going to like that in the future I bet!!

Birthday cakes...one of the hobbies I enjoy

Maggie and Trent's 6th birthday party @ the gymnastics club

Kindergarten graduation - I can't believe our babies are going into Grade 1!!!

Kelsey's grad present

Beautiful Kelsey graduates from Grade 8

The Sky Screamer - Kels braved it - 450 feet straight up and then straight down!

Kelsey and friends at the grad dinner

Kelsey and Emily on their band trip to Niagara Falls

At the fishing quarry

Connor and his best friend Ginger

Our campsite at Sherkston Shores and our maiden voyage with the tent trailer

Bri and I (and Ginger)

A trip to the Falls - the kids were impressed!

Family photo on the Sherkston Shores

Maggie goofing around with our latest backyard feature - our bubbling rock

Brian turns the big 4-0!!

Ready for the train ride - overlooking the harbour

The kids checking out the old caboose

Taking a ride on the Port Stanley railway...a step back in time!

Time for a quick post...;)

April is a huge month for birthdays here...aunts, uncles, siblings, parents - add to it hockey games, euchre tourneys, milk bag mat "bees", cooking courses, conferences and an Easter weekend celebration...and yeah, I'd say it's rather a busy month around here!

Kelsey working on the milk bag mats

Dinner with Ev and John and kids

Maggie and Trent turn 6 - party pics to follow - their party is a week late since the gymnastics club was booked on their actual birthday...one more week to figure out what kind of cake to create for them....

The Easter Egg Hunters - Kev and Carole spent the weekend with us, always fun times and the kids played so wonderfully well together, as did the men (golfing on Saturday)

Easter Dinner was hosted by Auntie Mare and Uncle Doug...a delicious dinner on a gorgeous day! Thanks so much for your hospitality - we had a really enjoyable day!

The kids chowing down

The adults ready to dig in!

Connor kicked off the month with his 11th b-day and headed out to a Red Wings game with Bri...what a thrill!!!

The road hockey party (rain and all) - the easiest party ever...give boys some hockey sticks, a net and some tennis balls, feed them some pizza, cake and coke - a loot bag filled with pucks, hockey tape and mini-sticks and you're all set!

This year's cake...vintage....I don't know if any of the attendees knew who Peter Puck was lol!!!

Kelsey @ the Rotary Festival with the Grade 8 band - they received a mark of 90%!!

Connor in the dressing room of the London Knights...thanks to Uncle Wade - he met John Tavares and got a shirt signed by the entire team!

March Break

March Break is almost over! Even though we didn't head south we kept busy...hiking, going to the Maple Syrup Festival, playing road hockey, getting together with friends and family and relaxing. Here's a few snapshots from the past month... Ginger's fur is finally growing out after her shearing @ Christmas!

A trip to the Sugar Bush, an annual event that we all look forward to especially when the weather cooperates!

Trent giving the ropes a whirl

Learning how sap was discovered

Connor & Kyle getting their hair bleached...

Enjoying spring weather...finally!!!

Bri and the kids

Thing 1, Thing 2, Thing 3 and Thing 4!

Hiking Sunday afternoon

Mags posing

Connor posing

Adventures on Wonderland...the twins had an absolute blast there!

Kelsey sporting her new glasses

Enjoying the winter weather...

...but really, really, REALLY looking forward to spring and summer!! Although we love the winter weather, we are thankful for the warm spell this week and happy to see grass once again. However, the groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter...maybe he's wrong???

One of the many HUGE snowbanks in the lot behind our house that kept the kids busy for hours...even in the extreme cold temps. Ginger eagerly awaiting the return of the kids

Maggie and Trent decorating their ice cream cupcakes for Valentines

The yearly photo...my how they have grown!

Rosy cheeks, cold feet, wet hands and loads of fresh air and fun!

Heading in - in order of their ages - lol!

Twins at their baking and decorating again!