Monday, December 14, 2009

The smell of spruce is in the air!

Kelsey getting ready for the Semi!!Connor and Ginger in front of the freshly cut Christmas tree

Out looking for a tree at the tree farm...trying to agree on one!

Finally finding the perfect one and chopping her down!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Snapshots from the past few months...

It's been awhile, time just keeps flying by...here's what we've been up to!! Getting ready for a Christmas coloring contest

The newly painted kitchen

A day at the Safety Village with Maggie and Trent's grade 1 class - such a cute place!!

Happy Halloween - on a VERY crisp night! Check out Bri's wig in the background - what a scream!

Ginger also went out for Halloween as a Circus Dog

Maggie driving her JEEP

Trent burning some rubber

Getting ready for hockey (so cute and so Canadian!) - Trent plays Tuesdays and Saturdays and Connor plays Thursdays and Saturdays - lots of time spent at the arena - but we love watching our little dudes!

Kelsey turns 14 - this is the first year I didn't bake her a cake - sorry babe! She was quite happy with the Triple Chocolate Fudge cake from M & M's!

Labour Day Weekend camping
Mags the mermaid and Trent the dolphin
Fishing off the pier

The walking stick we encountered - Brian maintains he should've been a National Geographic photographer judging by his photo above...

Game night with Papa

The lifeguard on duty - our faithful dog - always close to where we are

Sisters enjoying the pool

Ahh, life is good!

Saturday, August 08, 2009

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!

Monday, April 20, 2009

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!