Sunday, May 4, 2008

Happy 30th Lori, Happy 7th Hayley!

We had many a birthday celebration last week and into this weekend for Lori's 30th and Hayley's 7th birthday (both April 30th). Here are a few photos from Hayley's party at Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. Victoria had a BLAST!!

The girls on the Merry-Go-Round
Emma & Lori
Victoria & Hayley on the roller coaster.
They went on this ride at least 15 times!
The girls acting silly and eating their cake! Victoria & Hayley doing 9 holes on the mini putt
Ethan decided that he would fit nicely in the storage lockers!
Victoria on the bumper cars .... note the lovely neon green socks which Victoria insisted on wearing due to the fact that they "matched" her outfit. They go so nicely with the pink crocs!
Victoria & Hayley on the bumper cars

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Yellow Striper!

We are so proud of Victoria for passing her first belt testing in Tae Kwon Do yesterday!! She did so great!!!! It was very difficult for her to get up in front of all of her fellow classmates, three black belt instructors as well as parents and onlookers to do her testing! She was a bit nervous but she did SO GREAT!!! We are so proud of her! She practiced really hard to get all of her moves down pat and she received a yellow stripe (first level passed) on her belt! Here are some photos of her receiving her stripe and comments from her Master.

Before the class

Receiving her stripe
Handshake to congratulate
Showing off their stripes Lori, Hayley, Victoria and Josh!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

update

We hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend. We were over to PEI for the weekend which was a nice break from things as we have been so busy lately! We played lots of Rook!!

Victoria was to the dentist today and got a clean bill of health. She did great! She has been off school since last Wednesday as there were two days tacked onto the Easter weekend for PA days. She's had lots of fun having sleepovers with Hayley! We are all looking forward to spring and getting a break from this cold!!

Love to all,

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Victoria's First Skate




Here are a few photos of Victoria's first attempt at skating.
She has been going once a week since after Christmas.
This was her first time out.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Mamy's 75th Birthday Party

We had a fantastic weekend on PEI for Mamy's Birthday!!!!! Uncle Steve flew in from Ottawa on Friday and we picked him up and went to PEI early as Matt got off work a few hrs early. Luckily Uncle Steve got ahead of the big storm and he made it on time! Mamy had no idea Uncle Steve was going to be with us! It was a great surprise. My mom was here from England all last week and was with us on PEI as well. We had so much fun! We went out to dinner with the entire family on Saturday and we played games until 4 AM on Saturday night!! Mamy did not know about the party we had planned on Sunday or the dinner we planned either. When we told her she was a bit worried as she doesn't like to be unprepared for things. After the party yesterday she was soo happy and thankful and said she will never forget it! We had a great time! We played music and sang all afternoon. Our family all pitched in and got Mamy enough money for a trip to England, a passport and some spending money! That will be a wonderful experience for her!!
Here are a few photos I took of the weekend and party.


Guest Book Mamy
Flowers that Mamy received
Mamy as we sing Happy Birthday to her
Mamy's cake
Victoria learning to play the mandolin
Dwayne teaching Victoria Jennifer & Mamy
Jennifer & Uncle Steve smiling really big

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Winter Storm Photos (by request)

Over the holidays we had quite the weather! We endured four storms in six days!! The first storm we had was the night of the 27th. I'd guess we got about 20 cms. The second storm was the 29th and I would guess we got about 30+ cms. The photos below are on the 31st, New Years Eve at Uncle Glenn's. I'd say we got 25+ cms.

Here is Victoria outside in the snow on the 31st at Uncle Glenn's with Cassie who you can't see.

Here is the snow in front of our house and our unplowed driveway after three storms in five days had passed. It's hard to tell just how high the banks were. The tree that is nearly burried and Matt's truck might help.
You can see the banks are as tall as Victoria. We walked into the house in snow up to our waist to get in. Fun times.
Here is the 4th storm, the 2nd of January. The worst one of all 4. We got 30+ cms and had very high winds blowing all of that snow all over the place!! Here's our back deck. The snow bank is as high as the door handle. How will Cassie go to the bathroom now?? haha
Looking outside our bedroom window Jan 2nd
Where is the driveway?? Matt plowed twice in one day just to get out the next morning.
There you have it!!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Christmas Photos 2007

Dinner @ Dad & Marilyn's


Visit with Other Mamy

Opening presents after church





Opening presents @ Dad & Marilyn's




Christmas Eve