Sweet Little Norah

Here is my beautiful little niece Norah when I got to see her last weekend in SLC! I wish my nieces were closer - well, and that one day I'll meet lil Pearl. ;) Maybe when I head back to SLC next month - eh Darc? I go back the 18th -21st. I'm headin to bed so more tomorrow!

Update :)

So, I have not neglected the blog - just been here and there and everywhere! We went camping last week as a family in Waterton and had a great time of course. Now I am in SLC till Wednesday (and cooking hot!). When I get back I'll post some Waterton pics and some cute shots of Norah I just snapped before she drove away from me back to Malad! It was really fun to see Kels & Norah for a couple days and do a little shopping. We went and played with Skye, Kennedy & Brittany last night which was of course a really fun time. It was good to see Skye & her kids, it had been a couple years!
Pics when I get back! Bye for now. :)

We Enjoy The Legislature Buildings......

Okay so we've never actually been inside the buildings but we DO enjoy their grounds! We were here 3 times this week having picnics and playing in the fountains. It's such a great spot to hang out for the afternoon with friends.

Sam enjoying some grapes, he loves the grapes!

These girls had so much fun together - our bathing beauties.
To top it all off they have ice cream and popsicles vendors there, how sweet is that? Now we know that we need to have cash on hand when we pack our picnic.
John & Tatum playing in the fountains. He is so funny about her, he follows her around and asks for her, he loves her. Tatum is such a great big cousin to him, she is very kind and likes to play with him. She loves it that he can say her name.

Oooooh, who's this cutie in the fountain?! Oh my.

Being Evacuated Is NOT fun.

Well, today there are no pictures but I just wanted to say a few words about our "exciting" day. I had to have the FJ in Edmonton this morning by 8:45am so I peeled Mase & Tatum outta bed (Sam was already up) and we left the house around 8am. When we got back I was inside and I noticed this weird smell that turned into a taste in my mouth. I went outside and could hear this loud sort of gushing sound (if I was Jessie I could have said that better but maybe you can get the idea). I look over and my neighbors gasline is the culprit - this young man doing the lot grading between our 2 houses hit their gasline on the side of their house and the gas was pumping out. SO, I asked the yahoos that were standing around if they thought of evacuating the block since it's kinda toxic to breathe that stuff in. They had made the call to the gas company - high fives guys, start knocking on doors! So, I ran in the house and got my kiddies in the car and took off. They did end up evacuating our block once the fire trucks and police whatnot got there. We got to come home around 3pm and my house was pretty stinky. Right now it's nice and fresh we have every window in the house open, and we just had a little rain shower. No one was hurt which is good, but my poor neighbor girl and her 5 month old baby slept in the house for 2 hours not knowing what was happening. She said she woke up a little groggy and then saw the flashing lights from the emergency vehicles. So, she went outside to see what was going on and their jaws hit the ground - they didn't know she was in there the whole time. They are okay luckily but what a crazy morning.

Being evacuated is not fun. If it does happen to you try not to freak your kids out like I did. Poor Tatum was crying because I was running them out to the car so we could get away! Bad mommy panic moment.

Holiday Monday!

So, here in Canada, Monday was a holiday and unfortunately Charlie had to work so it was me & the kiddies for the day......... what should we do? Then Mike & Mel called from Wabamun Lake , they were there with their kids playing on the beach and whatnot. So I grabbed what we had in the fridge for snacks, got the kids in their swimsuits and we were off! I'm so glad we went, the kids had such a good time and Mel & I had a great visit. I've been trying to learn a few things about my camera to improve my skills as a photographer, so all of these are the results of that afternoon behind the lens! Such a great day.

Sam & Mase lookin for shells on the beach, there were tons of them.

Thank goodness for ziploc bags - we had something to transport those sweet smelling shells home in. Yeah, they need to stay on the front step to "dry out". I hope some animal doesn't take them in the night! ;)

Sam was having a great time stealing Uncle Mike's sunglasses over and over and - it never got old, such a fun game.

This is the result of the sunglasses pirate getting caught!!


Aaaaawwww, Mel & Kaitlyn just pretty much lookin cute.

That's a pretty cute messy face - little bit of cheetos and sand for decoration.

We will definately be heading back there this summer. It took us about 25mins to get there so it wasn't too bad for the kids in the truck. They have really nice parks and a sandy beach - what more could we possibly need?

Thank You Mike!!

So after pulling my hair out last night trying to figure out the bigger picture whatnot, a simple phone call to my brother in law today solved my problems!! You can't see NOW (thanks to Mike) what those problems were, but they were annoying the heck outta me. So Thanks Mike for your wicked awesome computer skillzzz. I love love love the bigger pics but just didn't quite get it. Woooooohooo. ;)

Let's See If I Can Finally Get This Right......

Aaaahhh! I am trying to get my pics bigger and I've had some help but clearly need more! Maybe tomorrow! Goodnight!