party-of-five... is now ~mix of six!~

Thursday, July 26, 2007

random...

the kids riding...

burned down home in macewan :(

emerson being a goof!

kipp with the kids, no roof! he took them to millwoods spray park and for lunch afterwards! special time without mommy!

emmy the goof, again...

capital ex parade & robert munsch

i took the kids to the capital ex parade on opening day, last thursday. we drove to southgate, bussed downtown, watched the parade for a couple hrs and left before it was over (it was loooooong this year!) we met up with leanne (punkin on LP) and her daughter zoe, who is hallie's age! the girls got along after both being shy for the first bit!

then we LRT'd to capital ex (just us, leanne and zoe went back home) and we watched robert munsch tell stories. we skipped the rides this year as they are SOOOOOOOOOO expensive and it's a bit difficult to do them with such an age range of kids! LRT'd back downtown after, then bussed back to the mall.... long day!!

kai watching robert

girls on the bus

kai sleeping on the bus on our way home

liam was called on stage with robert! so kool!

they handed out butterflies, LIVE, and everyone opened and released them at the same time! neat!

emerson getting tired... she lost her soother though so she wasn't too happy on the way home!

watching robert

leanne and zoe -- the pic is actually of the lady behind and to the left, her boobs were huge and no bra, they were literally hanging down by her belly. ew.

kids in LRT station

kai watching the parade

part of the parade, very neat! (rest of the parade was pretty lame!)

the girls!

emerson watching the parade, not quite sure what was going on!

Sunday, July 22, 2007

no more training wheels!!

i took my kids to a nearby field to see how they would do without training wheels. i was expecting it to be a bit krazy, lots of falls, and neither of them really being able to do it. well they BOTH surprised me and are now riding like pros after being at the field for only about 15 minutes!

kai still needs a bit of help getting going, but he is only 3 yrs old!!!!

i made a video of them riding in front of our house after we got back from the field. i think it's mostly of kai because hallie was off chatting with a neighbor friend.... and emerson shows up in the background a few times if you look carefully!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5dz3K2NPBM0

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

just some yard pics....

i took my camera and went walking in behind our house. kipp was wondering what on earth i was doing. here are a few pics....

me, standing at our back fence, looking at the back of our house

back of our house, the deck.... the deck only is on one side of the house. what should we do under the other window beside the deck?

directly behind us is this paved, walking path and some nice trees. we are hoping this all stays in the future as the trees are really nice to have there! the white fence is our back fence.

another back view, rough grade looks to be done but still no certificate. i don't believe it's been surveyed yet but i haven't been home much so maybe they came when we were out? (this is me thinking optimistically) if you look closely, one yard is done, complete with sod. it's the only yard on the strip. as much as i'm jealous, i would not want to be first because i think it would get a bit wrecked as others get their fence posts, dirt, etc. ?

from the walking path, looking towards anthony henday. we received a letter stating that on the other side of these trees, just over the road there that used to be 156 street, it is zoned for "low rise apartments". i was really hoping it would stay open, but now i am just thankful it's not a high rise apartment building. but i still am sad that the land will be built on... it was nice being so open in behind us!

from the trees, looking towards our house. ours has the darkest black roof.... notice how little space between most of the houses and then a bigger space between the first 2 on the left? weird.....

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

LAURIER TODAY

hallie splashing with emerson

emerson claimed the fruite tray as her own

emmy was brave in the water for the first time! so cute!

hallie the fish! kai loves the water guns

excuse me, why are we dressed the same?

yes this is weird!

bowling!

auntie leanne (from california) and i took hallie and kai bowling this past weekend. i think it was their first time 10 pin bowling, and a year since they've bowled 5 pin! they loved it! my camera was not taking decent pics so you'll have to settle for these crappy ones!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

beaumont again

went to beaumont spray park again last week, to try to beat the heat.... it worked well :) this week we're doing laurier one day and perhaps millwoods....

legislature pools

this is my friend, susie's daughter, hannah! she is about 2 months younger than emerson and oh so cute! she will be a big sister in november!

my son... he would cover the fountains and then release the water!

cutie pie kai

emmy & mommy

emerson, half soaked

cousins! paige was here for a visit from kamloops for 4 nights. they came to my sister's wedding. (her and her dad... )

cousin paige (12 yrs old)

hallie & her friend madison!

uncle derek & cousin paige! we loved having them and hope they come back soon!

emerson and mommy

paige was loving her "baby" cousin, emerson

emerson was loving paige's teddy bear

Friday, July 13, 2007

grrr @ blogger

i run a dayhome. i not only enjoy it, but i take pride in it. my husband isn't very supportive of this as he thinks "our house is getting too much wear and tear..." so, just for fun, i figured out something. if kipp worked every saturday, he would make double my monthly dayhome income. next time he complains, i will throw that back at him and see what he thinks ;) LOL! i have a feeling he enjoys NOT working saturdays!

blogger is being slow with uploading pics, so i only did 2.